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Compost is commonly used as biofertilizers. It can be used directly on the soil or by using compost-derived products such as extracts or compost-tea made by fermenting compost mass. Vermicompost-based innoculants proposed by permaculture methods, Korean natural farming and JADAM [13] are examples of biofertilizers.
Phosphate is often adsorbed onto the surface of different type of minerals, for example iron containing minerals. Recent data suggest that bacteria growing under phosphorus starvation release iron-chelating molecules.
In addition to being a model organism for studying diazotrophs, it is used by humans for the production of biofertilizers, food additives, and some biopolymers. The first representative of the genus, Azotobacter chroococcum , was discovered and described in 1901 by Dutch microbiologist and botanist Martinus Beijerinck .
Several laboratories have been testing suitability of bacteriophage isolates to control certain bacterial pathogens. Significant advancements in this research have been made at the Bacteriophage Institute in Tbilisi, Georgia, where phage therapy is routinely applied in medicine research. Today treatment of antibiotic resistant bacteria is a ...
Some components of these toxins such as enzymes and inorganic salts are used in modern medicine. [21] For example, drugs such as Captopril and Lisinopril are derived from snake venom and inhibit the angiotensin-converting enzyme. [22] [21] Another example is Ziconotide, a drug from the cone snail, Conus magus, that is used to reduce pain. [21] [23]
A living medicine is a type of biologic that consists of a living organism that is used to treat a disease. This usually takes the form of a cell (animal, bacterial, or fungal) or a virus that has been genetically engineered to possess therapeutic properties that is injected into a patient.
A biopesticide is a biological substance or organism that damages, kills, or repels organisms seens as pests.Biological pest management intervention involves predatory, parasitic, or chemical relationships.
A scoping review has summarized the evidence to support the use of wikis and collaborative writing applications in healthcare [1].Although there is some experimental and quasi-experimental studies of the effectiveness and safety of collaborative writing applications (such as wikis) as educational and knowledge translation interventions, the vast majority of included studies are observational ...