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  Seasonal Monitoring of Waterbirds of Chhari Dhandh wetland in Kachchh District, Gujarat, India

  K. Joshi, K. Tatu, R.D. Kamboj

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  Vol.5 , Issue.5 , pp.1-5, Oct-2018

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  A study was conducted by Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER) Foundation on waterbirds of Chhari Dhandh during the year 2016-17 covering all the major seasons. A total of 66 waterbird species were recorded that belonged to 14 families. Among all the families, maximum number of species were represented by Anatidae family (i.e., the family of ducks, geese and swans) and Ardidae family (i.e., the family of herons, egrets and bitterns) with 13 species belonging to each family. Chhari Dhandh supported maximum population of waterbirds (n=4,162) in winter. On the contrary, minimum waterbird population (n=362) occurred in this wetland during summer. The study has indicated that Chhari Dhandh has highest utility as waterbird habitat during winter season and therefore maximum management practices should be focused during this period. The study has also indicated that open water and shoreland area support a large number of waterbird species and many of them are gregarious (occurring in congregation) calling for the need of focusing management efforts on these two habitats.

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  Avifauna, Chhari Dhandh, Habitat, Seasonal variation, Waterbirds, Wetland

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  K. Joshi, K. Tatu, R.D. Kamboj, "Seasonal Monitoring of Waterbirds of Chhari Dhandh wetland in Kachchh District, Gujarat, India," International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences, Vol.5, Issue.5, pp.1-5, 2018

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  Finding Potential Source of Cold-Active Xylanase

  S.M. Malik, F.A. Ahanger, N. Wani, S. Sahay, K. Jain

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  Vol.5 , Issue.5 , pp.6-9, Oct-2018

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  Xylanases are glycosidases that catalyze the endohydrolysis of 1,4-β-D-xylosidic linkages in xylan, the main constituent of hemicelluloses found in plant cell wall. Xylanases encompass great industrial potential, and their cold-active counterparts have even more than that. Accordingly, three cold-active fungi, Penicillium canesence (BPF4), Truncatella angustata (BPF5), and Pseudogymnoascus roseus (BPF6) available as laboratory stocks have been screened for their ability to produce extracellular xylanases at cold temperature. The selection of hyper producing strains of xylanase was carried out on Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) medium fortified with 1% (w/v) of xylan incubated at 20oC for seven days. Selection for best producer of xylanase was done on the basis of breadth of clear zones observed after flooding the plates with Gram’s iodine indicating the hydrolysis of xylan by xylanase around the colonies. The fungus T. angustata was found to produce the highest amount of xylanase followed by Pseu. roseus and P. canesence in that order. The cold-active xylanase-secreting ability of the fungal species was verified by incubating them in xylanase producing medium at 20oC. Consequently, T. angustata, Pseu. roseus and P. canesence were found to produce xylanase activity equal to 11.0 IU/ml, 7.0 IU/ml and 5.9 IU/ml respectively. This is the first report of the fungus T. angustata having cold-active xylanases producing ability.

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  Cold active xylanase, Xylan, Penicillium canesence, Truncatella angustata, Pseudogymnoascus roseus, Screening

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  S.M. Malik, F.A. Ahanger, N. Wani, S. Sahay, K. Jain, "Finding Potential Source of Cold-Active Xylanase," International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences, Vol.5, Issue.5, pp.6-9, 2018

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  Production of L-Arginine from arginine analogue resistant mutants of Corynebacterium glutamicum

  Anjaneyulu Musini, Lakshmi Narasu Mangamoori, L. Saida

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  Vol.5 , Issue.5 , pp.10-13, Oct-2018

