Biotechnology is the use of living organisms to enhance products, our lives and our environment. It is a broad and complex discipline that encompasses many specialised areas. The promise that biotechnology holds for ...

A halotolerant plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) can ameliorate salt stress in associated plants by various mechanisms. Therefore, the present study aimed to characterize a PGPR Klebsiella sp. SBP-8 for its ability ...

Application of associative bacteria for sustainable agriculture holds immense potential. These bacteria are known to enhance growth and yield of plants by fixing atmospheric nitrogen, solubilization of phosphate, production ...

Bacteria residing in the rhizosphere and capable of host plant growth stimulation (PGPR) through ACC-deaminase activity can ameliorate various biotic- and abiotic-stress conditions by decreasing the level of ‘stress ethylene’ ...

Present study reports further characterization of the endophytic bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa PM389 for their biocontrol properties and traits required for endophytic colonization on the basis of earlier preliminary ...

A series of piperazinyl-β-carboline-3-carboxamide derivatives were designed through a molecular hybridization approach. Designed analogues were synthesized, characterized and evaluated for anti-leishmanial activity against ...

Nine diazotrophic bacteria were isolated from surface-sterilized roots and culms of wheat variety Malviya-234, which is grown with very low or no inputs of nitrogen fertilizer. Out of the nine bacteria, four showed indole ...

A series of novel piperazine-1,2,3-triazole derivatives, which entailed the bioisosteric replacement of the imidazole moiety and hybridization of two drug scaffolds was prepared by employing the regioselective copper ...

Welcome to Current Topics in Biotechnology and Microbiology. This book provides the basics as well as new ideas in Biotechnology and Microbiology in a narrative and lucid style. The modern techniques employed in ...

A new class of fused quinazolines has been designed and synthesized via copper-catalyzed Ullmann type C–N coupling followed by intramolecular cross-dehydrogenative coupling reaction in moderate to good yields. The synthesized ...