Environmental Biology & Pollution Research
= Toxicological studies on biota and residue analysis of metal, including arsenic speciation, PAH and pesticides etc will be attempted in-depth. Food chain analysis and risk assessment of metal toxicity.
= Scope of biodegradation studies using screened tolerant microbes.
= Environmental impact assessment and management plan of various developmental projects were also analyzed over the years. Carrying capacity based studies has been taken up over the years.
= There is also planning for analysis of metal tolerance potential of various microbes. Poly-unsaturated fatty acid distributions in marine algae are studied currently.
= Effects of arsenic and other metal flows in ecosystem and their consequences is considered as a major future research area. To asses the role of bacteria in arsenic other heavy metals transformation and mobilization is taken up.
= To make of molecular characterization of selected bacterial strains which are helpful in heavy metal transformation. In-vitro trial will be attempted to examine the role of selected bacterial strains in cellular uptake of iron, arsenic & other heavy metals followed by subsequent transformation. Molecular characterization of selected bacteria by gel electrophoresis and sequencing the 16S coding of DNA.
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Environmental Biology & Pollution Research
