Section I: Microbial symbionts of plants: functions and molecular interactions with the host 1. Cyanobacterial symbionts from plants bryophyte, pteridophyte, gymnosperm, angiosperm 2. Frankia from actinorhizal plants 3. Rhizobium from leguminous plants 4. Fungal mycorrhiza from plants roots 5. Photobionts and mycobionts from lichen 6. Symbiotic fungal endophytes 7. Invitro Symbiotic nitrogen fixation on legume plants 8. Screening of symbiotic ability of Rhizobium under hydrophonic conditions 9. Arbuscular mycorrhizal community analysis from a grassland ecosystem 10. Cyanobacterial symbionts in Cycad coralloid roots 11. Mass production of cyanobacterial symbionts, Rhizobium, Frankia, VAM fungi
Section II: Microbial symbionts of Animals: functions and molecular interactions with the host 1. Symbiotic microbes from ciliates 2. Symbiotic microbes from bivalves 3. Symbiotic microbes from crustaceans 4. Symbiotic microbes from oligochaete 5. Symbiotic microbes from polychaete worms 6. Symbiotic microbes from gastropods 7. Symbiotic microbes from sponges 8. Symbiotic microbes from corals 9. Symbiotic microbes from Pig gut 10. Symbiotic microbes from Reindeer rumen 11. Vibrio fischeri from Squid light organ 12. Symbiotic microbes from Human gut
Section III: Microbial symbionts of Insects: functions and molecular interactions with the host 1. Primary and Secondary endosymbiont Aphids: Buchnera sp. 2. Microbial symbionts of herbivorous insect 3. Microbial symbionts from Termite gut 4. Endosymbionts: Wolbachiaspp from Anthropods 5. Endosymbionts: Wolbachiaspp from nematodes 6. Burkholderia from Stinkbug midgut
Section IV: Molecular methods and Interactions of Microbial Symbionts 1. Molecular interactions on colonization, establishment and maintenance of microbial communities/symbionts 2. Metagenomics analysis of Microbial Symbionts in root nodules, corals, sponges, lichens 3. Functional metagenomics profiling of symbiotic microbiome 4. Holobiont analysis of root nodules, corals, sponges, lichens 5. Key Model systems in animal-microbe and plant-microbe beneficial interactions 6. Culture-independent and dependent approaches in symbionts analysis 7. In situ techniques to study non-cultivable microbial symbionts 8. Omics Approach for the microbiome Function analysis of lichens, root nodules 9. Sponge and Coral reef 10. Modern techniques for identification, localization and functional characterization of host-associated microbes 11. Autofluorescence in methanogenic, archaeal endosymbionts 12. Exoproteme analysis of symbiotic signaling molecules in Frankia, Rhizobium 13. Transcriptome analysis of symbiotic microbes 14. Metaproteome analysis of symbiotic microbes 15. Metabolic analysis of symbiotic microbes 16. Quorum sensing relationship analysis of microbial symbionts 17. Biosynthetic gene cluster analysis in symbiotic microbes