1. Microbial based management of environmental pollutants 2. Microbial based management of resource 3. Rhizospheric ecology of contaminated environment 4. Role of biofilms in environment pollution control 5. Microbial loop and nutrient availability 6. Phycosphere and mineralization of pollutants 7. Microbes as remediating agent 8. Energetics of microbial processes in the polluted environment 9. Multifaceted plant-microbe interaction in polluted environment 10. DNA microarray applications in environmental microbiology 11. Microbial biosensors for environmental monitoring