Section I: Microbial symbionts of plants: functions and molecular interactions with the host 1. Cyanobacterial symbionts from plants bryophyte, pteridophyte, gymnosperm, angiosperm2. Frankia from actinorhizal plants3. Rhizobium from leguminous plants4. Fungal mycorrhiza from plants roots5. Photobionts and mycobionts from lichen6. Symbiotic fungal endophytes7. Invitro Symbiotic nitrogen fixation on legume plants8. Screening of symbiotic ability of Rhizobium under hydrophonic conditions9. Arbuscular mycorrhizal community analysis from a grassland ecosystem10. Cyanobacterial symbionts in Cycad coralloid roots11. Mass production of cyanobacterial symbionts, Rhizobium, Frankia, VAM fungiSection II: Microbial symbionts of Animals: functions and molecular interactions with the host 1. Symbiotic microbes from ciliates2. Symbiotic microbes from bivalves3. Symbiotic microbes from crustaceans4. Symbiotic microbes from oligochaete5. Symbiotic microbes from polychaete worms6. Symbiotic microbes from gastropods7. Symbiotic microbes from sponges8. Symbiotic microbes from corals9. Symbiotic microbes from Pig gut10. Symbiotic microbes from Reindeer rumen11. Vibrio fischeri from Squid light organ12. Symbiotic microbes from Human gutSection 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 insect3. Microbial symbionts from Termite gut4. Endosymbionts: Wolbachiaspp from Anthropods5. Endosymbionts: Wolbachiaspp from nematodes6. Burkholderia from Stinkbug midgutSection IV: Molecular methods and Interactions of Microbial Symbionts 1. Molecular interactions on colonization, establishment and maintenance of microbial communities/symbionts2. Metagenomics analysis of Microbial Symbionts in root nodules, corals, sponges, lichens3. Functional metagenomics profiling of symbiotic microbiome4. Holobiont analysis of root nodules, corals, sponges, lichens5. Key Model systems in animal-microbe and plant-microbe beneficial interactions6. Culture-independent and dependent approaches in symbionts analysis7. In situ techniques to study non-cultivable microbial symbionts8. Omics Approach for the microbiome Function analysis of lichens, root nodules9. Sponge and Coral reef10. Modern techniques for identification, localization and functional characterization of host-associated microbes11. Autofluorescence in methanogenic, archaeal endosymbionts12. Exoproteme analysis of symbiotic signaling molecules in Frankia, Rhizobium13. Transcriptome analysis of symbiotic microbes14. Metaproteome analysis of symbiotic microbes15. Metabolic analysis of symbiotic microbes16. Quorum sensing relationship analysis of microbial symbionts17. Biosynthetic gene cluster analysis in symbiotic microbes
