Contents: I. Agricultural and environmental: microbiology and biotechnology: 1. Keratinophilic fungi as indicators of solid wastes pollution/Shalini Upadhyaya, Richa Sharma, B. Geetha Singh and B. Sundara Singh. 2. Antagonistic effects of selected soil fungi against Keratinofers/Shalini Upadhyaya, B. Geetha Singh and B. Sundara Singh. 3. Soil microbial C, N and P dynamics in traditional agroforestry system of Northeast India/S. Tangjang, A. Arunachalam, K. Arunachalam and A.K. Shukla. 4. Evaluation of MH as male gametocide on phaseolus mungo Roxb. and a new method of plant breeding/S.A. Salgare. 5. Biochemical changes in the Ovary and liver of fresh water fish Channa Punctatus after chronic exposure to Zinc/Hemlata Verma and Neera Srivastava. 6. Evaluation of biosurfactant/bioemulsifier production by Planococcus sp./Anita Suresh Kumar, Kalpana Mody, Harshad Brahmbhatt and Bhavanath Jha. 7. Isolation, purification, characterization and application of Agarase from a Marine Bacillus megaterium/Yasmin Khambhaty, Kalpana Mody and Bhavanath Jha. 8. Study on algal and fungal flora inhabiting the sand dunes of Pushkar Region, Ajmer/Mamta Goyal and Manisha Khabar. 9. Contamination of soils due to solid waste pollution/Sadhna Sharma, B. Geetha Singh and B. Sundara Singh. 10. Detrimental effects of solid waste pollution on antimycotic activity of medicinal plants/Anjali Singh, Harison Masih and B. Sundara Singh. 11. The water potability of Sri Ganganagar zone by using whole bacterial analysis/Vyas, M.M. Wasan Raj, Devarth, J. Mehra Sheetal and Richa Salwan. 12. Current status of environmental degradation/Narendra Mal Surana. 13. Isolation of keratinophilic fungi through Bait technique/Harison Masih, Anjali Singh and B. Sundara Singh. 14. Impact of CO2 released by interaction between marble and HCI on growth of spirulina platensis/Rajaesh Verma and Renu Sarin. 15. The effect of varying concentration of vermicompost on Usar soil with reference to growth behaviour of Lycopersicon esculentum Mill/A.K. Agarwal, A.K. Singh and R.N. Singh. 16. Greenchemical biotechnology: an innovative concept, theory and practice/N. Bhojak, N. Khiwani and U. Barwar. 17. Roadside pollution and microbial community of Alder and Khasi Pine/S.R. Joshi. 18. Effect of allelochemicals present in Lantana camara Linn. on Moss physcomitrium japonicum (Hedw.) Mitt/B.L. Chaudhary and Eva Bhansali. 19. Cleaning up of pollutants by phytoremediation: a novel approach for sustainable development/Beena Raani, Dharmendra Kumar, Rajesh Yadav and Raaz Maheshwari. 20. Mutation induction in Trigonella corniculata L. and variability in Antibiotic sensitivity of the isolated Rhizobium/Girish Raisinghani and Suman Parihar. 21. Microbiology research: emerging trends and future prospects/Bhagwan Das Bulchandani. II. General and industrial: microbiology and biotechnology: 22. Effect of medicinal plant Aloe Barbadensis on the Bacterium Escherichia Coli/Manesh Mathur, Mamta Goyal and Suman Parihar. 23. Antimicrobial activity of cissampelos Pareira Linn. due to presence of Alkaloids/D. Muthuselvam, B. Sundara Singh and B. Geetha Singh. 24. Antifungal activity of some organic volatile compounds against selected Keratinophilic Fungi/Rajeshwari Mishra, Ruchi Paliwal and B. Sundara Singh. 25. Antimicrobial activity of sphaeranthus indicus Linn. due to presence of Alkaloids/D. Muthuselvam. B. Sundara Singh and B. Geetha Singh. 26. Plant extract as antimicrobial agent/Mamta Goyal and Arpana Chhipa. 27. Surface mycoflora associated with the seeds of Coriandrum Sativum and Foeniculum vulgare/Mamta Goyal and Amita Mali. 28. Inhibitory effect of volatile compounds on certain human dermatophytic fungi/Richa Sharma, Shalini Upadayaya, B. Sundara Singh and B. Geetha Singh. 29. Efficacy of crude plant extract against dermatophytes and Keratinophilic fungi/Sandeep Kumar Chetan and Sujeet Eric Masih. 30. Microbial diversity in Areca-nut based traditional agroforestry system of North East India/S. Tangjang, A. Arunachalam, K. Arunachalam and A.K. Shukla. 31. Diversity of Geophilic Keratinophyles and other related fungi in India/J.N. Shrivastava and Ajay Kumar. 32. Algal growth in Grey P.V.C. Pipe/Sangeeta Chaturvedi. 33. Algal growth in white hard Stone/Sangeeta Chaturvedi. 