How to handle milk clotting Issues during media preparation for Screening of Halotolerant Protease Producing Bacteria (with Skim Milk)?

We want to screen halotolerant protease producing bacteria. Since Skim milk (HiMedia) is available in our lab, therefore, we want to screen extracellular protease by this compound/ supplement. We...

04 December 2020 7,657 6 View

What are the mechanism of actions of Ag and Cu nanoparticles on the bacteria and fungi?

We are assessing the activity of nanoparticle incorporated fabrics against bacteria and fungi.

24 November 2020 8,686 6 View

How to estimate nitrogen content (%) in plant using pelican equipment's KELPLUS ELITE-EX VA semi automatic kjeldahl distillation unit? ?

I am using KELPLUS ELITE-EX VA semi-automatic Kjeldahl distillation unit for nitrogen estimation. The salesman told me that unlike the older version; this version does not require making up the...

01 October 2020 844 3 View

Why Magnesium Sulfate is used in Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification(LAMP) reaction instead of MgCl2?

We have designed an in house LAMP assay for the detection of a pathogen. We have used ThermoPol buffer, betaine, MgSO4, Bst polymerase and dNTPs in the reaction. I wanted to know why MgSO4 is used...

22 September 2020 6,916 5 View

Cloning in TRV2 vector: tips?

So, I have been cloning a lot of genes over the years in various plant transformation and overexpression vectors and even though its a struggle always to generate positive clones, I usually am...

26 August 2020 8,364 9 View

Is it possible to hire a portable photosynthesis system in Northern India?

I have an experiment in which I want to estimate the photosynthetic activity and carbon dioxide flux of wheat plant. However, in my institute does not have potable photosynthesis equipment. Is...

11 August 2020 9,701 2 View

Is it possible to publish research paper on plant nutrition having only single year of research work in a Thompson and Reuters IF Journal?

As in Masters of Science in Agronomy in many places have only one year of research work, is it possible to convert it to a paper and publish it in an impact factored journal especially when the...

04 August 2020 4,252 6 View

Has anyone used CABS flex 2.0 for molecular dynamics simulation of docked protein-protein structures?

Hi all, I need an info on the CABS flex and how it works for protein protein interaction simulations. I have docked structures obtained using cluspro and would like to subject them to MD. Please...

24 April 2020 1,509 1 View

What is the difference between Bubble type and Vapor type Precursor?

I am working with La(PrCp)3 Precursor in my Lab. I am not getting enough thickness after oxide layer deposition with ALD. To solve this issue I want to know about the precursor's chemical...

16 February 2020 5,640 3 View

How to register an indigenous variety in India?

The farmers are cultivating an unregistered land-race for a long period; if I wish to register this variety, what are the legal procedure and how to register it.

14 February 2020 525 3 View

Can I use the Chlorophyll stability index (CSI) to calculate the stress potential of cyanobacteria that are under stress?

I want to calculate the stress potential of cyanobacterial cells that are inoculated with antagonistic bacteria. My results showed that there is a drastic reduction in the chlorophyll content of...

23 January 2021 331 3 View

After G actin polymerization and labelling I didn't got filaments. Why?

Purified G actin and got 42kda band and an additional band just below it. While performing G actin polymerization and labeling with rhodamine-phalloidin I didn't observe filaments under the...

20 January 2021 3,751 2 View

What all factors do we have to consider to interpret cytocompatibility of a nanomaterial from Actin DAPI stained images of HOS cells cultured with it?

Phalloidin stained filaments and dapi stained nucleus

08 December 2020 8,548 3 View

Does the Kubelka-Munk function F(R) represent actual absorbance of UV-Vis reflectance spectra of cyanobacteria?

20 October 2020 4,990 1 View

Suggest me a best filamentous m13 vector to generate scfv using phage display method?

i went through many literature to find out the exact viral vector but it was generally mentioned m13 vector in the papers not specific about the name, can anyone suggest me which m13 vector can...

18 October 2020 2,644 1 View

What is the average life span of Cyanobacteria?

Is there any difference in the life span of current variants of this evolutionarily ancient phototrophic bacteria and the pre-historic ones.?

11 October 2020 6,845 5 View

How to successfully produce agarose microwells with PDMS stamp?

05 October 2020 3,696 3 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

Is microsatellite study is useful for phylogenetic study of cyanobacteria?

Which is one is better in between 16S rRNA and microsatellite phylogentic study?

28 July 2020 1,633 2 View

Can the rate of nitric acid production be calculated or estimated in a soil where organic nitrogen is in abundance?

Diazotrophs 'fix' atmospheric nitrogen into biologically available forms. In very general, non-technical terms, an over-abundance of these organic nitrogen forms within a soil beyond what biota in...

23 June 2020 1,250 3 View