Bacteriology & Applied Microbiology

Forensic Microbiology & Environmental Biology

Microorganisms make good weapons and bioterrorism has been known to exist since centuries. This has most recently been highlighted by the terrorist attack using anthrax in the fall of 2001 in U.S. Although such attacks of bioterrorism are few, forensic evidence to criminally prosecute the perpetrator is necessary. To strengthen defence against bio crimes, a comprehensive technological network involving various fields needs to be developed. Microbial forensics is one such new discipline combining microbiology and forensic science.

Environmental Microbiology deals with the study of the composition and physiology of microbial communities in the environment, which includes Soil Microbiology, Food Microbiology, Air Microbiology and on the Bioreactors.