Foreword.-Preface.-About the Book.-About the Editors.-Dedication -- 1.Fish processing industrial effluent characterization and partitioning of proteins using aqueous two-phase system ,Viswanatha, H. Nagaraja, Regupathi, I.-2.Bioremediation of zinc using Bacillus sp. isolated from metal contaminated industrial zone Krishna M P, Rinoy Varghese, Arun Babu V, Jyothy S, Mohamed Hatha A A.-3.Evaluation of bryophyte protein based defense against selected phytophagous insects,Remya Krishnan and K. Murugan.-4.A novel algorithm for prediction of hub proteins from primary structure in eukaryotic proteome using di-peptide compositional skew information and amino acid sequence likeness,Aswathi B L, Baharak Goli, Renganayaki Govindarajan, Achuthsankar S. Nair.-5.Naïve Bayes Based Classification for Short Microbial Genes Using Chaos Game Representation,Baharak Goli, Aswathi B L, Achuthsankar S. Nair -- 6.PCR-RFLP of 16S RNA gene for identification of speciation of meat of porcine origin in processed and admixed meat.Anjana Sharma, Shiv Kumar, Neha Sharma Deepak Sharma -- 7.A novel HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor from methanolic extract of Holoptelea integrifolia (Roxb) Planch,Arun K. S and Anu Augustine -- 8.Optimization of cultural and nutritional parameters for the production of protease from newly isolated bacterial strain Bacillus sdr 10,Dinta Daniel, B.S. Rakhi, S. Subramaniyan, G.S Sandhia -- 9.Identification of a PPAR delta agonist: An in silico approach towards drug design for metabolic syndrome,Serena D'Souza, Uma Maheshwari, Santhosh Rebello, Asha Abraham.-10 .Preliminary phytochemical and antimicrobial activity of ethanolic extract of Pittosporum viridulum stem bark.-11.Biochemical and Nutritional Evaluation of Monochoria vaginalis Presl,Pradeesh S, Archana G Nair, Devi Chinmayee M, Sarika C. S, Mini I, Swapna T. S -- 12.Assessment of genotypic variability for growth, biophysical parameters, yield and yield attributing characters under drought stress in Cotton,B. C. Patil, A.G. Babu, K.N. Pawar.-13.Study of serum immunoglobulins levels: Complement C3 and C4 in vitiligo patients in Northern India,Suman Singh, Usha, S.S.Pandey -- 14.Evaluation of antimicrobial potential of an invasive weed Amaranthus spinosus L,Mary Sheeba A, Deepthi S.R, Mini I.-15.Evolutionary genomics of avian MHC BLB2 gene by molecular phylogenetic analysis ,K. Sudina, R. Arun, E. Jayadevi Variyar .-16.Phytoremediation of Cadmium using Pteris sp,Sudha Sajeev, Ramya P.V, Sunitha B.C, Melo J.S, Smitha Hegde.-17.Seasonal variation of spore density and root colonisation of Arbuscular mycorrhizas in crop plants in relation to soil edaphic factors,Deepake Ujwala S and G. Gyananath.-18.Computational studies on structural basis of isoniazid resistance in tuberculosis,Vidyasree Rajan, Abhithaj J, Renganayaki G, Vipin Thomas.-19.Phylogenetic analysis of few Actinobacteria with potential antimicrobial properties, isolated from the forest soils of Western Ghats of Kerala,Sugathan Shiburaj and Sreenivasan Preethi.-20.Apolipoprotein a-1 binds to jacalin-sepharose in a sugar-dependent manner,Priya P and Kannan V M.-21.Morphological basis for identification of cup quality characteristics in F1 hybrids derived from Coffea arabica l. crosses.-Anil Kumar, Ganesh S, Basavraj K, Mishra MK, Jayarama -- 22.Microbial transformation of rifamycin by a bacterial strain Chryseobacterium species,AH. Jobanputra and B. A. Karode .-23 .Isolation, molecular characterization and expression of a new cry3a genes from native isolates of bacillus thuringiensis and its toxicity against Asian gray weevil Myllocerus undecimpustulatus undatus marshall (coleoptera: curculionidae),H.M.Mahadeva Swamy, R.Asokan, Geetha G. Thimmegowda, Riaz Mahmood, Dilip K. Arora.-24.Characteristics of a newly isolated bacterium for decolourization of textile dyes,Joshni. T, Chacko, Kalidass S, Lubna Lukman.-25.Analysis of the pathway of phenol biodegradation by Alcaligenes sp.d2,Merlin Antony, Indu. C Nair, Jayachandran. K -- 26 Improvement of vermicompost: Influence of feeding materials and inoculation of nitrogen fixing and phosphate solubilising bacteria,Md. Nasim Ali, S. Chakraborty, Prosanta Saha, Niladri Lodh -- 27 Development of SSR markers and genetic variability in physiological traits in bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea L. verdc),Beena, R, Sheshshayee MS, Madhura JN, Prasad TG, Udayakumar1.-28 .Biochemical characterization of oxidative burst during interaction between sesame (Sesamum indicum l.) in response to Alternaria sesame,A.S.Lubaina and K.Murugan.-29.Mass spectrometric characterization of a novel antimicrobial peptide isolated from Clitoria ternatea,Neethu Ajayakumar, Walter Schrenk, Bipin G. Nair, Sudarslal. S -- 30.A novel plate assay system for screening of antimicrobial agents and β-lactamase inhibitors from natural sources,Prasanth S, Shahana Valsan, Ambika Devi, Preethidan D S, Haridas. M, Sabu. A.