Section I: Overview of microbial diversity 1.1 Molecular tools for assessing bacterial diversity from natural environments 1.2 Importance of microbial diversity on health: tools to intervene in emerging and continuing diseases 1.3 Computational Tools for Whole Genome and Metagenome Analysis of NGS Data for Microbial Diversity Studies 1.4 Microbial community structure of the Sundarbans mangrove ecosystem 1.5 Assessment of evolution and diversity of rhizobia through genomic approach 1.6 Role of the microbial diversity in the constructed wetlands Section II: Molecular tools in microbial diversity 2.1 Deriving Microbial Community Fingerprint from Environmental Samples using Advanced Molecular Fingerprinting Techniques 2.2 Planktonic and benthic archaea in brackish coastal lagoons; a case study using high-throughput amplicon sequencing from Chilika Lagoon, Odisha, India 2.3 Molecular tools in microbial diversity: Functional assessment for genomes and metagenomes by GenomapleTM 2.4 Exploration of Bacterial Alkaline Protease diversity in Chilika Lake Wetland Ecosystem 2.5 Metabolic reprogramming triggered by abiotic stress: A treasure-trove of bio-based technologies. 2.6 Recent molecular tools for analyzing microbial diversity in rhizosphere ecosystem Section III: Extremophilic microbial diversity 3.1 Selection of the microbiome in the gut of Caenorhabditis elegans: a model for microbiome research 3.2 Assessment of microbial diversity in hot springs for their sustainable use 3.3 Disentangling the autotrophic thermophiles: concepts, diversity, and emerging trends 3.4 Exploring the microbial diversity in extreme acidic environment using molecular techniques 3.5 Microbial ecosystem that sustains indigo reduction under the anaerobic alkaline environment in indigo fermentation fluid 3.6 Diversity of extreme electroactive microorganisms and their bioelectrochemical applications Section IV: Functional Microbial Diversity 4.1 Functional microbial diversity in the study of soils of various ecosystems 4.2 Advanced molecular tools in microbial community profiling in the context of bioremediation applications 4.3 Molecular structure and stress response diversity of ciliate metallothioneins. 4.4 Functional diversity of microbial catabolic genes for utilization in metal bioremediation 4.5 Functional microbial diversity: Functional genomics and metagenomics using GenomapleTM 4.6 Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: a clinical and environmental perspective on the Amazon region 4.7 Functional gene diversity and metabolic potential of uncultured bacteria 4.8 Analysis of microbial diversity to estimate post-mortem time intervals in cadavers Section V: Microbial diversity and infectious diseases 5.1 Clinical and biological insights from sequencing of viral genome 5.2 Prevalence of Multidrug Resistances (MDRs) in environmental communities 5.3 Pathogenic microbial genetic diversity with reference to significant medical and public health 5.4 Functional applications of human microbiome diversity studies 5.5 Exploring plant-microbe interaction in the post genomic era: insight from diseases in rice and beyond 5.6 Microbial Diversity and Quorum Sensing Mechanisms in Infectious Bacteria 5.7 Insights into bacterial vaginosis: A metagenomic case controlled study Section VI: Future directions of microbial diversity studies 6.1 Understanding the structure and function of landfill microbiome through genomics 6.2 Significance of upcoming technologies and their potential applications in understanding microbial diversity 6.3 Extremophile-Mediated Carbon Dioxide Sequestration 6.4 Molecular evolution of Xenobiotic-degrading genes and mobile genetic elements in soil bacteria 6.5 Whole genome sequencing and metagenomic approaches to study microbial diversity 6.6 Environmental antimicrobial resistant community analysis in wastewater and sediment: Cultural to molecular approaches 6.7 Applications of metagenomics in microbial bioremediation of pollutants: From genomics to environmental clean-up

Instructs in techniques used for microbial taxonomy and phylogeny, with discussions of their applications and respective pros and cons Reviews the evolving field of microbial typing and the genomic technologies that enable comparative metagenomic analysis of complex microbial environments Covers microbiome directed translational research, as well as whole genome sequencing for studying microbial diversity, with newly added research protocols and case studies Reviews future applications in the field of microbiome directed medicine Features chapter contributions from global experts in the field