34. Diversity of Keratinophilic fungi from various tourist places of Agra City/Harison Masih, Anjali Singh and Geetha Singh. 35. Herbal plants of Rajasthan Desert: a potential source of anti microbial principles/B.B.S. Kapoor, J.S. Khatri, Sapna Sudan and Bhumika. 36. Microwave assisted synthesis spectral and antimicrobial studies of few Thiosemicarbazones/Rashmi Jain, Neeru Khiwani, Leena Parihar and N. Bhojak. 37. Spectral and antibacterial investigation of rare earth complexes/Alok Vyas, Leena Parihar and R.P. Mathur. Veterinary and medical: microbiology and biotechnology: 38. Emerging trends for detection of Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) and whole genome scanning procedures in farm animals/Chandra S. Pareek. 39. Emerging trends on functional genomics in farm animals/Chandra S. Pareek. 40. Milk: it's biochemical and microbiological aspects/Neeru Khiwani and N. Bhojak. 41. Radiation and cadmium induced biochemical alterations in the Kindney of Swiss Albino Mice/Aruna Chakrawarti, R.K. Purohit and K.M. Bhartiya. 42. Serosurvillence of Brucella antibodies in Human beings of Bikaner Area/B.N. Shringi, Vimala Dukwal and Jyoti Shukla. 43. Emerging problem for small ruminants of Rajasthan: Peste Des Petits Ruminants (Ppr, Pest of small ruminants, stomatitis-Pneumoenteritis complex or syndrome Pseudorinderpest of small ruminants and Kata)/Ravi Israni and Indu Ravi. 44. Allelochemicals as antimicrobial agent against human pathogenic fungi/Richa Sharma B. Sundra Singh and B. Geetha Singh. 45. Evaluation of persistence of Igm anti Hev in patients with sporadic hepatitis E Virus infection/Nidhi Singh, R.R. Rai, Harsh Udawat and Asha Sharma. 46. Evaluating antimycotic nature of selected medicinal plants against dermatophytes/Anjali Singh, Harison Masih and B. Sundara Singh. 47. Evaluation of persistence of lgm Anti Hev antibodies in patients with sporadic acute hepatitis E/Nidhi Singh, R.R. Rai, Harsh Udawat and Asha Sharma. 48. Effect of different herbal extracts against urinary tract infections in humans/Sunita Gautam and Sita Devi. 49. Over expression and purification of DevR protein of mycobacterium_tuberculosis and its analysis by SDS-Page/Shekhar Goyal and Jaya Sivaswami Tyagi. 50. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of DNA from human blood sample stored at different temperature from different time intervals/Manisha Rajpurohit, Shekhar Goyal and Anupuma Raina. 51. Studies on the evaluation of direct anti Salmonella typhi activity of human lymphocytes/Aruna Bhatia and Ritu Pawan. 52. Evaluation of analgesic effect of medicinal plant Tulsi (ocimum sanctum)/Reema Rathore and Shashi Jain. Miscellaneous: 53. Role of salicylic acid on enzymes of ammonia assimilation in released and promising cultivars of Grain Sorghum/Pooja Rathi, Pancha Ram, B.R. Gadi and S.P. Bohra. 54. Effect of NaCl and polyethylene Glycol on the metabolism of Setaria italica/Navish Mathur, Jaya Mathur, Reena Bora and S.P. Bohra. 55. Role of uniconazole on the activities of certain enzymes and soluble protein content in amaranthus/Pancha Ram, Premlata Singariya and S.P. Bohra. 56. Women empowerment through Pleurotus sajor-caju supplemented biscuit enterprise/Vimla Dukwal, Sudesh Jood and B.N. Shringi. 57. Monitoring of herbicide (Maleic Hydrazide) toxicity by using pollen as indicators - pollen of five cultivars of apocynaceae/S.A. Salgare. 58. Effect of ethephon on the activities of ammonia assimilation enzymes and metabolites of cenchrus setigerus - 76 grown in vivo/Premlata Singariya, Pooja Rathi, B.R. Gadi and S.P. Bohra. 59. Ethnomedicinal survey of plants curing respiratory problem in Rajasthan/Mukesh Sharma, Sharad Vats and Meenakshi Sharma. 60. Response of pyrite and molasses on growth, yield and nutrients composition of (Phaselous mungo) Green Moong under Saline water irrigation/Jay Pal Singh, F.M. Prasad and A.A. Jilani. Subject Index.

"The book includes various research areas of microbiology and biotechnology. Sixty papers are included in four sections covering agricultural and environmental, general and industrial, veterinary and medical and allied disciplines such as those handling the microbes and/or their products and also for problems related to plant, animal and human health. This would synchronize the development in the fields of basic and applied science."