Annals of Microbiology and Research

Home / Browse Journals & Books / Annals of Microbiology and Research / Archive / Volume 2, Issue 1

Table of Content: Volume 2, Issue 1

Select All | |

Research Article Pages 54-60

Environmentally Benign Bio-Leaching Extraction of Rare Earth Elements from Non-Conventional Resources

Authors: P Somasundaran, Shimaa Hussien, P Patra and H El Shall

Abstract: The bio-leaching approaches are environmentally benign and economically viable. We investigated the bacterial Acidothiobacillus ferrooxidans (Af) and the fungal Aspergillus niger (An) for bio-leaching of REEs from a phosphate ore, and examined the factors governing the leaching processes. Based on the shake flask leaching studies, an increase in surface area with the increase in pulp density level (1-15 wt.%) was found to lead to an increase in the amounts of REEs leached. In contrast, with an increase in the surface area by reducing the sizes of particles.

| | |

Letter to the editor Pages 51-53

Editorial on Advances in Biological Viruses

Authors: Manu Mitra

Abstract: Viruses is a very tiny and microscopic organism that exists almost everywhere on earth. It can infect all type of life forms from humans, animals, plants, fungi and even bacteria. It is not necessary that all viruses are harmful. The fact of virus is that they cannot replicate without a host cell and there is no cure for virus but vaccination can prevent them from spreading.

| | |

Review Article Pages 45-50

Bacterial Biofilm and its Clinical Implications

Authors: Mohammad Reza Shakibaie

Abstract: Microbial biofilm created huge burden in treatment of both community and hospital infections. A biofilm is complex communities of bacteria attached to a surface or interface enclosed in an exopolysaccharide matrix and protected from unfavorable conditions such as presence of antibiotics, host defense or oxidative stresses. Biofilms are often considered hot spot for horizontal gene transfer among same or different bacterial species.

| | |

Review Article Pages 31-44

Emerging and Reemerging Human Viral Diseases

Authors: Dabbu Kumar Jaijyan, Jian Liu, Rong Hai and Hua Zhu

Abstract: The pathogens including viruses, parasites and other microbes, are known to emerge and evolve since thousands of the years ago. Viruses are potent infectious agents causing numerous life-threatening diseases in human beings and co-evolved with human evolution. Emerging viruses, especially the RNA viruses are more pathogenic because there is no herd immunity for most humans.

| | |

Publish with Scholars.Direct

Track your Manuscript Status

(Please write to editorialoffice@scholars.direct in case of any technical error)