An investigation entitled “Bioprospecting Actinobacteria in quest of industrial application” was conducted in the Division of Microbiology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, to study the antibacterial and biopigments potential of actinobacteria. Actinomycetes are widely distributed throughout the globe, and show overwhelmin...

Medicinal plants are an important part of the human society to combat diseases. In India, medicinal plants are the rich source for natural drug research and development to fight against various diseases and disorders. Cinnamomum tamala, is a tree in the Lauraceae family and is also known as Indian bay leaf. Its leaves are used for culinary and medicinal purposes. L...

Arisaema erubescens is one of the medicinal herbs found abundantly in the Himalayan region. Healthy plant samples of Arisaema erubescens were collected from Patnitop situated at an elevation of 2,065 metres (6,640 ft), with 33°05’15.60”N and 75°19’49.91”E coordinates of District Udhampur in Jammu Division. Total nine bacterial and eight fungal endophytes were i...

The present investigation was carried out with the objectives to explore rhizospheres for isolation of phosphate solubilizing bacteria vis a vis evaluation of the efficient isolated phosphate solubilizers in maize (Zea mays). Eight locations viz. R.S. Pura, Burj Tanda, Chakrohi, Kaili mandi, Chatha farm-I, Chatha farm-II, Gurha slathian and Rakh Dhiansar were su...

An investigation entitled “Optimization of fermentation parameters to enhance biotransformation based pharmacophores from plant extract of Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex Benth” was conducted in the Division of Microbiology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences during August 2019, to September 2020 to optimize different fermentation parameters to enhance t...

The non-edible portions of food that are wasted during handling, processing, or after consumption are referred to as "kitchen waste." It contains unavoidable food wastes from refrigerators and food preparation areas, as well as garbage from homes, businesses, institutions, and other sources. Due to its high moisture concentrations, kitchen waste is difficult to han...

An investigation entitled ‘Studies on bioethanol production from rice straw by Saccharomyces cerevisiae’ was conducted in the Division of Microbiology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences,with a view to study the bioethanol producing potential of locally isolated Saccharomyces cerevisiaestrain;using Rice straw as a substrate.Optimization of fermentat...

An investigation entitled “Studies on production of Vitamin B12 by Lactobacillus species isolated from milk products” was conducted in the Division of Microbiology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, to study the capability of mutants generated out of UV and EMS mutagens of native Lactobacillus isolates, for Vitamin B12 prod...

The current study, titled “To study mutagenesis induced improvement of coenzyme Q10 production by Agrobacterium tumefaciens” was conducted at Department of Microbiology SKUAST Jammu with the view of increasing CoQ10 production via strain development by UV and EMS mutagenesis. Further optimization of fermentation parameters such as pH, temperature, and inoculum load...