Branch of microbiology concerned with textile materials; deals with microorganisms that are harmful either to the fibers or to the consumer, and microorganisms that are useful, as in the retting process. Whereas applications of petroleum microbiology includes oil pollution control, enhanced oil recovery, microbial contamination of petroleum fuels and oil emulsions, and conversion of petroleum hydrocarbons into microbial products. HiMedia cater the needs of both textile industry as well as petroleum industry by providing the broad range of Culture Media for enumerating, isolating and differentiating various types of micro-organisms.