National Centre for Microbial Resource

A blog write-up by Dr. A. Hussain addresses the current need for new to cope with rising in .

Department of Biotechnology, India National Centre for Cell Science, Pune, Maharashtra
National Centre for Microbial Resource

Should the country contribute to revive the falling antibiotic pipeline? By: Dr. Aehtesham Hussain (Scientist, NCMR-NCCS) Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is posing a major threat to human health, impacting countries globally with a disproportionate impact on low and midd…

A blog by Dr. Tushar Lodha points out the use of in the production of as a energy resource.

Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi, India, DBT - National Centre for Cell Science, ,

Anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria: A New Door for “Green Energy (Biohydrogen)” By: Dr. Tushar Lodha (NCMR-NCCS) Email ID: [email protected] The world is in an inevitable stage of energy conservation. In view of this, our Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, announced the lau…

Call for Applications open!

Last Date: 16 September 2022, 2 PM IST
DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance

India Alliance - Advancing Discovery & Innovation to Improve Health

A blog article, based on the recently published article in Nature Microbiology (Peixoto et al., 2022), highlights the potential of the microbiome to meet the recovery needs of our planet.
DBT - National Centre for Cell Science Department of Biotechnology, India

Microbiome: to an extent of mitigating the loss of biodiversity By – Dr. Reema Chaudhary (NCMR-NCCS) Anthropogenic activities have severely impacted our ecosystem, evident by the change in climate and environmental pollution. With significant biodiversity…

A blog based on a recent report of the "Isolation and characterization of a oxatetracyclo ketone from Bacillus stercoris" by Dr. Neetha Joseph.
Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi, India DBT - National Centre for Cell Science

Isolation and characterization of a novel antimicrobial oxatetracyclo ketone from Bacillus stercoris By – Dr. Neetha Joseph (NCCS-NCMR) The strain B. stercoris MBTDCMFRI Ba37 was authenticated at species level by concatenated a phylogenetic tree constructed using 16S rRNA, housekeeping genes like …

A blog entitled “Phytophthora infestans - Re-emerging plant pathogen” by Dr. Rameshwar Avchar. The responsible for the in 1840s and still a concern in the sector.

Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi, India, DBT - National Centre for Cell Science

Phytophthora infestans – Re-emerging plant pathogen By- Dr. Rameshwar Avchar (NCCS-NCMR) Phytophthora belongs to oomycetes, which are eukaryotic microorganisms that resemble fungi. The name Phytophthora comes from the Greek word, which means “…

A report from India classifying bacteria into classes by Dr. Tushar Lodha and his research team.
DBT - National Centre for Cell Science Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

Classification of anammox (anaerobic ammonia oxidizing) bacteria into novel two classes, a first report from India. By- Dr. Tushar Lodha and Simran Narvekar Contact email ID: [email protected] Prokaryotic richness in the biosphere is enormous, and only a small fraction of bacteria can be cultured in the l…

A blog article entitled ‘Feast via Yeast” by Dr. Rameshwar Avchar signifies the role of in our day-to-day lives which we often takes no notice of.
DBT - National Centre for Cell Science, of Biotechnology, India,

Feast via Yeast By – Dr. Rameshwar Avchar (NCMR-NCCS) Before domesticating several animals like cattle, chickens, pigs, etc., humans harnessed a microorganism: yeast. We owe Anton Van Leeuwenhoek, “the…

Services resumed!

A blog article entitled 'High-throughput Microbial Cultivation Using Two-dimensional Cell Separation' by Dr. Om Prakash.
An and economical cultivation technique developed by Dr. Prakash and his team.
DBT - National Centre for Cell Science Department of Biotechnology, India

High-throughput Microbial Cultivation Using Two-dimensional Cell Separation By – Dr. Om Prakash (NCMR-NCCS) Microorganisms are considered one of the pillars of biotechnology. The growth of green, blue, red, and white biotechnology depends on the microbial products an…