Biotechnology : Emerging Trends
Contents: Preface. Acknowledgements. I. Agricultural biotechnology: 1. Scope of nutrient management through microbial technology with special reference to mycorrhizal fungi and other biofertilizers/D.J. Bagyaraj and J. Arpana. 2. Rhizosphere bacteria and their role in biological control of plant diseases/S.S. Sindhu, Y.S. Rakshiya and D.K. Malik. 3. Emerging trends in biocontrol of plant diseases/M.A. Kalam and Yasmin Sultana. 4. Genetic engineering of diazotrophic bacteria to improve nitrogen fixation for sustainable agriculture/S.S. Sindhu, O.P. Jangu and N. Sivaramaiah. 5. Resistance genes (R) and Resistance Gene Analogs (RGAs) in crop protection/T. Ramasubramanian, J. Amudha and S. Mohankumar. 6. Molecular markers in crop improvement/Santosh Gahukar. 7. Cattle dung based modified solid state Janta biogas plant/Leela Wati, K.K. Kapoor and B.S. Kundu. 8. Applications of biotech inputs in agriculture are inherent sustainable production practices/N.V. Phirke, S.K. Talegaonkar, P.S. Mendki and R.M. Kothari. 9. Mosquito larvicidal potential of plant pesticides – a review/R.C. Saxena. 10. Optimization of organic loading rate for different fruit wastes during biomethanization/R.D. Kirtane, P.C. Suryawanshi, V.Y. Chiplunkar, U.H. Bhattad, M.R. Patil and R.M. Kothari. 11. Development of transgenic tobacco plant for mercury phytoremediation/Md. Zeyaullah, Shafiul Haque and Arif Ali. II. Medical and immunobiotechnology: 1. Probiotic lactic acid bacteria: Applications in food, feed and pharmaceutical industries/Smita H. Panda, N.B. Kar, Ramesh C. Ray and Didier Montet. 2. Papilloma viruses and cervical cancer vaccines – a brief review/Vaidyanatha Iyer Thankamani and C.R. Setty. 3. Diarrheagenic escherichia coli: An overview/Asiya Afshan and Arif Ali. 4. Liposomal quercetin in combating CCI4 induced oxidative liver damage/Hoimee Dey, Nirmalendu Das and Ardhendu K. Mandal. 5. GOUT – a disease of kings/C.N. Khobragade and Ragini G. Bodade. 6. Fungal infections associated with pulmonary tuberculosis/Sunita Bansod and Mahendra Rai. 7. Hypoglycemic activity of Coccinia indica in streptozotocin induced diabetic albino rats/V.K. Shakya. 8. Production of streptokinase in batch culture/Kamble R.D and Deshmukh A.M. 9. Real-time PCR as an emerging tool for rapid detection of foodborne pathogens/Manoj Kumar, Ravinder Nagpal, Dheeraj Mohania, Hariom Yadav and Vinod Verma. 10. Biotechnological production of statins by filamentous fungi and application of these cholesterol lowering drugs/R.H. Patil, K. Prakash, K.S. Vishwakarma and V.L. Maheshwari. III. Applied and environmental biotechnology: 1. Developments in microbial biotechnology for the treatment of distillery waste water/M.N. Chavan, D.S. Disawal and M.V. Kulkarni. 2. Assessment of field test for detection of fecal contamination in drinking water/Dilip H. Tambekar. 3. Phylogenetic relationships among certain members of family Acanthaceae: Evidence from ITS nrDNA/Vishwesh R. Potkar and T. Srinivasu. 4. Maldi tof mass spectrometry: a powerful tool for rapid identification of bacteria/Santi M. Mandal. 5. Plastics: applications, ecological impacts and bioremediation strategies/Alok Satlewal and Reeta Goel. 6. In situ boremediation effect of pseudomonas putida KNP9 strain on cadmium and lead toxicity/Anju Rani, Abhishek Gupta and Reeta Goel. 7. Enzymatic biocatalysis in organic solvents: A novel approach for green chemistry/Ulhas Patil and Ambalal Chaudhari. IV. Pharmaceutical biotechnology: 1. Production of valuable flavour compounds through microbial transformation/Ggargi Mukherjee and Rashmi Mukherjee. V. Stem cell biotechnology: 1. Polymeric scaffolds for tissue engineering: an overview/Nilesh Revagade and Vidhya Rangaswamy. 2. Role of tissue engineering in organ regeneration/Paalib Datta and Kaushik D. Deb. 3. Transition of human embryonic stem cells from bench to bedside: advances and hurdles/Kaushik D. Deb and Satish M. Totey. 4. An introduction to in-vitro culture and characterization of human embryonic stem cells/Kanchan Sarda and Kaushik D. Deb. VI. Nano-biotechnology: 1. Nanobiotechnology : The reliable choice of future/Kuldeep Kumar, Gurnoor Kaur, Ashwani Kumar and Neelam Verma. 2. Nanotechnology: Implications of nanoparticles in medical science/Shahid M., Khan H.M., Mustafa S. and F. Shujaatullah. 3. Applications of Nanotechnology in stem cells research/Pallab Datta and Kaushik D. Deb.
“During twenty-first century, interest in biotechnology increased quite significantly as a result it has been included in the syllabi of almost all universities at both UG and PG levels.
The present proceeding Emerging Trends in Biotechnology – is an interdisciplinary approach and the outcome of exhaustive literature survey and experimental research of academicians and scientist of international caliber. The primary object of the authors is to present the subject matter with simplicity and clarity. It includes different sections like agriculture, medical-pharmaceutical, applied-environmental biotechnology, industrial biotechnology, stem cell biotechnology and nanobiotechnology.
It would be helpful for the readers of diverse disciplines including biotechnology, microbiology, biochemistry, botany, zoology, pharmacy, medical field, agriculture, nanobiotechnology, stem cell biology and commercial sector.
Salient features:
It is written in simple way with well illustrated diagrams, protocols and recent data.
The chapters on stem cell biology, Nanotechnology, bioplastic, biocontrol are the main features of the book.”
