Microbial Metabolite Production

• Production and characterization of Enzymes at lab scale (Proteases, lipases, amylases, cellulases, pectinases)
• Enzymes supplemented poultry feed is in development process
• Lysine Production (Strain developed for economic production at commercial scale)
• Microbial production of antibiotics
• Production of anti-cancerous compounds from fungal sources
• Microorganisms as probiotics and for production of bacteriocins
• Lab scale production with establishment of different parameters

Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery

• Consortium of microbes for field trials has been developed at lab scale, based on ability for production of Biopolymers, Surfactants, Organic acids, Gases, etc
• Oil released potential has been investigated using Sand Packed Columns at lab scale
• Field trials in collaboration with OGDCL, POL, HDIP have to be carried out

Making Environment Friendly Leather

• Replacement of health hazardous chemicals by microbial enzymes
• Recovery of value added products from tannery solid wastes
• Production and scale-up of microbial enzymes (80 L) has been made in collaboration with University of Westminster UK
• Process designed for the large scale applications
• Public/Private sector collaboration for industrial production

Biotreatment of Domestics Effluents

• Lab scale treatment processes for textile dyes developed in collaboration with University of Santiago de Compestela, Spain
• Waste water treatment
• Constructed wetland
• In-situ bioremediation trials to be undertaken in collaboration with industrial partners

Biodegradation Studies

• Pesticides Aromatics and Crude Oil.
• Isolation and characterization of microbes
• Lab scale bioreactors being designed
• Microcosm study completed for pesticides degradation in soil
• Large scale bioremediation processes to be worked out.

Microbial Diversity

• Molecular identification of the microorganisms
• Enzymes and other metabolites of Extremophiles for industrial applications has been purified
• More than 30 gene sequences have been submitted to NCBI
• Diversity of extremophiles

Antibiotic Resistance

• Isolation and characterization of indigenous antibiotic resistant microbial strains
• Molecular characterization of antibiotic resistant genes
• Mechanism of resistance development

Nanomaterials

• Biosynthesis of nanoparticles
• Use of nanoparticles as antibacterials and for the bioremediation of toxic metals

Soil Microbiology

• Plant- Microbe interaction
• Mycorrhizal association

Microbial Genetics

• Identification of genes for pesticides degradation in bacteria
• Identification of genes for antibiotic resistance in clinical isolates

Immunology

• Immuno disorders
• Tumor Immunology

Biofuel/ Bioenergy

• Anaerobic digestion
• Coal to energy
• Renewable energy
• Bioethanol