Showing posts with label biotech. Show all posts
Showing posts with label biotech. Show all posts

Friday, April 4, 2014

What this "Stromatolites" Really Is?

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Stromatolites are biologically produced structures formed by colonies of photosynthesizing cyanobacteria. Their building communities include oldest known fossils, dating back some 3.5 billion years-old. Stromatolites are unique trace fossils that record both the effect of microbes in the local environment and the effect of environmental influences on microbial ecosystems.

Monday, March 31, 2014

Waste Water Treatment: Introduction and Processing

Water is the most useful and important resource of life. Our life depends on it. When waste water is treated to return this resource to the environment a semisolid, nutrient-rich by product called waste water sludge is produced. By Nadia Hassan. It contains 0.25 to 7% solids by weights.

Friday, March 28, 2014

Bio-Fertilizers: A Brief Introduction

“Biologically active products or microbial inoculants of bacteria algae and fungi are known as bio fertilizers”. These organisms can be used either separately or in combination which may help biological nitrogen fixation for the benefit of plants. By Nadia Hassan.

Emergence of bio fertilizers as agro-inputs:
The concept of microbial inoculation which started with legume Rhizobium inoculant has now been diversified to bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes.