This book includes a multitude of aspects of DNA barcoding and molecular phylogeny along with some case studies which will be beneficial to researchers and academics around the globe in a total of 27 chapters. Bioinformatics is an important part of DNA barcoding and the concept of R in DNA Barcoding is a very recent development. This book contains a full chapter devoted to this very important topic. Further areas where DNA barcoding can be applied are: management of invasive alien species, plant animal interactions, forensic botany, clinical microbiology especially in relation to infection management, DNA database management, among others. This book also includes very useful information related to the DNA barcoding and molecular phylogeny of microbes, aquatic plants, algae, mosquitoes, elasmobranchs, fishes, reptiles, birds and ruminant mammals. Some unique case studies describe DNA barcoding of reptiles dwelling in Saudi Arabian deserts, DNA barcoding of a high altitude medicinal plant, genetic variation studies in both wild and hatchery populations of Anabas testudineus, DNA Barcoding and molecular phylogeny of Ichthyoplankton and juvenile fishes of Kuantan River in Malaysia.

Table of Contents:
DNA BARCODING AND MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY CONTENTS Section 1: DNA Barcoding: Advantages and Significance 1. DNA Barcoding Advantages and Significance SambaShiva Daravath, Reddya Naik, Tamil Selvi Manickam, and Srinivas Ankanagari 2. R in DNA Barcoding Asim Kr Mahadani, Pradosh Mahadani, Goutam Sanyal 3. Implications and utility of DNA Barcoding  J. Suriya,1* M. Krishnan,1 S. Bharathiraja,2 V. Sekar3 and V Sachithanandam3 4. Significance of DNA Barcoding in Avian species: Tracing the history and building the future Farhina Pasha 5. DNA Barcoding: A potential tool for invasive species identification Muniyandi Nagarajan* Akash Nambidi Parambath Section 2: DNA Barcoding of Microbes 6. Microbial DNA Barcoding: Prospects for Discovery and Identification Anand Mohan*1, Bableen Flora1, Madhuri Girdhar2, S. M. Bhatt3 7. DNA Barcoding on Bacteria and its Application in infection management Mohammad Zubair, Farha Fatima, Shamina Begum, Zahid Hameed Siddiqui Section 3: DNA Barcoding in Plants 8. DNA Barcoding: Implications in plant-animal interactions Muniyandi Nagarajan1* Vandana R Prabhu1, Ranganathan Kamalakkannan1 and Palatty Allesh Sinu2 9. DNA barcoding in forensic botany Mohamed Rizk Enan 10. A Molecular Assessment of Red Algae with reference to the utility of DNA Barcoding Zahid H. Siddiqui1, Zahid K. Abbas1, Khalid R. Hakeem2, Mather A. Khan3, Md. Abdul Ilah4 11. DNA Databases: Promises and Limitations for Plant DNA Barcoding Selvaraj Dhivya, Mohanasundaram Saravanan and Ramalingam Sathishkumar* 12. Aquatic Plant Biodiversity and DNA Barcoding Sufia Irfan*, Aishah Alatawi Section 4: DNA Barcoding in Animals 13. DNA barcoding of mosquito species Lalita Gupta and Sanjeev Kumar 14. DNA barcoding of Rays from South China Sea 1Akbar John, B*., 2MUHAMAD ASRUL, M.A., 4Wahidah Mohd Arshaad, 2Jalal, K.C.A. 3Hassan I. Sheikh 15. Molecular phylogeny of Elasmobranchs Pavan Kumar, A1*., Gireesh-Babu,P1., Jaiswar, A. K2., Raje, S.G3., Chaudahri,A1., and Krishna, G1. 16. A Review on DNA Barcoding on fish taxonomy in India V.Sachithanandam1,2* and P.M.Mohan2 17. Applications of DNA barcoding in fisheries Pavan-Kumar, A*., Jaiswar, A. K., Gireesh-Babu,P., Chaudahri,A., and Krishna, G. 18. Identification and conservation of reptiles through DNA Barcoding Subrata Trivedi1, Hasibur Rehman1, Shalini Saggu1, Al Thabiani Aziz1, Chellasamy Panneerselvam1, Sankar K. Ghosh2 19. DNA Barcoding in Avian species with special reference to Taxonomically-wide Biogeographic Studies Farhina Pasha 20. Molecular characterization of ruminant mammals using DNA barcodes Muniyandi Nagarajan, Nimisha K, Subhash Thomas Section 5: Case Studies 21. Phylogenetic diversity of culturable marine actinobacteria isolated from the Havelock Island, the Andamans, India Rajagopal Gobalakrishnan and Kannan Sivakumar 22. DNA Barcoding and Molecular Phylogeny of Indigenous bacteria in Fishes from a Tropical Tidal River in Malaysia Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman1,2,*, Mohd Haikal Izzuddin3, Najmus Sakib Khan3, Akbar John2, Mohd Azrul Naim3 23. DNA barcoding of Ichtyoplankton and Juvenile fishes of Tropical river in Malaysia 1Akbar John, B*., 2Hassan I. Sheikh, 1Jalal, K.C.A., 3Kamaruzzaman, B.Y., 2Sanower, H., 2Nur Hanisah, M., 3Rahman, M.H., 4Rozihan, M., 24. Genetic Variation of Wild and Hatchery Populations of Climbing Perch Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792) in Peninsular Malaysia, using partial Gene of cytochrome b Ahmad Azfar Mohamed, Siti Waznah Abdurahman, Akbar John 25. Molecular Identification of Reptiles from Tabuk Region of Saudi Arabia through DNA barcoding: A case study Bishal Dhar1, Mohua Chakraborty1, Madhurima Chakraborty1, Subrata Trivedi2 Abdulhadi A. Aloufi2, and Sankar K. Ghosh1,3 26. Hippophae rhamnoides (Sea-buckthorn) a high altitude medicinal, adaptogenic plant; Molecular characterization and bar-coding. Shweta Saxena1, Om Prakash Chaurasia1, Ratan Kumar2 27. Closing Shots – DNA Barcoding and Molecular Phylogeny Subrata Trivedi1*, Hasibur Rehman1, Shalini Saggu1, Chellasamy Panneerselvam1, Sankar K Ghosh2