Lab Services
| No. | Lab. | Services |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microbiology Lab | • Inoculation of plant growth promoting bacteria for the production of “Shweziwa” bio-fertilizer • Contribution of liquid biofertilizer formulated with beneficial microorganisms • Analysis of cultivable total bacterial count, Nitrogen fixing bacterial count, Phosphate solubilizing bacterial count, Potassium decomposing bacterial count, Total Yeast Count from various samples |
| 2 | Mycology Lab | · Isolation and Classification of Micro-fungi |
| · Determination of Antifungal Activities (Qualitatively and Quantitatively) | ||
| 3 | Molecular Genetics Lab. | · Preparation for Bacterial Identification of 16S rDNA sequencing |
| · Bacterial genomic DNA extraction, PCR analysis and PCR product purification with (QIA quick PCR purification) kit was carried out for sequencing analysis | ||
| 4 | Plant Tissue Culture Lab | · Training of tissue culture skills to laboratory personnel and plant growers |
| · Custom multiplication of tissue culture plants | ||
| · Custom research and development for interested organization and consultancy for mass propagation and plant tissue culture facilities | ||
| Contract development of plant tissue culture media | ||
| 5 | Quality Analysis Lab | · Grain Quality Analysis |
| · Soil, Water and Plant Sample Analysis | ||
| 6 | Food Lab | · E. coli and coliform counts |
| · pH | ||
| · Total acidity | ||
| · Reducing sugar | ||
| Protein content | ||
| 7 | Environmental Lab | Water quality Analysis |
| · Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) | ||
| · Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) | ||
| · Electrical Conductivity (EC) | ||
| · pH | ||
| · Total alkalinity | ||
| · Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) | ||
| · Total hardness | ||
| · Total Suspended Solids (TSS) | ||
| 8 | Cell Culture Lab | · Determination of Total Phenolic Contents from Plant extracts and Wines |
| 9 | Pharmaceutical Research Lab | · Antimicrobial activity analysis |
| · Microbial analysis and | ||
| · Antioxidant activity test (DPPH Radical Scavenging Assay) | ||
| 10 | Aquaculture Biotechnology Lab | · Analysis of protein content by Bradford method |