BookShiwani Guleria Sharma, Neeta Raj Sharma, Mohit Sharma, editors.
Summary: This book focuses on the application of microbes in all fields of biology. There is an urgent need to understand and explore new microbes, their biological activities, genetic makeup and further opportunities for utilizing them. The book is divided into sections, highlighting the application of microbes in agriculture, nanotechnology, genetic engineering, bioremediation, industry, medicine and forensic sciences, and describing potential future advances in these fields. It also explores the potential role of microbes in space and how they might support life on a different planet.
Contents:
Chapter 1. Microbial ecosystem and anthropogenic impacts
Part 1. Microbes in Agriculture
Chapter 2. Recent advances in Plant-microbe interaction
Chapter 3. Microbes in crop production: Formulation and Application
Chapter 4. Microorganisms improving food quality and safety
Chapter 5. Microbes in Soil and their Metagenomics
Part 2. Microbes in Nanotechnology
Chapter 6. Microbial cell factories in nanotechnology
Chapter 7. Nanotechnology and food microbiology
Part 3. Microbes in Genetic Engineering
Chapter 8. Bioengineered microbes in disease therapy
Chapter 9. Benefits and biohazards of microbial recombinants
Part 4. Microbial Enzymes & Applications
Chapter 10. Extremophile Microorganisms and Their Industrial Applications
Chapter 11. Innovative techniques for improving microbial enzyme production
Chapter 12. Microbial enzymes from in vitro to market
Part 5. Microbes in Bioremediation
Chapter 13. Microbial clean up strategy for polluted water
Chapter 14. Microbial clean up strategy for eating garbage
Part 6. Microbes in Industries
Chapter 15. Microbes in Food and beverage industry
Chapter 16. Microbes in pharmaceutical industry
Chapter 17. Industrial Potential of Microbial Enzymes
Part 7. Microbes in Medicine
Chapter 18. Living medicines for health and disease management
Chapter 19. Fighting microbes with microbes
Chapter 20. Impact of Human Microbiome on health
Part 8. Microbes in Forensic Science
Chapter 21. An Introduction to Microbial forensics
Chapter 22. Microbial Forensics: A new boon to Legal Justice
Part 9. Microbes in Space
Chapter 23. Microbes supporting life off-planet.