-31.Diurnal phototaxic migration of phytoplankton in Kochi waters and its correlation with limiting nutrient flux,Ratheesh Kumar M, Sudhanandh V.S, Faisal A.K, Vishnu S Raj, Shibu R, Sreejith MI, Anoop Krishnan. K.-32.Cryo- Preservation of Pollen for hybrid seed production in hot pepper,Rakesh C Mathad, S N Vasudevan, S B Patil .-33.Evaluation of Pseudomonas sp. VSMKU - 4046 for suppression of sheath blight (ShB) of rice in detached leaf assay,Sathish Kumar. C, Harikrishnan. H, Charulatha.R, Shanmugaiah.V -- 34.Antimicrobial and immunomodulatory activities of jelly fish venom Chrysaora quinquecirrha,K Suganthi, S. Bragadeeswaran.-35.Diplazium esculentum- a wild nutrient rich leafy vegetable from Western Ghats,Archana G Nair, Pradeesh S, Devi Chinmayee M, Mini I, Swapna T S.-36.Agrobacterium mediated genetic transformation and somatic embryogenesis from leaf callus of Hevea brasiliensis - Effect of silver nitrate,Kala R G, Abraham V, Sobha S, Jayasree P K, Suni A M, Thulaseedharan A.-37.Immunoinformatics prediction and structure based modeling of HLA -II binding epitopes of Iron Surface determinant B (IsdB) protein of Staphylococcus aureus,Francis Dileep and Surekha Kuyyalil.-38.Damage assessment of the gall mite, Aceria pongamiae keifer 1966 (Acari: Eriophidae) on Pongamia pinnata (l.) Pierre,Nasareen PNM, Shibu Vardhanan Y, Ramani, N.-39.Streptomyces sp.VSMGT1014 mediated antifungal activity against fungal plant pathogens,Harikrishnan. H and Shanmugaiah.V.-40.Taxonomic significance of foliar micromorphology and their systematic relevance in the genus Solanum (Solanaceae),V. S. Anil Kumar and K. Murugan* -- 41.Investigation of functional microbial diversity and related abiotic factors in coastal and desert ecosystem of Gujarat,D Biswas, A. Mandal, H Akbari, N Munshi.-42.Experimental and theoretical investigations on the anti-oomycetous activity of paromomycin targeted against Pythium tubulin,Resna A.K, Geethu C, Sumna S, Jaleel U.C, Aswati Nair R -- 43.Prenatal genetic studies on intra uterine growth retardation,Jisha P, Manikkumar R, Dinesh Roy D, Alex K Ittyavirah.-44.Performance of West African dwarf sheep fed with selected tropical roughage sources: Rumen microbial analysis and nutrient utilization,O. A. Isah and R. M. Akinbode.-45.Reproductive toxicity of Anamirta cocculus (L.) Wight & Arn and Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski extracts on Culex pipiens Linn. (Diptera: Culicidae),Pushpalatha E, Aiswarya D, Sharihan EK, Priya BKP.-46.Epidemiological typing of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated from Kerala using phage typing,Jeshina J and Surekha K.-47.Hypolipidemic effect of methanol fraction of Acorus calamus Linn. in diet induced obese rats,Arun. K. S and Anu Augustine -- 48.Biotyping and Phage typing of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi isolates from Kerala, South India,N Ayana and K. Surekha -- 49.Lymphocyte Teamwork in Tumor Rejection,Anil Shanker.-50.Biosorption of Nickel (II) from Aqueous Solution Using Bacillus laterosporus,Rajeswari M.Kulkarni, Srinikethan G, Vidya Shetty K.-Subject Index. Foreword.-Preface.-About the Book.-About the Editors.-Dedication -- 1.Fish processing industrial effluent characterization and partitioning of proteins using aqueous two-phase system -2.Bioremediation of zinc using Bacillus sp.

isolated from metal contaminated industrial zone Krishna M P.-3.Evaluation of bryophyte protein based defense against selected phytophagous insects.-4.A novel algorithm for prediction of hub proteins from primary structure in eukaryotic proteome using di-peptide compositional skew information and amino acid sequence likeness.-5.Naïve Bayes Based Classification for Short Microbial Genes Using Chaos Game Representation -- 6.PCR-RFLP of 16S RNA gene for identification of speciation of meat of porcine origin in processed and admixed meat -- 7.A novel HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor from methanolic extract of Holoptelea integrifolia (Roxb) Planch -- 8.Optimization of cultural and nutritional parameters for the production of protease from newly isolated bacterial strain Bacillus sdr 10 -- 9.Identification of a PPAR delta agonist: An in silico approach towards drug design for metabolic syndrome-10 .Preliminary phytochemical and antimicrobial activity of ethanolic extract of Pittosporum viridulum stem bark.-11.Biochemical and Nutritional Evaluation of Monochoria vaginalis Presl -- 12.Assessment of genotypic variability for growth, biophysical parameters, yield and yield attributing characters under drought stress in Cotton.-13.Study of serum immunoglobulins levels: Complement C3 and C4 in vitiligo patients in Northern India -- 14.Evaluation of antimicrobial potential of an invasive weed Amaranthus spinosus L.-15.Evolutionary genomics of avian MHC BLB2 gene by molecular phylogenetic analysis.-16.Phytoremediation of Cadmium using Pteris sp.-17.Seasonal variation of spore density and root colonisation of Arbuscular mycorrhizas in crop plants in relation to soil edaphic factors.-18.Computational studies on structural basis of isoniazid re.