Antibacterial agents in river Ganga, CSIR Genome Mapping Project

Antibacterial agents in river Ganga For: Preliminary; Mains: GS I, III Topics Covered: Geography, Environment, Basic science News Flash A study commissioned by the Union Water Resources Ministry to probe the “unique properties” of the Ganga found that the river water contains a significantly higher proportion of organisms with antibacterial properties. Other Indian rivers also contain these organisms however the Ganga — especially in its upper Himalayan stretches — has more amount of them. In…

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