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A truly Pinoy cheese

February 6, 2011 - 12:00am

 Filipino cheese makers have to thank Dr. Susana Mercado of the National Institute for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (UPLB-Biotech) for developing microbial rennet fermented in coconut paring cake.

Agriculture

Metagenomics: Studying unculturable microbes

By Laarni Grace Corales and Carlo Miguel Sandoval | August 13, 2009 - 12:00am

Microorganisms or microbes are often depicted in television commercials as invisible things around us that can cause sickness and therefore must be eliminated by anti-microbial products and disinfectants.

Science and Environment

Microbiologists deal with very small organisms and play crucial roles in our lives

By STAR SCIENCE By Cynthia T. Hedreyda, Ph.D. | February 15, 2007 - 12:00am

(First of two parts) Several years ago, the much talked about fatal cases of bloody diarrhea in the US were caused by eating Jack-in-the Box hamburgers contaminated with a bacterium called Escherichia...

Science and Environment

Turn your farm wastes into fertilizer

August 28, 2005 - 12:00am

Farmers would do well by converting their farm wastes quickly into organic fertilizer and, hence, reduce their expenses on inorganic or chemical fertilizer. This can be done by applying a microbial inoculant developed...

Agriculture

Coating matters in the ‘invisible sea’: Biofilms, marine snow and bioengineering

By STAR SCIENCE By Wolfgang T. Reichardt, Ph.D. | September 9, 2004 - 12:00am

(Conclusion) ‘Marine snow’ Anyone familiar with biological sewage treatment plants can imagine that marine sediments are not the only sites of organic matter recycling in the sea. The more natural counterpart...

Science and Environment

Making your own fertilizer in 1-2 weeks

April 20, 2003 - 12:00am

Researchers of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in Maligaya, Muñoz, Nueva Ecija have formulated a microbial inoculant that can process biodegradable kitchen wastes into fertilizer in one to...

Agriculture

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