Numerous bodies of water that provide benefits to man have been polluted nowadays due to accumulation of heavy metal wastes resulting from anthropogenic activity. Cadmium is one of those toxic metals known to create long-term ...

Mountain Province boasts of limestone forests and a cool weather that provide a suitable home for some Begonia species. To date however, the last taxonomic account of Begonia species in the said province is more than a ...

Rotavirus is the major cause of diarrhea in young animals and children worldwide. There is a lack of research done on porcine rotavirus in the Philippines hence, this study was conceptualized. This study aims to molecularly ...

The relationship between biomass soil fertility and aboveground is an important but poorly understood component of a tropical rain forest. No consistent trend connecting the two has been established in past studies (Castilho ...

The relative abundance and diversity of a multispecies fishery in Brgy. Sta. Monica, Infanta, Quezon, were studied using catches from beach seines and drift longlines from January 2003 to February 2003. Approximately ...

Biofilm, an essential trophic component of a healthy ecosystem, are found in the walls of macrofaunal burrows. Two essential protein degradation activities are protease and ETS activities. The protein degradative ability ...

In the Philippines, researches are being conducted to find alternative materials for papermaking. In this study, we made handmade paper containing varying concentrations of Sargassum and had its strength properties ...

A modified Allium test was used to screen the potential toxicity risk of water samples obtained from three freshwater ecosystems: Binosawan River, Pagcolbon Pond and Mistika Creek in Rapu Rapu Island, Albay, Bicol. There ...

Most of the studies conducted by researchers on the antimicrobial property of the chemicals produced by plants for defense and for inhibition of the microflora surrounding it, utilize dried and powdered form of the plant. ...

Twenty-eight strains of lactic acid bacteria from five fermented food samples namely: “burong kanin” (BK), “burong isda” (BI), “balao-balao” (BB), “longganisa” from Ilocos region (LI), and “longganisa” from Cavite (LC) ...