Microbial DNA extraction, purification, and quantitation /Sukumar Mesapogu, Chandra Mouleswararao Jillepalli, and Dilip K. Arora --Fluorescent-based detection, quantitation, and expression of viral gene by qRT-PCR /Shelly Praveen and Vikas Koundal --Restriction enzymes and their role in microbiology /Sukumar Mesapogu, Chandra Mouleswararao Jillepalli, and Dilip K. Arora --Genetic fingerprinting techniques for molecular characterisation of microbes /Annette Reineke and K. Uma Devi --Agarose gel electrophoresis and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis : methods and principles /Sukumar Mesapogu, Chandra Mouleswararao Jillepalli, and Dilip K. Arora --Molecular identification of microbes : I. Macrophomina phaseolina /Bandamaravuri Kishore Babu, T. Kiran Babu, and Rajan Sharma --Molecular identification of microbes : II. Bacillus /Anil Kumar Saxena --Molecular identification of microbes : III. Pseudomonas /Bhim Pratap Singh and Ratul Saikia --Molecular identification of microbes : IV. Vibrio /Hirak Ranjan Dash, Neelam Mangwani, and Surajit Das --Molecular identification of microbes : V. methylotrophs /Kamlesh K. Meena, Manish Kumar, and D.P. Singh --Preservation and maintenance of microbial cultures /Sudheer Kumar ... [et al.] --Microbes from extreme environment : molecular identification procedures /Surajit Das --ELISA-based identification and detection of microbes /Jyoti Verma, Sangeeta Saxena, and Sunil G. Babu --Analysis of microbial diversity and construction of metagenomic library /Thangamani Rajesh, Jeyaprakash Rajendhran, and Paramasamy Gunasekaran --Bioinformatics tools for interpretation of data used in molecular identification /Suchi Smita ... [et al.] --Molecular phylogenetics of microbes /Surajit Das and Hirak Ranjan Dash --Microarray technology : basic concept, protocols, and applications /P.P. Dubey and Dinesh Kumar --Microarray analysis of different functional genes of microorganisms /Hirak Ranjan Dash and Surajit Das --DNA cloning and sequencing /Bandamaravuri Kishore Babu, Anu Sharma, and Hari Kishan Sudini --Biological sequence analysis : algorithms and statistical methods /Suchi Smita ... [et al.] --Appendix 1:Biosafety, GLP, and biosecurity --Appendix 2:Address for instruments and chemicals suppliers.