BookAjar Nath Yadav, Shashank Mishra, Sangram Singh, Arti Gupta, editors.
Summary: White biotechnology, or industrial biotechnology as it is also known, refers to the use of living cells and/or their enzymes to create industrial products that are more easily degradable, require less energy, create less waste during production and sometimes perform better than products created using traditional chemical processes. Over the last decade considerable progress has been made in white biotechnology research, and further major scientific and technological breakthroughs are expected in the future. Fungi are ubiquitous in nature and have been sorted out from different habitats, including extreme environments (high temperature, low temperature, salinity and pH), and may be associated with plants (epiphytic, endophytic and rhizospheric). The fungal strains are beneficial as well as harmful for human beings. The beneficial fungal strains may play important roles in the agricultural, industrial, and medical sectors. The fungal strains and their products (enzymes, bioactive compounds, and secondary metabolites) are very useful for industry (e.g., the discovery of penicillin from Penicillium chrysogenum). This discovery was a milestone in the development of white biotechnology as the industrial production of penicillin and antibiotics using fungi moved industrial biotechnology into the modern era, transforming it into a global industrial technology. Since then, white biotechnology has steadily developed and now plays a key role in several industrial sectors, providing both high value nutraceutical and pharmaceutical products. The fungal strains and bioactive compounds also play an important role in environmental cleaning. This volume covers the latest developments and research in white biotechnology with a focus on diversity and enzymes.
Contents:
Preface
Biodiversity of Fungi from Extreme Habitats and Its Industrial Applications
Rhizospheric Fungi Isolated from Different Plants and Potential Applications in Diverse Sectors
Endophytic Fungi from Different Niches with Potential Industrial Importance
Marine Fungal White Biotechnology
Aspergillus Biodiversity, Ecological Significance, and Industrial Applications
Fusarium Biodiversity, Ecological Significance, and Industrial Applications
Penicillium Biodiversity, Ecological Significance, and Industrial Applications
Trichoderma Biodiversity, Ecological Significance, and Industrial Applications
Thermostable Enzymes from Fungi Isolated from Hot Springs and Its Applications
Cold Active Enzymes from Psychrophilic Fungi and Its Applications
Industrially Important Enzymes from White-Rot Fungi or Filamentous Fungi
Fungal Enzymes for the Textile Industry
Fungal Laccase
Fermentation Process for Production of Fungal Cellulases
Fungal Lipases
Fungal Community and Eco-Friendly Bioresources for Novel Secondary Metabolites
Agriculturally Important Fungi
Fungal White Biotechnology in Biosurfactants
Synthetic Biology and a Novel Approach for Pharmaceutically Important Compounds
Global Scenario of Fungal White Biotechnology
Appendixes
Index