Microbial biotechnology

Microbial Biotechnology covers various facets of Agricultural, Food, Environmental, Aquatic, Medical and Veterinary microbiology. The topics include nodulation by rhizobia, biomarkers for bioinoculants, molecular approaches to improve bioinoculants, value addition through microbes, biodiversity of important microbes, molecular medical and veterinary diagnostics, microbial bioconversions and bioprospection from microbes.

Microbial Technologies in Human Welfare / Microbiology Education in India / Endophytic Association of Azorhizobium caulinodans for Nodulation and Nitrogen Fixation in Cereal Crops / Induction of Root Nodules in Rice Crop for Nitrogen Fixation / Nitrogen Transfer Efficiency of Immobilized Cyanobacteria to Rice Seedlings by 15N Tracer Technique / Development of Comprehensive Biomarkers for Rapid and Reliable Purity Checking of Strains in the Cyanobacterial Inoculant / Spirulina - Biotechnological Approaches for Value Addition / Industrial Potentials of Microalgal Pigments: Current Status and Future Prospects / Biodiversity of Azolla and its Algal Symbiont as revealed by Molecular and Immunological Studies / Rhizobial Denitrification and Nitrate Ammonification, Counteracting Tools for Nitrate Depending Inhibition of Dinitrogen Fixation? / Attempts in Unraveling Microbial Diversity, A Gold Mine / Serological, Molecular and Pathogenicity-related Characteristics of Yersinia enterocolitica / Deinococcus radiodurans: A Potential Organism for Basic and Applied Research / Agrobacterium Mediated-transformation of Rice Cultivar TSA2 with Antifungal Genes Conferring Resistance against Rice Blast (Magnaporthe grisea) / Systemic Induction of Peroxidase, Polyphenol Oxidase and Chitinase by PGPR against Powdery Mildew in Grape Wine / Nucleic Acid-based Techniques for the Detection of Seafood-borne Pathogens / Anacrobic Retting of Decorticated Ramie Fibres / Biodiversity of Diazotrophic Bacteria associated with Rice / Current Perspectives on Ammonia Excreting Mutants of Azospirillum / Mechanisms of Microbial Mineral Phosphate Solubilization / Mineral Phosphate Solubilizing (MPS) Phenotype of Bacteria: The Exploitation of Direct Oxidation Pathway in Rhizosphere Management / Role of Mycorrhizae in Sustainable Agriculture / Role of Microbes in Plant Disease Management / Biological Control of Plant Diseases by Fluorescent Pseudomonads / Bacillus thuringiensis in Insect Pest Control / Role of Microbes in Integrated Pest Management / Microbial Metabolities with Antifungal activity and their Applications / Current Trends in Mushroom Research / Organic Farming and Microbes / Wine Making: Fruits of Success in India / Biofuels from Organic Wastes / Use of Halophilic Microorganisms in Biotechnological Applications / Aquatic Fungi and their Significance / UV Disinfection of Drinking Water / Current Trends in Medical Microbiology / Modern Diagnostic Tools for Veterinary Diseases

Graduate Students, Teachers and Researchers