Dergaon Kamal Dowerah College was established in
1962 with a vision of academic, social, cultural and economic development in
greater Dergaon area and with clear objectives to provide better education to
meet the global requirements successfully. The institution ascertains the unity
and integrity among the people of different communities and religions and also
the uplift of the downtrodden of the region
A group of
teachers of DKD College have discovered a rare species of bacteria in their
research. The bacteria named DKDC1 was discovered while analyzing the toxin
compound found in Tetrodon cutcutia i.e., Gangatoop fish.
The study was carried out under Dr TG Devina, the principal
investigator, along with Jugal Nath and Tikendrajit Gogoi. They revealed that
the toxin found in the fish is Saxitoxin and it is harmful to human beings and
if consumed leads to death after paralysis, diarrhea etc. The researchers urged
all not to consume Gangatoop fish. the bacteria is registered by
NCBI USA as Aeromonas
spp. DKDC-1. The study on “Extraction of tetrodotoxin from the
study on “Extraction of
tetrodotoxin from Tetrodon cutcutia and its use as pesticides” was carried out
with the financial assistance from the UGC since April, 2013.
