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Assessment of the microbial diversity present in nature isthe need-of-the-hour. Not more than 10% of the bacteria can be cultured using standard culture techniques. The current study was conducted to assess the microbial diversity in soils of the Doaba region. For unravelling the microbial diversity present in this region of Punjab, the microbial population was obtained via culture in enriched media. This culturable approach providedus with 14 isolates, which could be identified using biochemical characterisation. Biochemical testing of these isolates reveals the presence of Citrobacter, Escherichia coli, Proteus mirabilis, Providencia stuartii, and Salmonella species.