Arif Khan

• PhD
• PhD Student at University of Peshawar

Bacillus species comprises of several hundred species and is characterized as non-spore- or endospore-forming, straight or slightly curved Gram-positive rods, which may turn Gram-negative with age, and single or multi-flagellate and grows in aerobic or facultative anaerobic conditions. Bacillus spp. include xenobiotic biodegraders, plant growth pro...

Turquoise blue dye (Remazol Blue BB) is a reactive dye which is used by almost all textile industries. The sample was collected from dye industries near VATVA G.I.D.C. (Gujarat) and adjourning surrounding area. On the basis of colony morphology and certain biochemical tests the strain was identified as Bacillus megaterium species and gave maximum d...

The ethanol extracts of flowers, young bud, mature leaves and stems of Calotropis procera (Ait). R. Br. (Asclepiadaceae) was screened for phytochemical properties, antimicrobial (agar dilution method) activity and effectiveness on third instar larvae of Anopheles stephansi. Qualitative estimation of alkaloids, carbohydrates, glycosides, saponins, p...

Text ile dyes have been used since the Bronze Age. They also constitute a prototype 21 st -century speciality chemicals market. Effluent and soil samp les were collected fro m textile industry at Surat. The pH, temperature, BOD, COD, Nitrate and Nitrite values were co mpared with the values given by the Bureau of Indian Standards. The culture med i...

Q-PCR is a rapid confirmative tool which requires support of traditional techniques to confirm the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). In present study the Q-PCR results were compared with the traditional techniques of diagnosis smear, culture, histological and cytological methods. Total 68 infected...