Extreme and specialized environments are home to unique life forms and biological
processes. Mud volcanoes represent less explored specialized environments of deeper …

Abstract The Great Rann of Kachchh, a vast expanse of salt desert in Western India is a
unique hostile ecosystem posing an extreme environment to life forms due to high salt …

Analyzing microbial communities and their functional structure in an expeditious and
extensive manner is very important to identify ecological indicators in the historically polluted …

In light of their unique and challenging environment, the high-altitude Chumathang
geothermal springs in Ladakh, India, are undeniably intriguing for microbiological study. The …

Krishna Godavari (KG) basin, located in the eastern continental margin of India, is a
geological region well known for the abundance of economically important minerals …

The aim of this work was to determine if any differences exist in the community-level
physiological profiles (CLPP) in different regions of mud volcano. The microbial functional …

Abstract Mt. Makiling Mudspring in Laguna, Philippines is a thermophilic, acidophilic
environment that previously has been shown to harbor novel microorganisms. We assessed …

Sedimentary bacteria play a role in polymetallic nodule formation and growth. There are,
however, limited reports on bacterial diversity in nodule-rich areas of the Central Indian …

Marine sediments accommodate plethora of diverse microorganisms with varying ecological
functions. In the present study, we isolated bacteria from surficial sediments of south east …

Bacterial community structures in two physicochemically different soils from the coastal
region of Gujarat, India were investigated using PCR, 16S rRNA gene clone libraries and …