Om Taropawala Source Confirmed

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Om Taropawala integrates microbiology and bioinformatics in his research, which spans both leech biology and responses to climate change. His work extends to the genomic level, including the 2022 draft genome sequencing of *Plesiomonas shigelloides* MD22D9, a bacterium isolated from the digestive tract of *Macrobdella decora*. Further highlighting his command of computational techniques, Taropawala developed COATswga, a toolkit for rapid primer design in selective whole-genome amplification.

Taropawala's research focuses on species distribution, climate change impacts, leech biology and applications, and bacterial identification and susceptibility testing.

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• Publications: 2