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  L-arginine is an essential amino acid, widely used in pharmaceutical, feed and food industry. It is the precursor molecule in citrulline and nitric oxide synthesis, which in turn plays significant role in a wide variety of patho - physiological functions in the cardiovascular, central and peripheral nervous systems. In the present study, mutagenesis experiments were carried out for isolation of analogue resistant mutants against Corynebacterium glutamicum. Initially, MIC (Minimum inhibitory concentration) was identified for arginine analogues by tube dilution method. MIC values found to be Arginine hydroximate – 680 µg/ml. Further, mutagenesis of C. glutamicum was carried out with NTG (300µg/ml) and amino acid analogue resistant mutants were isolated in minimal media. Fermentation was carried out by resistant colonies and estimated the Arginine levels. Production level was found to be 5.2 mg /ml where as in control cells it was 1.4 mg /ml. This study highlighted the C. glutamicum mutant of L-arginine amino acid production.

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  L-Arginine, Mutagenesis, Minimum inhibitory concentration and Corynebacterium glutamicum

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  Anjaneyulu Musini, Lakshmi Narasu Mangamoori, L. Saida, "Production of L-Arginine from arginine analogue resistant mutants of Corynebacterium glutamicum," International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences, Vol.5, Issue.5, pp.10-13, 2018

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  Faunal Monitoring of Ahmedabad Airport as a Part of Bird-Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) Study

  K. Mokaria, K. Tatu, R. D. Kamboj

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  Vol.5 , Issue.5 , pp.14-24, Oct-2018

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  Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) airport is known to have a high potential of bird-aircraft collision hazards. For determining the causes and magnitude of the problem and to find out likely solutions, birds, other small animals (mammals and reptiles) and insects were monitored by Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER) Foundation, Gandhinagar during pre-monsoon and monsoon seasons between 2015 and 2017. For monitoring birds, two linear transects were laid, one each along each side of the runway. Besides transect-based bird surveys, bird species were also randomly recorded in other parts of the airport premises and even outside it (within 1 km belt parallel to the airport boundary). A total of 59 species of birds were encountered within the airport premises that belonged to 30 different families. Of these, 48 species were recorded along the transects. The majority (i.e., 83%) of the total 59 species were either obligate or facultative insectivorous birds. As the majority of birds were found to be obligatorily or facultatively insectivorous, insect monitoring was also carried out. For recording insects(species/genera and their numbers), Visual Encounter Survey (VES) was carried out in the operational area. A total of 80 species of insects were encountered which belonged to 42 families and 11 orders. Some measures that were suggested by GEER Foundation for reducing the chances of bird-aircraft collision included regulating the growth of grasses through regular grass-cutting preferably before sunrise or after sunset, controlling population of rodents and termites, considering to facilitate artificial grasses/tuft cover. By roping in GEER Foundation for faunal monitoring seasonally SVPI airport authorities have provided an example of ecological concerns in airport management. Other airports in the country should follow this example.

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  Birds, Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH), Black kite, Insects, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (SVP) International Airport

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  K. Mokaria, K. Tatu, R. D. Kamboj, "Faunal Monitoring of Ahmedabad Airport as a Part of Bird-Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) Study," International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences, Vol.5, Issue.5, pp.14-24, 2018

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  Diversity and distribution of Cirripedia from Gujarat Coast, India

  H.H. Parmar, D.M. Joshi, H. Salvi, R.D. Kamboj

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  Vol.5 , Issue.5 , pp.25-29, Oct-2018

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  Compared to other taxons of crustacea, limited literature is available on the diversity of Infraclass Cirripedia (Barnacles), as they are not much studied from the taxonomical point of view. The present study describes a total of 7 species of Intertidal cirripedia from Gujarat coast which includes the actual study and review. The highest species diversity was recorded from the Saurashtra coast bearing rocky intertidal areas, the highly supportive habitat for their attachment. The most common species observed were Tetraclita squamosa rufotincta, Amphibalanus amphitrite, Chthamalus stellatus and Balanus crenatus found flourishing on rocky shore with high density.

