Microbial Diversity in Ecosystem Sustainability and Biotechnological Applications: Volume 1. Microbial Diversity in Normal & Extreme Environments

✍ Scribed by Tulasi Satyanarayana, Bhavdish Narain Johri, Subrata Kumar Das

• Publisher: Springer Singapore
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 639
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book discusses microbial diversity in various habitats and environments, its role in ecosystem maintenance, and its potential applications (e.g. biofertilizers, biocatalysts, antibiotics, other bioactive compounds, exopolysaccharides etc.). The respective chapters, all contributed by renowned experts, offer cutting-edge information in the fields of microbial ecology and biogeography. The book explains the reasons behind the occurrence of various biogeographies and highlights recent tools (e.g. metagenomics) that can aid in biogeography studies by providing information on nucleic acid sequence data, thereby directly identifying microorganisms in various habitats and environments.

In turn, the book describes how human intervention results in depletion of biodiversity, and how numerous hotspots are now losing their endemic biodiversity, resulting in the loss of many ecologically important microorganisms. In closing, the book underscores the importance of microbial diversity for sustainable ecosystems.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Emerging Concepts in Bacterial Taxonomy (Anusha Rai, Indu, N. Smita, G. Deepshikha, K. Gaurav, K. Dhanesh et al.)....Pages 3-22
Bioinformatics Tools for Microbial Diversity Analysis (Raghavender Surya Upadhyayula, Pooran Singh Solanki, Prashanth Suravajhala, Krishna Mohan Medicherla)....Pages 23-47
Application of Genomics to Understand the Pathogenic Microbial Diversity (Jhasketan Badhai, Sushanta Deb, Subrata K. Das)....Pages 49-82
Fungal Diversity: Global Perspective and Ecosystem Dynamics (Apekcha Bajpai, Seema Rawat, Bhavdish N. Johri)....Pages 83-113
Front Matter ....Pages 115-115
Marine Microbial Diversity for Sustainable Development (Anil Kumar Pinnaka, Naga Radha Srinivas Tanuku)....Pages 117-158
Diversity of Microbes in Hot Springs and Their Sustainable Use (Tanmoy Debnath, Ritu Rani Archana Kujur, Romit Mitra, Subrata K. Das)....Pages 159-186
Thermophilic Fungal Diversity in Sustainable Development (Seema Dahiya, T. Satyanarayana, Bijender Singh)....Pages 187-224
Deep Biosphere: Microbiome of the Deep Terrestrial Subsurface (Pinaki Sar, Avishek Dutta, Himadri Bose, Sunanda Mandal, Sufia K. Kazy)....Pages 225-265
Marine Fungal Diversity: Present Status and Future Perspectives (V. Venkateswara Sarma)....Pages 267-291
Diversity of Iron and Sulphur Oxidizers in Sulphide Mine Leachates (S. R. Dave, D. R. Tipre)....Pages 293-317
Distribution and Bioprospecting Potential of Actinobacteria from Indian Mangrove Ecosystems (Radhakrishnan Manikkam, Premalata Pati, Shanmugasundaram Thangavel, Gopikrishnan Venugopal, Jerrine Joseph, Balagurunathan Ramasamy et al.)....Pages 319-353
Gut Microbiomes and Their Impact on Human Health (Romit Mitra, Lipika Das, Subrata K. Das)....Pages 355-385
Importance of Cyanobacterial Taxonomy in Biotechnological Applications (Suvendra Nath Bagchi, Prashant Singh)....Pages 387-414
Microbial Treatment of Waste by Culture-Dependent and Culture-Independent Approaches: Opportunities and Challenges (Juhi Gupta, Bhawna Tyagi, Rashmi Rathour, Indu Shekhar Thakur)....Pages 415-446
Diversity of Polysaccharides in Cyanobacteria (Monica Bhatnagar, Ashish Bhatnagar)....Pages 447-496
Halocin Diversity Among Halophilic Archaea and Their Applications (Vijay Kumar, Santosh Kumar Tiwari)....Pages 497-532
Microbial Diversity and Dynamics in Hydrocarbon Resource Environments (Ganshyam Prajapat, Shikha Jain, Akhil Agrawal)....Pages 533-571
Mining Human Microbiome for Therapeutics (Vikas C. Ghattargi, Kamala Sape, Shreyas V. Kumbhare, Yogesh S. Shouche)....Pages 573-613
Microbiome: A Source of Novel Bioactive Compounds and Antimicrobial Peptides (Garima Suneja, Sonam Nain, Rakesh Sharma)....Pages 615-630
Back Matter ....Pages 631-635

✦ Subjects

Life Sciences; Microbial Ecology; Biodiversity; Microbiology; Community & Population Ecology; Microbial Genetics and Genomics