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Articles
Application of Guar Gum for Oil and Gas Industry: A Green Biopolymer
31 Oct 2025
Guar gum powder is extracted from the guar seeds after a multistage industrial process. The production technique depends upon the desired product.
Biochar and Microbial Application for Carbon Dioxide Removal
15 Oct 2025
Combining biochar with soil microbial communities can enhance soil health, nutrient cycling, and agricultural productivity. Being a stable carbonaceous material, biochar offers multiple benefits by improving soil’s physical, chemical, and biological properties.
Climate-Proofing India’s Bioeconomy: Industrial Biotech Responses to Climate-induced Raw Material Shifts
28 Jul 2025
India’s bioeconomy touched a remarkable valuation of US$165.7 billion in 2024, reflecting its rising significance in national development.
Microbial Innovation for Coalbed Methane: TERI’s Role in Advancing CBM Technology
16 Apr 2025
Coalbed methane (CBM) represents a significant portion of the world’s natural gas reserves, and it has been suggested that up to 20% of the world’s natural gas, including CBM, is microbial in origin. However, the drilling and maintenance of microbial CBM wells are becoming increasingly uneconomical due to the currently low gas prices, growing competition from shale gas production, and the relatively short lifespan of CBM production wells.
Plant root microbes that help reduce chemical fertilisers and boost agriculture production
07 May 2020
Mycorrhizae is a symbiotic relationship between plant roots and fungi. Mycorrhizae technology developed by TERI has shown 50% reduction in usage of chemical fertilisers in crops such as wheat and maize.
Microbes script a success story in treating pharmaceutical waste
26 Aug 2019
TERI's Oilzapper technology uses naturally occurring microorganisms to transform hydrocarbon contaminants in soil to non-toxic compounds
Tackling oil spill pollution with bioremedies
20 Jun 2019
Biological methods have been acknowledged as an eco-friendly remediation for an environment contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons
Drying up antimicrobial resistance with innovative wastewater treatment
07 Mar 2019
Studies show that 90 per cent of pharmaceutical wastewater treatment plants release pharmaceutical residues into soil and water, providing ideal breeding grounds for drug-resistant bacteria
Improving soil microorganisms for sturdier tea cultivation, come drought or flood
20 Dec 2018
TERI is working in Assam to reengineer plant root-associated microbes to make tea cultivation more resistant to biotic and abiotic challenges