Saurav Das

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Which is the best database among RDP, SILVA SSU, Greengene?

If you want to do taxonomic profiling of your ngs data, mainly comprising the variable regions of 16S (v3-v4), which database you will prefer and why ?

04 December 2017 8,707 5 View

What is the benefit of using silver nanoparticle as antimicrobial agent in spite of silver nitrate which is itself a toxic?

I set few experiments with silver nanoparticle and silver nitrate and both the substance has antimicrobial property more or less similar. So my question, why not use silver nitrate directly in...

22 March 2017 1,842 2 View

How to detect whether a compound of interest secreted by bacteria in a media is containing carbohydrate or protein?

We are trying to isolate alpha amylase inhibitor from some bacteria but we are confused whether the inhibitor secreted by the bacteria in the media is carbohydrate or protein.

24 July 2016 1,308 2 View

Can we calculate the cfu of fungus ?

Is there any methods available for calculating the fungal cfu ? As in bacterial culture you can selectively count each colonies in the enrichment media but in case fungus they always cover the...

02 April 2016 9,810 12 View

How can I do the metabolic networking from shotgun metagenomic sequences?

I have a shotgun metagenomic library constructed from a water sample. Is there any software or online analysis platform through which I can study the respective metabolic networks...

29 March 2015 3,690 5 View

How can I isolate mycorrhiza from soil?

I would like to isolate arbuscular mycorrhiza from tea rhizosphere. If anyone could help me with a detailed protocol?

25 March 2015 5,229 6 View

Drone Image Analysis

Can someone suggest some tutorials or technical notes on Drone/UAV image analysis, especially using R and Python for Agricultural Studies? Multi-spectral and Thermal Images ?

01 January 1970 3,569 7 View