Microbial Diversity and Its Applications

1. Bioinformatics Tools for Molecular Analysis of Microbial Diversity by Dilip K. Arora, Prem Lal Kashyap, Alok K. Srivastava and Sudheer Kumar 2. Importance of Marine Microorganisms in Drug Discovery Programme by Narsinh L. Thakur 3. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Diversity in Terrestrial Plant Species by D. J. Bagyaraj 4. Foraminiferal-diversity of Lakshadweep Archipelago, Arabian Sea by Subhadra Devi Gadi, Rajashekhar K.P. 5. Phenotypic Characterization of Mosquito Larvicidal Lysinibacillus Strains Isolated from Paddy Field and Mangrove Vegetation by Mohanty AK, Garg S, Dhindsa K, Kumar H and Kumar A 6. Molecular Microbial Ecology of Solar Salterns of Goa and the Isolation of Culturable Haloarchaea by Kabilan M., B. B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Braganca 7. Isolation and Characterization of Polyhydroxyalkanoates Producing Bacteria from Coastal Sand-Dune Ecosystem by Nayak P, Gaonkar, Mohanty A, Kumar A, Bhosle S, Garg S 8. Role of Indole-3-acetic Acid in Plant Growth and Development & Elucidation of its Biosynthetic Pathway in A PGPR Strain Serratia Marcescens SM15 by A.R. Alagawadi, Shiney Ammanna, Megha Patil, C.K. Doddagoudar, Avita K. Marihal and P.U. Krishnaraj 9. Diversity in the Biofilm Forming Ability of Foodborne Bacterial Pathogens by S.P. Doijad and S.B. Barbuddhe 10. Exploring Staphylococcal Diversity to Plan Novel Vaccine Strategies by D. R. Kalorey 11. Genetic Diversity of Ralstonia Solanacearum, a Phytopathogenic bacterium infecting solanaceous vegetables using rep-PCR and PFGE by R. Ramesh, S. Gaitonde and G. Achari 12. Diversity of Yeasts Isolated from Fermented Products by S.B. Barbuddhe, A.R. Desai, S.P. Doijad and N.P. Singh 13. Diversity Among Emerging Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli by D. B. Rawool, S. B. Barbuddhe, S. V. S. Malik 14. Escherichia coli: A Global Foodborne Enteropathogen by R.P. Kolhe and S.B. Barbuddhe 15. Harnessing The Diversity of Rumen Microbes by S.K. Sirohi, Prasanta Choudhury, A.K. Puniya & Prem Prashant Chaudhary 16. Agriculturally Important Traits of Fluorescent Pseudomonads of Western Ghats by A.R. Alagawadi, Ashwini Lande, Sheetal Kadawadkar, Soujanya Sunkad, C.K. Doddagoudar and P.U. Krishnaraj 17. Diversity of Important Bacteria Causing Bovine Mastitis by B. R. Shome, M. Bhuvana, Susweta Das Mitra, N. Krithiga, D. Velu, Rajeswari Shome, S.B. Barbuddhe, Apala Banerjee 18. Efficient Management of Soil Borne Pathogens of Vegetables Through Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) by M. Loganathan, S. Saha, T.K. Bag, V. Venkataravanappa, R. Garg and A.B. Rai