Microbial Diversity in Ecosystem Sustainability and Biotechnological Applications: Volume 2. Soil & Agroecosystems

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

Publisher: Springer Singapore
Year: 2019
Tongue: English
Leaves: 625
Edition: 1st ed. 2019
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This volume comprehensively reviews recent advances in our understanding of the diversity of microbes in various types of terrestrial ecosystems, such as caves, deserts and cultivated fields. It is written by leading experts, and highlights the culturable microbes identified using conventional approaches, as well as non-culturable ones unveiled with metagenomic and microbiomic approaches. It discusses the role of microbes in ecosystem sustainability and their potential biotechnological applications. The book further discusses the diversity and utility of ectomycorrhizal and entomopathogenic fungi and yeasts that dwell on grapes, it examines the biotechnological applications of specific microbes such as lichens, xylan- and cellulose-saccharifying bacteria and archaea, chitinolytic bacteria, methanogenic archaea and pathogenic yeasts.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Cave Microbiome for Human Welfare (Subhro Banerjee, D. K. Jha, S. R. Joshi)....Pages 3-30
Diversity of Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiotic Rhizobia with Special Reference to Indian Thar Desert (Nisha Tak, Hukam Singh Gehlot)....Pages 31-55
Soil Microbiota and Sustainable Jhum Agroecosystem (S. R. Joshi, Donald Bareh, Aishiki Banerjee)....Pages 57-82
Diversity in Type III Secreting Systems (T3SSs) in Legume-Rhizobium Symbiosis (M. Senthilkumar, K. Swarnalakshmi, K. Annapurna)....Pages 83-107
Microbe-Based Novel Biostimulants for Sustainable Crop Production (Rahul Singh Rajput, Ratul Moni Ram, Anukool Vaishnav, Harikesh Bahadur Singh)....Pages 109-144
Ectomycorrhizal Diversity and Tree Sustainability (Shikha Khullar, M. Sudhakara Reddy)....Pages 145-166
Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Relation to Sustainable Plant Production Systems (Manju M. Gupta, Dipanti Chourasiya, Mahaveer P. Sharma)....Pages 167-186
Microbial Diversity on Grapes and Other Fruits: Role and Significance in Fermentation (M. V. Deshpande)....Pages 187-204
Harnessing Entomopathogenic Fungi for Enhanced Farm Productivity and Profitability (Suseelendra Desai, T. V. Prasad, G. Praveen Kumar, John Peter, Leo Danile Amalraj)....Pages 205-230
Microbial Diversity of the Sundarbans, the World’s Largest Tidal Mangrove Forest, and Its Bioprospects (Kaushik Biswas, Joydeep Mukherjee)....Pages 231-256
Rhizospheric Microbiome Engineering as a Sustainable Tool in Agriculture: Approaches and Challenges (Shubham Dubey, Shilpi Sharma)....Pages 257-272
Dynamics of Plant Microbiome and Its Effect on the Plant Traits (Shivali Sharma, Shanu Magotra, Sneha Ganjoo, Tabia Andrabi, Rikita Gupta, Shilpi Sharma et al.)....Pages 273-304
Front Matter ....Pages 305-305
Diversity of Lichen Photobionts: Their Coevolution and Bioprospecting Potential (Khem Chand Saini, Sanjeeva Nayaka, Felix Bast)....Pages 307-323
Diversity in Xylan-degrading Prokaryotes and Xylanolytic Enzymes and Their Bioprospects (Digvijay Verma, Ravi Kumar, Tulasi Satyanarayana)....Pages 325-373
Diversity in Cellulose-Degrading Microbes and Their Cellulases: Role in Ecosystem Sustainability and Potential Applications (Anica Dadwal, Shilpa Sharma, Tulasi Satyanarayana)....Pages 375-402
New Paradigm in Degradation of Lignocellulosic Biomass and Discovery of Novel Microbial Strains (Rohit Rai, Dhruv Agrawal, B. S. Chadha)....Pages 403-440
Secondary Metabolism in Trichoderma: Chemo- and Geno-Diversity (Shikha Pachauri, Pramod D. Sherkhane, Prasun K. Mukherjee)....Pages 441-456
Diversity of Chitinase-Producing Bacteria and Their Possible Role in Plant Pest Control (Sandipan Banerjee, Narayan Chandra Mandal)....Pages 457-491
Endophytic Fungi As the Alternate Source of High-Value Plant Secondary Metabolites (Sunil K. Deshmukh, Manish K. Gupta, Sangram K. Lenka)....Pages 493-532
Wild Edible Mushrooms of North West Himalaya: Their Nutritional, Nutraceutical, and Sociobiological Aspects (N. S. Atri, Y. P. Sharma, Sanjeev Kumar, Mridu)....Pages 533-563
Methanogens for Human Welfare: More Boon Than Bane (Prashant K. Dhakephalkar, Om Prakash, Vikram B. Lanjekar, Manasi P. Tukdeo, Dilip R. Ranade)....Pages 565-591
Genetic Diversity of Pathogenic Yeasts (Kunal Ranjan, Marcio José Poças-Fonseca)....Pages 593-615
Back Matter ....Pages 617-620

✦ Subjects

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

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