Murali Gopal

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Would a light smearing of the insides of nostrils with oil possessing anti-microbial properties like coconut oil reduce COVID-19 virus attachment?

Coconut oil is known to have anti-microbial properties. Would it's smearing of insides of nostrils and hands and other exposed body parts help in reducing the spread of COVID-19 virus...

27 March 2020 9,235 14 View

Could additive manufacturing technology (3D printing) be of help for biofertilizer industry?

The Transparency Market Research has estimated the global biofertilizers market to touch US $ 1000 million by 2019. Now that it is possible to manufacture pizza by additive manufacturing...

14 August 2015 3,951 6 View

Will soils having high available phosphorus cause more sporulation and reduced root colonization by arbucular mycorrhizae?

Soils of Kerala state in India, though acidic, have been reported to have high available phosphorus because of over application of phosphatic fertilizers for extended period. Will this condition...

20 July 2015 2,816 20 View

Can anyone help me with DGGE primers?

We carried out nested PCR for bacterial diversity studies in coconut rhizosphere soils. Total DNA from soils were extracted and an external PCR was done using primers set f27/r1492 for the full...

16 May 2014 2,106 10 View

Can a PGPR based bioinoculant also be called a plant pro-biotic?

Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria such as Pseudomonas spp., Bacillus spp., Enterobacter spp. etc are used as bioinoculants to improve crop growth and yield. Will it be OK to term them as...

03 March 2014 9,037 4 View

Has anyone observed bacteria showing increased growth in media incorporated with different doses of antibiotic, say 10 from to 60 ppm?

We have encountered a bacteria that not only is resistant, but shows increase in growth at low doses of antibiotic. However, at a higher dose of the same antibiotic there is complete suppression...

30 July 2013 6,218 18 View