Friends, can u help me?
My supervisor said, he cannot understand what I'm trying to say in my ABSTRACT.... Is anything wrong with my sentence... can anyone help me? ='(
The types of alpha-amylase and protease-producing thermophilic bacteria isolated from Pahang Hot springs were characterized and identified using several biochemical tests and DNA sequencing analysis. Two hot springs were selected as sampling locations which were Bentong Hot spring and Sungai Lembing Hot spring. The cultures were incubated for 48hours at 48°C. Out of thirty three isolates screened, four isolate were exhibit amylase and protease activities respectively and analyzed by sequencing analysis to determine the possibility genus of bacteria. Other supplementary tests also been done; gram staining, motility, hydrogen sulfide production, urease, catalase, oxidase, oxidation/fermentation test and selective agar test; Eosin Methylene Blue (EMB) agar and Mac Conkey. The study revealed that Geobacillus thermoleovorans, Bacillus sonorensis and Silanimonas lenta, which were producer of alpha-amylase and protease enzyme and this, may give many beneficial to the industries.
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The problem with your abstract is that it uses non-idiomatic expressions that are not valid in the English language
For example "determine the possibility genus of bacteria", "may give many beneficial to the industries
It is not that your sentences are fully incomprehensible, I do understand what you are trying to say. But the bar for a scientific language is a lot higher, it needs to be concise, precise and unambiguous. Overall I don't think that your abstract is particularly bad, it just needs more refinement and work.
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@Nisa, this is not really the right place to post a question like this -- it's not bioinformatics related. But when writing an abstract, it may be helpful to use headers like 'objective', 'methods', 'results', and 'conclusions'. It may clarify your thinking, and can make it easier for others to understand.
so sorry.. but is it my abstract is too bad...?
"Too bad" isn't constructive :-) So you should never think this about your work. I agree with Alex, that it will help you structure your ideas if you make sub-sections in the abstract. These sections don't have to have headers, but it might help you. I would start with a part describing what you are working on [Context], a part describing what you are looking for [Objective], a part describing (briefly) how you do it [Methods], what results you get [Results] and how these results are helpful in the topic your are working on [Conclusions/Perspectives]. It might also help to read other abstracts in papers from the literature to help you see how they are structured. In the end, I believe your abstract is, for now, too descriptive and doesn't give a clear idea of what you are looking for and why. I hope this helps.
tq... tq for the guidance =)