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  • The study examines the presence of endophytic fungi in nettle leaves and their antibacterial and antioxidant properties.
  • Researchers observed extensive fungal growth throughout the leaves, isolating 144 fungi with significant variation in colonization rates.
  • The extracts from these fungi showed strong antibacterial activity, particularly against MRSA, and significant antioxidant potential, indicating their possible applications in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.
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Microbial Nanotechnology for Precision Nanobiosynthesis: Innovations, Current Opportunities and Future Perspectives for Industrial Sustainability.

Curr Microbiol

July 2024

Department of Genetics, Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, Dr. Khem Singh Gill Akal College of Agriculture, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour, 173101, Himachal Pradesh, India.

A new area of biotechnology is nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is an emerging field that aims to develope various substances with nano-dimensions that have utilization in the various sectors of pharmaceuticals, bio prospecting, human activities and biomedical applications. An essential stage in the development of nanotechnology is the creation of nanoparticles.

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Microbial nanotechnology for agriculture, food, and environmental sustainability: Current status and future perspective.

Folia Microbiol (Praha)

June 2024

Department of Biotechnology, Dr. Khem Singh Gill Akal College of Agriculture, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour, 173101, Himachal Pradesh, India.

The field of nanotechnology has the mysterious capacity to reform every subject it touches. Nanotechnology advancements have already altered a variety of scientific and industrial fields. Nanoparticles (NPs) with sizes ranging from 1 to 100 nm (nm) are of great scientific and commercial interest.

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The quest for increasing agricultural yield due to increasing population pressure and demands for healthy food has inevitably led to the indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers. On the contrary, the exposure of the crops to abiotic stress and biotic stress interferes with crop growth further hindering the productivity. Sustainable agricultural practices are of major importance to enhance production and feed the rising population.

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Alleviation of cold stress in wheat with psychrotrophic phosphorus solubilizing Acinetobacter rhizosphaerae EU-KL44.

Braz J Microbiol

March 2023

Department of Biotechnology, Dr. Khem Singh Gill Akal College of Agriculture, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour, 173101, India.

Low-temperature stress can seriously impair plant physiology. Chilling injury leads to a complex array of cellular dysfunctions, and symptoms include chlorosis, sterility, loss of vigor, wilting, and even death of the plants. Furthermore, phosphorus limitations additionally halt the growth of plants.

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Bacterial Mitigation of Drought Stress in Plants: Current Perspectives and Future Challenges.

Curr Microbiol

July 2022

Department of Biotechnology, Dr. Khem Singh Gill Akal College of Agriculture, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour, 173101, India.

Climate change is emerging as a crucial issue with global attention and leading to abiotic stress conditions. There are different abiotic stress which affects the crop production among which drought is known to be most destructive stress affecting crop productivity and world's food security. Different approaches are under consideration to increase adaptability of the plants under drought stress with plant-microbe interactions being a greater area of focus.

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Endophytic fungal communities have attracted a great attention to chemists, ecologists, and microbiologists as a treasure trove of biological resource. Endophytic fungi play incredible roles in the ecosystem including abiotic and biotic stress tolerance, eco-adaptation, enhancing growth and development, and maintaining the health of their host. In recent times, endophytic fungi have drawn a special focus owing to their indispensable diversity, unique distribution, and unparalleled metabolic pathways.

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Himalayan Microbiomes for Agro-environmental Sustainability: Current Perspectives and Future Challenges.

Microb Ecol

October 2022

Microbial Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Dr. Khem Singh Gill Akal College of Agriculture, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh, India.

The Himalayas are one of the most mystical, yet least studied terrains of the world. One of Earth's greatest multifaceted and diverse montane ecosystems is also one of the thirty-four global biodiversity hotspots of the world. These are supposed to have been uplifted about 60-70 million years ago and support, distinct environments, physiography, a variety of orogeny, and great biological diversity (plants, animals, and microbes).

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Over the past few decades, the rapid development of agriculture and industries has resulted in contamination of the environment by diverse pollutants, including heavy metals, polychlorinated biphenyls, plastics, and various agrochemicals. Their presence in the environment is of great concern due to their toxicity and non-biodegradable nature. Their interaction with each other and coexistence in the environment greatly influence and threaten the ecological environment and human health.

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Endophytic microbes are known to live asymptomatically inside their host throughout different stages of their life cycle and play crucial roles in the growth, development, fitness, and diversification of plants. The plant-endophyte association ranges from mutualism to pathogenicity. These microbes help the host to combat a diverse array of biotic and abiotic stressful conditions.

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