Dear All, please how can calculate the IC-50 value of the plot of percentage inhibition against the conc. of the extracts?

14 November 2016 5,510 3 View

I need help with Algae Journals

Please suggest a journal for publication for a research work done on the response of microalgae to hydrocarbon contamination? Thank you in anticipation.

01 January 1970 8,162 5 View

What is better to buy a real-time pcr machine or an endpoint?

Hello everyone, we are acquiring a new molecular biology laboratory with the fundamental objective of identifying species of microalgae and cyanobacteria. Perhaps you could help us decide if it is...

24 January 2021 8,320 4 View

Any indexes for assessment of the potential health risks, associated with medical substances content in commercial fish species?

Are there any indexes ( like Hazard Index) to calculate the potential health risk associated with consuming food (commercial fish species) which bioaccumulates medical substances like...

12 January 2021 7,945 3 View

Is there a way to improve the stability of the calcium alginate beads in alkaline pH?

I am working on heavy metal bioremediation using bacterial isolates. I have immobilized bacteria in 2% sodium alginate then cross-linked in 0.2M calcium chloride for 30 min. I have successfully...

04 January 2021 9,094 4 View

Can cost-benefit analysis be used to evaluate biosorption processes?

If yes, I am looking for documentation, online courses or books/articles to help me learn the basics in this field.

03 January 2021 4,207 6 View

If we are going for co digestion of microalgae with wastewater but the sample is having low pH, What are the effective ways to increase the pH ?

wastewater with low pH

07 December 2020 2,716 3 View

Anyone working on Molecular Taxonomy?? I would be highly obliged if anyone could help me with primer selection and Phylogenetic analysis ??

I have a wide range of freshwater microalgae collected from various districts of Tamil Nadu. I am looking for a collaborator who could help me with molecular identification of some rare unknown...

23 September 2020 8,030 1 View

If the microalgae experience stress through transportation. What would be the best course of action to avoid it from becoming contaminated or killed?

I am currently doing an experiment in my faculty lab and I need living micro-algae to be transported from other countries. The samples will be done in Morocco and Spain and they will be sent to...

08 September 2020 4,424 2 View

How can I differentiate between cyanobacteria and microalgae in agar plates?

I'm trying to isolate cyanobacteria from fresh water and soil. I've plated several dilutions of my samples into BG11-agar plates and I have a mixture of green colonies/halos and brown stains which...

06 September 2020 8,959 4 View

Apart from the Bioaccumulation factor and bioconcentration factor, what other indexical methods can be used to evaluate heavy metal uptake from soil?

I'm currently working on a project on heavy metal concentration in contaminanted soil in a mining site and and the toxicological processes governing heavy metal uptake from soils into plant tissue...

23 August 2020 1,109 4 View

How to determine the protein and carbohydrate of microalgae samples?

I used gravimetric analysis to determine microalgal lipid content after lipid extract in my lab. Now we need to determine both protein and carbohydrate content. We have a Velp TKN...

06 August 2020 8,166 4 View