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  Cirripedia, Crustaceans, Barnacle, Saurashtra, Intertidal

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  H.H. Parmar, D.M. Joshi, H. Salvi, R.D. Kamboj, "Diversity and distribution of Cirripedia from Gujarat Coast, India," International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences, Vol.5, Issue.5, pp.25-29, 2018

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  Effect of antimicrobial activity of Eupatorium odoratum against clinical microbes

  Ramesh P, Subramani A

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  Vol.5 , Issue.5 , pp.30-35, Oct-2018

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  Traditional medicine is an important source of potentially useful compounds for the development of phytotherapetic agent. Antimicrobials of plant origin have enormous therapeutic potential in the treatment of infectious diseases while simultaneously migitigiting many of the side effects that are often associated with synthetic antimicrobials. In the present investigation suggested that the effect of antimicrobial activity of Epotorium odoratum against clinical microbes were performed. In the experiments of the test plant with different concentration of 25, 50, 75, and 100µl of aqueous and methanolic leaf extract were treated against the bacteria like Bacillus sp., E.coli, Entrococcus sp., K.pnemoniae and Staph. aureus and fungi such as Aspergillus flavus, A.niger. A.terreus, Penicillium sp. and Trichoderma sp. Performed respectively. However the antimicrobial properties of E.odoratum leaf with methanolic extract of higher concentration was excellent performance when compared to other solvent of aqueous extract of same plant. It can be concluded that the plant can be used to discover natural products that may serve as lead for the development of new biomedical applications.

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  Epotorium odoratum, bacteria, nutrient agar

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  A Comprehensive floristic study of Van-Vihar National park Bhopal (M.P)

  M.A. Zargar, S. D. Singh

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  Vol.5 , Issue.5 , pp.36-38, Oct-2018

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  Van vihar in the state capital Bhopal” is highly rich in floristic biodiversity of plants. Due to recent drastic changes after urbanization and industrialization have affect the Flora of Van vihar National park. In review of it after studied it is necessary to update and revise the flora of Van vihar National park. It has some hilly Tracks covered with luxuriant vegetation along with the forest area represented by deciduous spare forest. Taxonomical investigations were under taken to explore the floristic status of the ten dominant families. Conservation measures were also taken in account

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  Floristic study, Dominant families, endangered taxa, conservation

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  M.A. Zargar, S. D. Singh, "A Comprehensive floristic study of Van-Vihar National park Bhopal (M.P)," International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences, Vol.5, Issue.5, pp.36-38, 2018

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  Nitric Oxide Scavenging Activity of Bioactive Compounds Present in Methanolic Extract of Morchella esculenta

  D.R. Baba, P.M. Junaid, F. Khan, R. Singh

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  Vol.5 , Issue.5 , pp.39-41, Oct-2018

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  Morchella esculenta is commonly known as morel, common morel, true morel, yellow morel, sponge morel and morel mushroom [1]. It is one of the most easily recognized of all the edible mushrooms and highly sought after. Morchella mushroom is one of the costliest edible fungi in the world. Morchella esculenta is in economically important mushroom commonly known as “Guchhi” in India. In India, the presence of Morchella is reported from Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir [2]. It has been reported that the morel species are good to minimize the oxidative damage in organisms that occur in several chronic diseases. Moreover, these morel species can be used to find new antimicrobials overlapping the resistance of bacteria to first choice antibiotics. The compounds like Phenol, Tocopherol and organic acids are considered to be the most responsible for antioxidant activity of mushrooms [3][4]. Methanol extract of Morchella esculenta was screened to evaluate free radical scavenging effect. The extract exhibited significant reducing power and free radical scavenging effect on nitric oxide radicals. This antioxidant activity was concentration dependent which were compared with standard antioxidants such as ascorbic acid. The highest free radical scavenging effect of the extract was observed at concentration of 100μg/ml and the IC50 value of extract was 49.8821μg/ml.

