Department of Agricultural Microbiology Aligarh Muslim University

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About the department:
The Department of Agricultural Microbiology was established in the Institute of Agriculture, AMU with the generous funding from ICAR in the year 1993. The post-graduate teaching and research programs were initiated in 1995 with meagre facilities and initial intake of five (5) students.

Courses offered:
M.Sc. (Ag.) Microbiology
M.Phil
PhD

Research areas:
Biofertilizers and biopesticides, Rhizobiology and immunology
Nanotoxicology
Green synthesis of nanoparticles
Microbial degradation of agricultural wastes and environmental pollutants, environmental carcinogenesis and mutagenesis
Bacterial taxonomy and phylogeny
Microbial genetics and molecular biology
Soil microbiology and microbial ecology
Screening of Medicinal plants for their bioactivity and toxicity
Bioprospecting Microbial diversity
Metal-Microbe interactions
Natural products and drug discovery
Microbial quorum sensing and biofilms

Faculty:
Prof. Abdul Malik
Professor and Chairman

Prof. Javed Musarrat
Professor

Prof. Iqbal Ahmad
Professor

Prof. Mohammad Saghir Khan
Professor

Dr. Almas Zaidi
Guest Faculty

Contact details:
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Phone: 0571 270 0935