All Outputs (15)

Design and implementation of a cost-aware and smart oyster mushroom cultivation system (2024)
Journal Article

Mushrooms are a nutritious food source, which can play a crucial role in providing affordable sources of proteins, vitamins and minerals for people worldwide, but their cultivation requires extensive training and considerable relevant expertise in or... Read More about Design and implementation of a cost-aware and smart oyster mushroom cultivation system.

Biofilm-based simultaneous nitrification, denitrification, and phosphorous uptake in wastewater by Neurospora discreta (2022)
Journal Article

Biological removal of nitrogen and phosphorous from wastewater conventionally involves multiple processing steps to satisfy the differing oxygen requirements of the microbial species involved. In this work, simultaneous nitrification, denitrification... Read More about Biofilm-based simultaneous nitrification, denitrification, and phosphorous uptake in wastewater by Neurospora discreta.

UV-filter pollution: current concerns and future prospects (2021)
Journal Article

UV-filters are widely used in cosmetics and personal care products to protect users’ skin from redamage caused by ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun. Globally, an estimated 16,000 to 25,000 tonnes of products containing UV-filters were used in 2... Read More about UV-filter pollution: current concerns and future prospects.

Fungal Solubilisation and Subsequent Microbial Methanation of Coal Processing Wastes (2021)
Journal Article

Large quantities of rejects from coal processing plants are currently disposed of as waste piles or in ponds and rivers, resulting in environmental concerns including pollution of rivers, and ground and surface water contamination. This work investig... Read More about Fungal Solubilisation and Subsequent Microbial Methanation of Coal Processing Wastes.

Method for obtaining a glycoprotein composition (2020)
Patent

The invention describes a method of production of glycoprotein with a specific glycoform composition. The desired glycoform profile is brought about by altering the culture conditions on the basis of IVCC rather than the age of the culture. Further,... Read More about Method for obtaining a glycoprotein composition.

Influence of carbon source complexity on porosity, water retention and extracellular matrix composition of Neurospora discreta biofilms (2020)
Journal Article

Aims To evaluate carbon source complexity as a process lever to impact the microstructure, chemical composition and water retention capacity of biofilms produced by Neurospora discreta. Methods and Results Biofilms were produced by nonpathogenic... Read More about Influence of carbon source complexity on porosity, water retention and extracellular matrix composition of Neurospora discreta biofilms.

A first report on competitive inhibition of laccase enzyme by lignin degradation intermediates (2019)
Journal Article

Laccases have been widely explored for their ligninolytic capability in bioethanol production and bioremediation of industrial effluents. However, low reaction rates have posed a major challenge to commercialization of such processes. This study repo... Read More about A first report on competitive inhibition of laccase enzyme by lignin degradation intermediates.

Arrested fungal biofilms as low-modulus structural bio-composites: Water holds the key (2019)
Journal Article

Biofilms are self-assembling structures consisting of rigid microbial cells embedded in a soft biopolymeric extracellular matrix (ECM), and have been commonly viewed as being detrimental to health and equipment. In this work, we show that biofilms fo... Read More about Arrested fungal biofilms as low-modulus structural bio-composites: Water holds the key.

Cellulase stimulation during biodegradation of lignocellulosic residues at increased biomass loading (2018)
Journal Article

Erratum to: Degradation of Lignin in Agricultural Residues by locally Isolated Fungus Neurospora discreta (2017)
Journal Article

The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. The order of Figure 4 sub-panel images were placed incorrectly; the correct version is provided below and the original article has been corrected. The figure caption remains the... Read More about Erratum to: Degradation of Lignin in Agricultural Residues by locally Isolated Fungus Neurospora discreta.

Degradation of Lignin in Agricultural Residues by locally Isolated Fungus Neurospora discreta (2016)
Journal Article

Locally isolated fungus, Neurospora discreta, was evaluated for its ability to degrade lignin in two agricultural residues: cocopeat and sugarcane bagasse with varying lignin concentrations and structures. Using Klason’s lignin estimation, high-perfo... Read More about Degradation of Lignin in Agricultural Residues by locally Isolated Fungus Neurospora discreta.

Improved ammonium removal from industrial wastewater through systematic adaptation of wild type Chlorella pyrenoidosa (2016)
Journal Article

A single step process is proposed for ammonium removal from nitrogenous industrial effluents, with a concomitant generation of algal biomass. A microalgal strain found in the effluent treatment plant of a fertilizer industry in Mumbai, India was syst... Read More about Improved ammonium removal from industrial wastewater through systematic adaptation of wild type Chlorella pyrenoidosa.

Ethanol via biomass-generated syngas (2008)
Journal Article

Developing low-cost sustainable fuels, such as ethanol, is receiving much attention due to rising energy costs, national security, and environmental issues. Renewable biomass, such as switchgrass, can be utilized to produce fuel-grade ethanol via a g... Read More about Ethanol via biomass-generated syngas.

Fermentation of biomass-generated synthesis gas: Effects of nitric oxide (2006)
Journal Article

The production of renewable fuels, such as ethanol, has been steadily increasing owing to the need for a reduced dependency on fossil fuels. It was demonstrated previously that biomass-generated synthesis gas (biomass-syngas) can be converted to etha... Read More about Fermentation of biomass-generated synthesis gas: Effects of nitric oxide.

Effects of biomass-generated producer gas constituents on cell growth, product distribution and hydrogenase activity of Clostridium carboxidivorans P7T (2006)
Journal Article

In our previous work, we demonstrated that biomass-generated producer gas can be converted to ethanol and acetic acid using a microbial catalyst Clostridium carboxidivorans P7T. Results showed that the producer gas (1) induced cell dormancy, (2) inhi... Read More about Effects of biomass-generated producer gas constituents on cell growth, product distribution and hydrogenase activity of Clostridium carboxidivorans P7T.