Volume 1. Microbial Diversity in Normal & Extreme Environments

Section I: Introduction to microbial diversity

1. Emerging concepts in bacterial taxonomy by Ch.V. Ramana

2. Bioinformatics Tools for Microbial Diversity Analysis by M. Krishna Mohan

3. Application of genomics to understand the pathogenic microbial diversity by Subrata K. Das

4. Fungal Diversity; Global perspectives and Ecosystem Dynamics by B.N. Johri

Section II: Microbes in normal and extreme environments

5. Marine microbial diversity for sustainable development by Anil Kumar

6. Diversity of microbes in hot springs and their sustainable use by Subrata K. Das

7. Thermophilic fungal diversity in sustainable development by Bijender Singh

8. Microbiome of the deep terrestrial subsurface by Pinaki Sar

9. Marine fungal diversity - the present status and future challenges by V.V. Sharma

10. Diversity of iron and sulphur oxidisers in sulphide mine leachates by S.R. Dave

12. Gut microbiome and its impact on human health by Syed Dastager

13. Cyanobacterial diversity and production of value-added proteases by S.N. Bagchi

14. Utility of microbial diversity in mitigating climate change by Anjana Sharma

15. Microbial diversity in waste treatment by I.S. Thakur

16. Cyanobacteria as future biofuel: Facts and Figments by Ashish K. Bhatnagar

18. Microbial Diversity and Dynamics in Hydrocarbon Resource Environments (HRE) by Akhil Agrawal

19. Mining human microbiome for therapeutics by Yogesh Souche

20. Microbiome as source of novel bioactive compounds by Rakesh Sharma

21. Conclusions

22. Subject index