Methods in Microbiology

Dr Gurtler is a Molecular biologist with extensive industry experience and expertise in DNA analysis for the identification and typing of organisms. He is known internationally as the author of the original methodology of ribotyping. He is Advisor to Geneious (Bioinformatics software company) and previous head of Molecular Biology at Austin Health Microbiology, currently Adjunct Professor at RMIT University, Editor of Journal of Microbiological Methods, Editor of Heliyon and Series Editor of Methods in Microbiology. Dr Gurtler is currently working in collaboration with Assoc. Prof Danilla Grando on ribosome analysis of E. coli isolates and association with virulence. He visits RMIT regularly to advise on experimental methods and help PhD students use Geneious Bioinformatic software. Dr. Gangavarapu Subrahamnyam obtained PhD from Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India in 2013. He has received prestigious TWAS-CAS PG international fellowship and worked in Research Centre for Eco-environmental Science (RCEES), Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, PR China during 2011-2012. He has done postdoctoral research in UNESCO-MIRCEN center for Marine Biotechnology, College of Fisheries, Mangalore, India during 2014. He has done substantial research on microbial ecology and soil metagenomics for exploring nitrifying bacteria and archaeal dynamics in polluted soils and published excellent articles reputed journals. Dr. G. Subrahmanyam has been working as a scientist in Central Muga Eri Research & Training Institute (CMER&TI), Central Silk Board (CSB), Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India, Lahdoigarh, Assam since 2015. He is expertise in silkworm pathology, biotechnology and published various high impact research articles and international book chapters. He has received various national and internal awards from India and abroad. He has handled more than 05 research projects funded by CSB, DST and DBT and developed technologies suitable for Muga silkworm (A. assamensis Helfer) rearing. Currently he is working on silkworm gut microbiomes and microsporidian biology. He is one of the editorial board members for the journal “Frontiers in Microbiology”. He is a member in DBT-Institutional Bio-safety Committee (IBSC), Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, India.

Preface
Volker Gurtler and Gangavarapu Subrahmanyam III
1. Silkworm gut microbiota: A potential source for biotechnological applications
Shyam Kumar Vootla and Mallikarjun Gadwala
2. Immunodiagnosis of Silkworm Diseases
V. Sivaprasad
3. Molecular Approaches for Detection of Pebrine Disease
V. Sivaprasad
4. Pebrine Monitoring Methods in Sericulture
V. Sivaprasad
5. MicroRNAs in the silkworm-pathogen interactions
Chandra Pal Singh
6. Profiling microbial communities to understand silkworms-microbe interaction-A methodological overview
Rajal Debnath
7. Functional role of beneficial gut-microflora on productivity of Antheraea Assamensis Helfer
Dipkumar Gogoi
8. Molecular mechanisms of fungal parasite Nosema bombyces  in Bombyx mori L 
Guo-Qing Pan
9. Chapter title to be confirmed
KM. Ponnuvel
10. Silkworm as an animal model: Advantages and Limitations
M. Chutia
11. Immune mechanisms in Silkworm Bombyx mori L.
Mallikarjun Gadwala
12. Genomics and Omics tools to assess complex microbial communities in silkworms: a paradigm shift towards translational research
K. Satyanarayana
13. Tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta midgut bacteria: Diversity and functions
Mohammed Muzeruddin
14. Chapter title to be confirmed
Liu Jiping