Biotechnological Applications of Microorganisms : A Techno-Commercial Approach
Contents: Preface. Editors. Contributors. 1. Constraints of bacterial bio-inoculant production and its quality assurance/B. Kumar, K.K. Joshi, R.C. Dubey and D.K. Maheshwari. 2. Psychrophiles: their diversity and industrial applications/Mahejibin Khan and Reeta Goel. 3. Lactic acid: a potential microbial metabolite/Gopal Reddy, B.J. Naveena and Md. Altaf. 4. Production, characteristics and biotechnological applications of Alkaline Pectinases/D.C. Sharma and T. Satyanarayana. 5. Properties, uses and directed evolution of glucansucrases elaborated by various Leuconostoc mesenteroides/Doman Kim, Hee-Kyoung Kang, Jin-Ha Lee, Hwa-Ja Ryu, Eun-Seong Seo, Myung-Suk Ha. 6. Biotechnological relevance of Ergot Alkaloids with future perspectives/P. Mehta and A. Mehta. 7. Production of value-added hydroxy fatty acids by a bacterial strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa PR3/Hakryul Kim and Sun Chul Kang. 8. Bioactive potential of actinomycetes from India and Saudi Arabia/N.N. Nawani, M.S. Shejul, A.Y. Al-Mahdi and B.P. Kapadnis. 9. Potential of entomopathogenic fungi for management of insect pests/S.S. Sandhu, P. Vikrant and R.C. Rajak. 10. Application of fusaria in agricultural and industrial biotechnology/P. Pandey, M. Saraf, R.C. Dubey and D.K. Maheshwari. 11. Microbial production and applications of 1,3-propanediol/R.K. Saxena, Jasmine Isar, Saurabh Saran and L. Agarwal. 12. Biochemical methods for the production of Aldehydes and organic acids/Kimiyasu Isobe. 13. GM in sustainable crop production/Meenu Saraf. 14. Characterization of streptomyces causing potato scab disease in Korea/Duck Hwan Park, Jeom Soon Kim, Soon Wo Kwon, Jang Hyun Hur, Jun Mo Cho and Chun Keun Lim. 15. Secondary metabolite-mediated antagonism against soil-borne plant pathogens/M. Senthil, Bhavesh Kumar, P. Dureja and K. Annapurna. 16. Biocatalysis and biodegradation in the context of functional genomics/Sung-Cheol Koh, Byung-Hyuk Kim, Jung-Hye Choi, Se-Eun Lee, Sung-Woo Shin, Sung-Kyu Shin and Myung-Hyun Hong. 17. Bioremediation of agrochemicals and heavy metals in soil/Javed Musarrat and Sabina Zaidi. 18. Bioremediation of organochlorine and organophosphate pesticides by using microorganisms/Manisha Kapur, Sumeet Labana and R.K. Jain. 19. Fungal biosorbents: a benign alternative for removal and recovery of heavy metals from wastewater/R.K. Saxena, Purnima Anand, Saurabh Saran and Jasmine Isar. 20. Biological and antimicrobial properties of coffee/Daljit S. Arora and Gurinder Jeet Kaur. Index.
"A large number of microbes have been exploited commercially in multifarious areas such as production of industrially viable products, organic chemicals, pharmaceuticals, recovery of metals, improvement and maintenance of environmental quality, and pest control. The book embodies twenty review articles contributed by the subject experts from India, Japan and South Korea.
The articles fall under the three categories; agriculture microbiology, industrial microbiology, and bioremediation. The psychrophiles hold many biological secrets such as biochemical limits to macromolecular stability and the blueprints for constructing stable macromolecules.
Lactic acid bacteria known for their role in fermentation, economics, and systematics have been dealt with in great detail. Biotechnological applications of pectinases in general and alkaline pectinases in particular play a significant role in industries. Production, characteristics and applications of microbial alkaline pectinolytic enzymes have been elaborated.
Nowadays, semi-synthetic ergot alkaloids are widely used as a potential therapeutic agent. Microbial production of glucans, functional organization and their industrial significance have been systematically reviewed. Bioactive exopolysaccharides production from mushrooms has gained importance in recent years. Production and characterization of exopolysaccharides and conversion of unsaturated fatty acids into value-added hydroxyl fatty acids by using microorganisms is being done in a wide range of industrial products. Enhancing the microbial production of 1,3-Propanediol and its application highlights the commercial exploitation of potential microorganisms. Aldehyde and organic acid production by using oxydases and their derivatives have been advantageous for industries.
Some chapters are devoted to the potential entomopathogenic fungi for management of pests, biotechnological applications of Fusaria, microbial metabolite-mediated biocontrol of soil-borne plant pathogens, bioremediation of heavy metals, organochlorine and organophosphate pesticides. Although bio-inoculants are eco-friendly and are being used too but reviewers have emphasized the constrains in commercial bio-inoculants production and their quality assurance."
