priya saxena

1 Introduction Oleidesulfovibrio alaskensis G20 (OA G20), a biofilm-forming anaerobic sulphate-reducing bacterium (SRB), is well known to play a key role in the biogeochemical cycling of carbon and sulphur (Price et al. 2014). SRB have garnered significant attention in industrial settings due to their dual role, contributing to biotechnological applications while also causing infrastructure deterioration (Novair et al. 2024).

City of Edinburgh from the Edinburgh Castle. Picture Credits: Priya Saxena The benefit of being in one country in Europe is that every other place that seems far from here is actually so close to you. And one must always make optimum use of such geographical proximity between different countries in Europe. Having spent the initial days of my first solo trip in England, my next and most obvious destination was England’s gorgeous neighbor, Scotland.

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