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Microbial Ecology: microbial diversity studies by microbiological and molecular approaches. Molecular diversity of rhizobia of spontaneous legumes. Gut Microbiota of xylophagous insects; Biogeochemistry of geothermal sources. Methane oxidating bacteria.
Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology : Bioremediation: Soil rehabilitation against desertification, soil and water bioremediation.
Molecular genetics of prokaryotes; genetics of hydrocarbon degradation pathways .