ABSTRACT Ureolytic bacteria are a group of bacteria that can produce urease enzymes to hydrolyze urea. Ureolytic bacteria are able to produce calcite (CaCO3) through the precipitation process. The purpose of this study was to determine the toxicity of five isolates of SP. 32, SP. 34, SP. 48, SP. 83, and SP. 84 and the ability of the five isolates to produce calcite. Bacterial bioassay was carr…
ABSTRACT Banana is member of the Musa genus Musaceae family that widely cultivated in Indonesia, one of which is in Lubuk Alung District, Padang Pariaman regency. This study aims to inventory and identify banana diversity and examine their relationship based on morphological characters. This research was conducted from November 2022 to March 2023. Sampling was done by exploration method. Morph…
ABSTRACT Melinjo is a cultivated plant that is widely used by the community because it has economic value. However, many people use melinjo plants excessively without seeing the availability of melinjo plants in natural population. This proves that melinjo has been included in the IUCN Red List with Least Concerned (LC) status or less attention. The research was conducted using exploration and…
ABSTRACT Geniotrigona thoracica is a type of stingless bee that is now in great demand and kept by local breeders, one of which is in Kandi Orchards, Sawahlunto, West Sumatra. This stingless bee is also known as galo-galo (Sumatra). The productivity of galo-galo produces honey and propolis which is determined by the activities of the workers so the more active the galo-galoes are, the more hon…
ABSTRACT Medicinal plants are the main element in the local medicine system in Karas District, Fakfak Regency. This is closely related to the culture and traditional knowledge of the community. This study aims to identify the species of medicinal plants used by Traditional Medicine Practitioners (TMP) An ethnobotanical survey was conducted to collect information from Traditional Medicine Pract…
ABSTRACT Natural cellulose can be synthesized by microorganisms using a static method through the fermentation process of sago liquid waste and sucrose which produces biopolymers in the form of cellulose pellicles. This study aimed to optimize cellulose production by mixed bacterial cultures originating from durian, banana and pineapple pulp using sago liquid waste and sucrose as carbon source…
ABSTRACK Snakehead fish (Channa striata, Bloch 1793) that lives in Kampar Kiri River uses natural food as. Snakehead fish is a carnivorous fish whose natural fish, insects, plants and debris. Analysis of stomach content provides an overview of the composition of natural feed in fish stomachs and their habitats. The purpose of this study was to determine the type of food, percentage of food and…
ABSTRACT Riau University is one of the areas where various plants are distributed, including the Fabaceae family. The purpose of this study was to identify the pollen morphology from three subfamily of Fabaceae from the University of Riau. Sampling in the field was carried out using exploratory method. Pollen preparations were prepared using the acetolysis and non-acetolysis, method and their …
ABSTRACT Sun bear with vulnerable status and high dependency to habitats now facing high habitat loss. Occupancy approaching with presence/absence method was used, since less sun bear information in PT. GAN. The objective of this research is to provide information about sun bear and its habitat use in PT. GAN, which leads to better sun bear conservation as well. Vegetation type vary among PT. …
ABSTRACT The productivity of chili in Indonesia is still very low compared to the yield potential, one of the reasons is that many chili plants are attacked by disease. Ralstonia solanacearum is one of the bacteria that attacks chili plants which causes wilt disease. One type of Indonesian herbal plant that has antibacterial activity is neem (Azadirachta indica) and bleeding heart vine (Clerod…
ABSTRACT Native chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a livestock animal that is widely kept by the community because it is very easy to maintain. Native chickens are widely used as a staple food that contains animal protein. This study aims to determine the prevalence and intensity of ectoparasite attacks and describe the types of ectoparasites found in native chickens in Mandau Duri District…
ABSTRACT Lopang is an annual herbaceous plants that have been cultivated in Riau. This plant is also known by several local names, such as lopang, kanjat, and wild bitter melon. The scientific name of Lopang is Gymnopetalum cochinchinense L. Kurz. The scientific name for this species is still unclear due to the use of various common names and limited literature. This study aims to analyze the …
This study aims to determine the composition and diversity of plankton species in the waters of the Indragiri Hulu Kembar Lakes. The research location is in Kembar Lakes, Kelesa Village, Seberida District, Indragiri Hulu Regency and at the PMIPA Laboratory, Department of Biology Education, Teaching and Education Faculty, Riau University in October 2022. The method used is a survey by taking fou…
ABSTRACT Sebarau fish (Hampala macrolepidota) is native species to Indonesia with a wide distribution in Southeast Asia and has potential as a consumption fish and ornamental fish. H. macrolepidota can be found in diverse water conditions in Indonesia so this causes differences in morphological characters. Therefore, is it interesting to research it. This research aims to classify fish geograp…
ABSTRACT Dextran is an exopolysaccharide in the form of homopolysaccharide consisting of glucose units of α (1-6) chains that are sequential to each other and is commercially available which can be applied in the food industry or biomedical fields. Dextran is synthesized by bacteria by utilizing sucrose. Dextran-producing bacteria can be isolated from fruits or foods that contain sugar in the…
ABSTRACT Tembesu (Fragraea fragrans Roxb.) is a high quality wood producing plant. Some parts of the tembesu plant can be used as ingredients in medicines and perfumes. The large use of tembesu plants is not in line with the availability of tembesu plants. This is because tembesu seeds have small seed sizes and hard seed coats. Breaking the dormancy of tembesu seeds can be done with chemical c…
ABSTRACT Dextran is a homopolysaccharide α-glucan from glucose. Dextran has a diverse structure and properties so that it is widely applied in various industrial fields such as in the pharmaceutical field which is used as a drug carrier. Drugs have toxicity that is difficult to predict so they require drug delivery to more easily reach target cells and reduce drug side effects. Dextran has a …
ABSTRACT Anemia is a disease caused by a lack of red blood cells in the body. This disease affects 1.97 billion people globally, ranging from 50-80% of cases caused due to iron deficiency. Iron is most easily absorbed by the body, which is sourced from animal and vegetable foods. Baccaraurea macrocarpa (Miq) Mull. Arg has the potential to be an alternative treatment for anemia because it conta…
ABSTRACT Coffee Leaf Rust (CLR) disease is one of the main diseases of coffee plants including Liberica coffee. Liberica coffee is superior variety from Meranti Islands, Lim 1 and Lim 2, have been determined by Minister of Agriculture as resistant varieties against Coffee Leaf Rust (CLR). The largest group of resistance (R) genes is the genes encoding the NBS-LRR (Nucleotide Binding Site-Leuci…
ABSTRACT Felis domestica (cat) is an animal that is much liked and kept because of its characteristic shapeunique body, eye, and coat color. With these advantages become powerspecial attraction for cats to be maintained. This study aims to determine the types of ectoparasites in cats and determine the prevalence and intensity of attacks ectoparasites found in the District Mandau, City of Duri,…