Recent advances in Applied Microbiology

✍ Scribed by Pratyoosh Shukla (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Singapore
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 290
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is a one-stop reference resource, presenting recent research in various emerging areas of microbiology, including microbial biotechnology, microbes in health, microbial interactions, agricultural microbiology and computational approaches. Recent discoveries in microbiology have created a great deal of interest among researchers around the globe, and as as such the book discusses a number of important research topics, such as microbial enzymes and nanoparticles, bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates, biosurfactant aided bioprocessing, autophagy and microbial pathogenesis, multidrug resistant bacteria, probiotics, rhizosphere, metal tolerant bacteria, plant- beneficial environmental bacteria and therapeutic applications of fungal chondroitinase.

It serves as a valuble resource for masters, doctoral and postdoctoral researchers in life sciences, as well as scientists involved in various interdisciplinary research areas. It also provides useful material for higher-level graduate courses in microbiology and biotechnology.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Immobilization of A. oryzae β-galactosidase on Silica Nanoparticles: Development of an Effective Biosensor for Determination of Lactose in Milk Whey (Anchal Goel, Rajeshwari Sinha, Sunil K. Khare)....Pages 3-18
Bacterial Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Recent Trends in Production and Applications (Aneesh Balakrishna Pillai, Hari Krishnan Kumarapillai)....Pages 19-53
Biosurfactant-Aided Bioprocessing: Industrial Applications and Environmental Impact (Reetika Sharma, Harinder Singh Oberoi)....Pages 55-88
Front Matter ....Pages 89-89
Autophagy and Bacterial Pathogenesis: An Interactive Overview (Madhu Puri, Trinad Chakraborty, Helena Pillich)....Pages 91-107
Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria in Freshwater Ecosystems (River) and Screening of Natural Therapeutics Against the Probable Drug Targets of Drug-Resistant Pathogens by Computational Biology Approaches (Sinosh Skariyachan)....Pages 109-132
Probiotics for Human Health: Current Progress and Applications (Ruby Yadav, Pratyoosh Shukla)....Pages 133-147
Front Matter ....Pages 149-149
Functionalities of Phosphate-Solubilizing Bacteria of Rice Rhizosphere: Techniques and Perspectives (Nilima Dash, Avishek Pahari, Tushar Kanti Dangar)....Pages 151-163
Tolerance of Microorganisms in Soil Contaminated with Trace Metals: An Overview (Dhritiman Chanda, G. D. Sharma, D. K. Jha, Mohamed Hijri)....Pages 165-193
Transformation, Purification, and Quantification of Soy Isoflavone from Lactobacillus sp. and Bifidobacterium sp. (V. Usha Rani, B. V. Pradeep)....Pages 195-211
Burkholderia to Paraburkholderia: The Journey of a Plant-Beneficial-Environmental Bacterium (Chandandeep Kaur, G. Selvakumar, A. N. Ganeshamurthy)....Pages 213-228
WRKY Transcription Factors: Involvement in Plant–Pathogen Interactions (Lopamudra Satapathy, Dhananjay Kumar, Kunal Mukhopadhyay)....Pages 229-246
Front Matter ....Pages 247-247
Humoral Responses of In Silico Designed Immunodominant Antigenic Peptide Cocktails from Anthrax Lethal Toxin Components (Nagendra Suryanarayana, Vanlalhmuaka, Kulanthaivel Thavachelvam, Urmil Tuteja)....Pages 249-258
Microbial Enzyme Engineering: Applications and Perspectives (Vishal Kumar, Mehak Baweja, Hao Liu, Pratyoosh Shukla)....Pages 259-273
Fungal Chondroitinase: Production and Prospects for Therapeutic Application (Kasinathan Narayanan, Nagarathenam Sivagurunathan, Volety Mallikarjuna Subrahmanyam, Josyula Venkata Rao)....Pages 275-290

✦ Subjects

Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology