Dr. Anoop R. Markande
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This is Anoop R. Markande (PhD), Assistant professor (Microbiology) at Department of Biological sciences, PD Patel Institute of Applied Sciences (PDPIAS), Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT), Changa, Anand, Gujarat, INDIA.
This is an introductory website to me and my research work.
MY LATEST RESEARCH
Bioemulsifier (BE-AM1) produced by Solibacillus silvestrisAM1 is a functional amyloid that modulates bacterial cell-surface properties.
There has already been reports on Amyloid proteins with surfactant properties due to their amphipathic nature. The bioemulsifier reported by us previously has been characterized as an amyloid protein in this article. These amyloid and surface active nature renders unique properties to the bacterial cell surface in correlation with the production and enhanced biofilm formation.
The surface active properties of amyloid protein has been established here. The cell surface modulations correlate with the BE production. Studied with DLVO theory for thermodynamics of adhesion and biofilm formation, the importance of cell-surface amyloid-BE-AM1 becomes increasingly interesting.
Amyloid bioemulsifier
Effective remediation of fish processing waste using mixed culture biofilms capable of simultaneous nitrification and denitrification
In recent times, MBBR has gained a lot of emphasis in remediation processes. Continuing from our previous paper on bioremediation of nitrogenous wastes by heterotrophs, we established the isolates in the form of biofilms on MBBR carriers and checked for their efficiency in effective remediation of toxic nitrogenous compounds in 2 and 20 litres of fish processing waste water.
Use of fish processing effluents and their effective and complete remediation up to 20 litres of system showed the efficiency of this mixed biofilm in removal of nitrogenous toxic wastes higher than many of the reported MBBR systems.