Microorganisms, which are microscopic in nature includes virus, bacteria, microalgae, microfungi and protozoans. They are the first creatures in this world i.e., our ancestors and associated with all live forms in this world. They are omnipresent and plays a big role in this ecosystem and human health. The consortia of microbes at a defined site is termed as microbiota. It is appropriate to mention that we are living within microbes.
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Our Chemomicrobiomics laboratory is focused on understanding the interaction between the chemicals (phytochemicals, elements, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, pollutants, etc.,) and microbes (bacteria, virus, fungi, protozoa, etc.,) in different environments (human body, water, soil, air, etc.,) and its implications on ecosystem and human health. Subsequently, transfer of these basic knowledge for development of microbial technology-based products like biosensors, bioremediation and microbiota based diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for diseases.
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On the outset, our lab name may seems to be more narrowed but we work on a variety of systems including human samples, plant system, animals, water bodies, soils and other non-living environment and understanding the role of interaction between different chemicals and microbes.
Chemomicrobiomics lab revolves around the microbes and environmental chemicals on two major aspects.
I. Microbial Ecology: Understanding of the effect of environmental chemicals (natural chemicals, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, pollutants, etc.,) on diversity, physiology and gene regulation of microbiota (bacteria, virus, fungi, protozoa, etc.,) in different environments (human body, water, soil, air, extreme environments, etc.,) and its implications on ecosystem and human health.
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II. Microbial Technology: Transfer of the knowledge from the microbial ecology study towards development of microbial based sensors, bioremediation, microbial fuel cells and microbiota based diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for human diseases.
Our logo graphically represents the vision of our lab i.e., to understand the interaction between chemicals (indicated by hexane ring) and microbes (indicated by oval shape). The structures provided represents all different chemicals and microbial types.
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The chemical structures represented in the logo includes natural compounds (quercetin, serotonin), antibiotics (streptomycin), drugs (metformin, aspirin, rosavastin), environmental polluants (Arsenic trioxide, endosulfon, chlorpyrifos, glyphosate), disinfectants (Triclosan) and food additives (aspartame).
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The microbial structures includes viruses (bacteriophages, animal and plant viruses), bacteria (different classes), unicellular algae, fungal mycellium and protozoans (Amoeba). The communal structures like biofilm is also represented.
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