Status of Methane Emission from Indian Wetlands (Saline vs. Freshwater): A Mini Review

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Wetlands are amongst the most important natural ecosystems on earth. India is blessed to have several...     

Isolation of Micro-organisms from Phyllosphere of Plagiomnium rostratum (Schrad.) T.J. Kop. from Darjeeling Hills

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Microbial association is considered as a significant innovation for land colonization of mosses. Plagiomnium...     

Mining of Blast Resistance Gene,Pi2 and Its Novel Allelic Variant from Landraces of Rice from Karnataka

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Rice blast is one of the important fungal diseases of rice, caused by Magnaporthe oryzae. Rice blast can be...     

Isolation and Characterization of Ammonia Secreting Cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. NDUPC007 from Agriculture Fields of Varanasi

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Nostoc sp. NDUPC007 was isolated from agricultural fields of Varanasi, U.P., India. Cyanobacterium was...     

Production and Assessment of Stick-Shaped Spawns of Oyster Mushroom from Banana Leaf-Midribs

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Pleurotus ostreatus is generally known as oyster mushroom that comprised in the category of edible mushroom....     

Characterization and Mosquitocidal Potency of Bacillus thuringiensis Isolate SB1 from the Sundarbans Mangrove,West Bengal,India

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Anopheles, Culex and Aedes mosquitoes are serious disease vectors in India including the malaria endemic...     

Characterization of Three Different Chitinase Genes from Trichoderma asperellum Strain Ta13

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Trichoderma asperellum is well-known for the biocontrol activity against diverse plant pathogens. Various...     

Processes of High-Yield Isolation and Flash Chromatographic Purification of Azadiradione from Neem Fruits

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Neem (Azadirachta indica) is a well-known medicinal tree uniquely producing more than 300 diversified...     

Antioxidant Properties and Total Phenolic Contents of Extracts from Three Macroalgae Collected from Chabahar Coasts

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Water, ethanol and ethanol/water extracts from three species of seaweeds (Padina australis, Stoechospermum...     

Selenium reducing Citrobacter fruendii strain KP6 from Mandovi estuary and its potential application in selenium nanoparticle synthesis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - The present study foregrounds the isolation of selenium tolerant bacteria from Mandovi estuary of Goa, India,...     

Molecular Speciation of Mycobacterial Isolates from Raw Cow Milk Reveals Predominance of Mycobacterium chelonae

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Owing to the fact that raw milk intake is still practiced in selected communities globally, milk borne...     

Cytotoxic Effect of Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized from Sargassum wightii on Cervical Cancer Cell Line

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - The biological synthesis of the metallic nanoparticle is gaining more interest, as it is more reliable and...     

Chemical Composition of Ferula galbaniflua Essential Oils from Different Geographical Regions of Iran

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Ferula galbaniflua Boiss. & Buhse is an important economic and medicinal oleo-gum resin. There is one...     

Microbial Extraction of Berberine from Phellodendron for Simultaneous Product Purification and Waste Resource Utilization

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Berberine (BBR) is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent extracted from plants. However, traditional...     

Isolation and Screening of Cellulose Degrading Microorganisms from Forest Floor Litters of Jhum Fallows

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Fallow period of a Jhum cycle is the recuperation phase of Jhumming practice, where most of the processes...     

Evaluation of Antitumor Activity of Glutaminase-Free Periplasmic Asparaginase from Indigenous Bacterial Isolates as Candidates for Cancer Therapy

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Asparaginase is a very important antineoplastic drug extensively used for the treatment of acute...     

Isolation and Characterization of Endophytic Bacteria from Piper longum

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Endophytes are non-pathogenic microorganisms that reside within internal tissues of plant, without causing...     

Synthesis and Characterization of Antimicrobial Silver Nanoparticles by an Endophytic Fungus Isolated from Nyctanthes arbor-tristis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Biofabrication of metal nanoparticles is a cost-effective, one-step and ecofriendly technique. Cell filtrate...     

Production of Agar-Derived Antioxidants and Single Cell Detritus from Gracilaria corticata Using Agarase from Microbulbifer sp. CMC-5

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - Microbulbifer strain CMC-5 reportedly degrades multiple polysaccharides including agar. In present study, the...     

Purification and Characterization of α-Mannosidase from Moss Hyophilla nymaniana (Fleish.) Menzel

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences - α-Mannosidase EC: (3.2.1.24) is the major post-translational modifications enzyme which catalyzes the...