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  Nitric oxide scavenging, Morchella esculenta, Methanolic Extract, Antioxidant activity

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  D.R. Baba, P.M. Junaid, F. Khan, R. Singh, "Nitric Oxide Scavenging Activity of Bioactive Compounds Present in Methanolic Extract of Morchella esculenta," International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences, Vol.5, Issue.5, pp.39-41, 2018

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  Seasonal Assessment of Some Water Quality Parameters for Estuarine and Riverine Zones of Narmada River, Gujarat

  Ronak Gupta, Ketan Tatu, Lamb Christian, Darpak Joshi, R.D. Kamboj

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  Vol.5 , Issue.5 , pp.42-51, Oct-2018

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  The present study was carried out at eatuarine and riverine regions of river Narmada, one of the four major rivers of Gujarat. A total of eleven physico-chemical parameters of water were analyzed seasonally during a period of February 2017 to September 2017. The range of physical and chemical parameters obtained are Temperature 21.0°C to 36.90°C, Turbidity 0.04 NTU to 923 NTU, pH 7.2 to 9.0, Electrical Conductivity 0.0018mS to 40.78mS, Total Dissolved Solids 0.9 ppt to 5209 ppt, Dissolve Oxygen 3.42 mg/l to 8.32 mg/l, Salinity 0.27 ppt to 56.08 ppt, Acidity 30mg/l as CaCO3 to 90mg/l as CaCO3, Alkalinity 40 mg/l as CaCO3 to 200 mg/l as CaCO3 and Total Hardness 600 mg/l as CaCO3 to 16000 mg/l as CaCO3 The results of present research work revealed that certain parameters such as Total Hardness, Turbidity, and Total Dissolved Solids were not found to be within the acceptable range of IS 10500 – 2004 from the view point of domestic purpose; which might be due to the point and non-point sources of pollution that the river receives mainly by means of industrial effluent, agricultural runoff, and domestic sewage. Further, the water quality data generated from this study will help in potential remediation and other management decisions.

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  Estuarine Zone, Narmada, Physico-Chemical parameters, Riverine Zone, Seasonal sampling, Water quality

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  Ronak Gupta, Ketan Tatu, Lamb Christian, Darpak Joshi, R.D. Kamboj, "Seasonal Assessment of Some Water Quality Parameters for Estuarine and Riverine Zones of Narmada River, Gujarat," International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences, Vol.5, Issue.5, pp.42-51, 2018

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  Seasonal Variations in the Physico-Chemical Parameters of Malgujari Pond of Ghugus, District Chandrapur (Maharashtra)

  L.S. Durge, A.M. Chilke, R.N. Chavhan

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  Vol.5 , Issue.5 , pp.52-57, Oct-2018

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  A Malgujari pond,situated at the heart of Ghugus,an industrial town from district Chandrapur of Maharashtra has been selected for the study of seasonal variations in physic-chemical parameters of water. The period of the study is from December 2015 to November 2017. The following parameters viz-temperature, pH, transparency, conductivity, DO, free CO2, BOD,COD, total hardness, chlorides, phosphate, sulphate and nitrates has been taken for the analysis. The present study showed that the atmospheric temperature is higher than that of water. It is maximum during summer while the minimum in the winter season. Conductivity, pH and BOD are also observed maximum in summer while minimum in winter. DO as well as transparency is found maximum in the winter and minimum in monsoon. Free CO2, BOD, COD, hardness, chlorides, phosphates, sulphates and nitrates are maximum in summer and minimum in winter. Alkalinity is more in monsoon and found less in winter. Comparatively higher values of conductivity, total alkalinity, chlorides, phosphates and nitrates in Malgujari pond of Ghugus is an indication of its contaminated status.

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  Water pollution, physico-chemical parameters, Malgujari pond

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  Citation
  L.S. Durge, A.M. Chilke, R.N. Chavhan, "Seasonal Variations in the Physico-Chemical Parameters of Malgujari Pond of Ghugus, District Chandrapur (Maharashtra)," International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences, Vol.5, Issue.5, pp.52-57, 2018