Pectobacterium carotovorum is an economically important phytopathogen and has been identified as the major causative agent of bacterial soft rot in carrots. Control of this phytopathogen is vital to minimizing carrot ...

Listeria monocytogenes is a food-borne pathogen that can cause severe invasive infection called ‘listerosis’ in humans. Development of antibiotic resistance is a major setback in the management of conditions caused by ...

Remediation of hexavalent chromium with conventional chemical and physical methods is a costly process, while replacing some critical steps in physiochemical remediation with self-sustaining bioremediation agents are ...

Sensitivity of four tropical cyanobacteria viz. Coelosphaerium sp., Synechococcus sp., Oscillatoria sp. and Chroococcus sp. to environmentally relevant concentrations of Cr6+, Cd2+ and Zn2+was assessed based on fluorescence ...

Kandy Lake, a man-made water body, located in the heart of Kandy adjoining a world famous Buddhist Temple in Sri Lanka was affected by a sudden outbreak of cyanobacteria bloom (Microcystis aeruginosa) in May 1999 with the ...