Heritage Institute of Technology

About: Heritage Institute of Technology is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Support vector machine & Transconductance. The organization has 581 authors who have published 1045 publications receiving 8345 citations.

Mixed consortia in bioprocesses: role of microbial interactions

Abstract: The utilization of mixed consortia or mixed culture has become a current research trend of applied microbiology, bioprocess engineering and biotechnology. The constituent microorganisms of such mixed cultures can jointly perform complex processes efficiently, yielding the desired product at an augmented rate, in comparison to monocultures. It is understandable that the interactions between the microbial partners in these mixed cultures are expected to have a significant impact on the combined performance of the microorganisms and the bioprocess as a whole. Prevalence of positive interactions (commensalism or mutualism) among microbial members of a mixed culture or consortia can significantly enhance the product outcome of the bioprocess, ensuring their industrial application and long-term stability. On the contrary, negative interaction (parasitism, predation or ammensalism) leads to elimination of microbial members from the consortia causing the destruction of community structure as well as disruption of cumulative performance. Therefore, a priori knowledge on the type of interaction between the microorganisms is also essential for the optimization of the performance of the designed consortia. This could only be achieved through the study of inter-microbial interaction prevailing in a mixed culture. In the present article, different bioprocess applications of mixed cultures, currently in practice along with types of positive microbial interactions involved, have been reviewed. Complexity of mixed cultures from the perspective of multiple types of intra-culture relationships has been explained in detail. Overall, the necessity for more in-depth research studies on "microbial interaction" in mixed culture bioprocesses has been stressed in the article.

Modelling of phytoplankton allelopathy with Monod-Haldane-type functional response-A mathematical study

Abstract: In this paper, a three-tier model of phytoplankton, zooplankton and nutrient is considered and stability of different equilibrium points is analyzed along with Hopf-bifurcation around coexisting equilibrium point. Here, we have assumed toxication process as the guiding factor for bloom formation as well as its termination and this process is incorporated into our model by choosing the zooplankton grazing function as a Monod-Haldane function due to the phytoplankton toxicity. Extensive numerical simulations have been performed to validate the analytical findings and these simulation work reveal the chaotic oscillation exhibited by the model system for certain choice of the parameter values.

Entanglement witness operator for quantum teleportation.

Abstract: The ability of entangled states to act as a resource for teleportation is linked to a property of the fully entangled fraction. We show that the set of states with their fully entangled fraction bounded by a threshold value required for performing teleportation is both convex and compact. This feature enables the existence of Hermitian witness operators, the measurement of which could distinguish unknown states useful for performing teleportation. We present an example of such a witness operator illustrating it for different classes of states.