Microbiologists conf in Bhopal

Bhopal, Dec 8 (UNI) Applied biotechnology, vaccines, marine microbes, microbial community systematics and evolution were among the topics discussed during the Association of Microbiologists of India's 47th Annual Conference, a three-day affair that concluded here today and incorporated nine sessions.

'Microbiology: The Challenges Ahead' witnessed a plenary lecture by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre's Dr S K Apte who spoke on the micro-organism Deinococcus. That was followed by a talk on 'Core and Accessory Genomes of Bacteria' by the University of York's Prof Peter Young, a release said.

Other subjects discussed were microbial genomics and proteomics, bimolecules, plant-microbe interaction, bioenergy, biocatalyst, food-borne infections and environmental bioremediation, the release added.

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