Microbial Diversity: Current Perspectives and Potential Applications is woven around the recent global perceptions of microbial diversity in its all embracing facets. Diversity perspectives are discussed in the context of ecosystem dynamics, taking into consideration environments that are rather unique to microorganisms. Considerable thrust is placed on the role that microorganisms play in sustainable production systems. Microbe-plant interaction arena is highlighted through the discussion of mycorrhizal partners, on which depends not only the plant community structure but also abatement of abiotic and biotic stresses. Other mutualist, rhizobia gets its due coverage whereas plant disease component carries examples from both, fungal and viral disease point of view. Considerable emphasis is placed on a discussion of the environmental issues such as the approaches that will lead to newer bioremediation technologies. No discussion of microbial diversity is complete without their implications in animal and human health. Discussed in this context are L-arginases in cancer therapy as also bioactives from cyanobacteria. Genomics and pathogenicity of two groups of viruses, viz., blue tongue and flaviviruses is highlighted whereas keratinophilic fungal forms are discussed in the context of dermatophytic infections.
This volume also carries a fair number of articles on commercial microbiology.
"Section 1: Microbial Diversity and Ecosystem Dynamics :
Microbial diversity and molecular basis of cold adaptation in antarctic bacteria S. Shivaji
Discovery of novel microorganisms and genes from extreme environment by the genomic technique Yutaka Kawarabayasi
Environmental genomics : exploring and exploiting the ‘unculturable’ microbial diversity Rakesh Sharma, Ravi Ranjan, Raj Kishor Kapardar,Nar Singh Chauhan and Amit Grover
Diversity and adaptations of deep-sea microorganisms Chandralata Raghukumar
Phylogenetic and metabolic diversity of thermophilic prokaryotes with different types of anaerobic respiration Elizaveta Bonch-Osmolovskaya
Halophilic thermophiles: a novel group of extremophiles Noha M. Mesbah and Juergen Wiegel
Molecular analysis of microbial community to enhance performance of anaerobic digestors Prashant K. Dhakephalkar and Dilip R. Ranade
Diversity of Fungi in Mangrove Ecosystems K.R. Sridhar
Sequence analysis of internal transcribed spacer region for phylogenetic assessment of ascomycetous yeasts G.S. Prasad
Diversity among cellulolytic fungi Marcio José Poças-Fonseca* and Andréa Queiroz Maranhão
Microbial Diversity and Community Dynamics of Mushroom Compost Ecosystem Seema Rawat, Pavan Kumar Agarwal, Devendra Kumar Choudharyand B.N. Johri
Fungal endophytes of tropical plants: a critical review T. S. Suryanarayanan and J. A. Johnson
Arbuscular mycorrhizae in natural ecosystem: Incentives in diversity and ecology Sharda W. Khade and Alok Adholeya
Section 2: Microbial Diversity and Agriculture & Forestry:
The rhizosphere: a hot spot of bacterial diversity? Michel Aragno
Functional diversity and community structure of microorganisms in anoxic rice soils B. Ramakrishnan
Analyzing pseudomonas biodiversity: An easy challenge thanks to siderophore-typing Meyer Jean-Marie and Geoffroy Valérie
Algal diversity – from morphology to molecules Radha Prasanna and B.D. Kaushik
Agricultural intensification in tropics – its influence on AM fungi D.J. Bagyaraj, R. Lakshmipathy and A.N. Balakrishna
Genetic diversity of plant growth promoting fluorescent Pseudomonads: PCR-RAPD, ARDRA and rDNA sequence analysis N. Ramesh Kumar, V. Thirumalai Arasu and P. Gunasekaran
Transgenic mineral phosphate solubilizing bacteria for improved agricultural productivity C.B. Tripura, B. Sashidhar and A.R. Podile
An insight into ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity by using molecular approaches M. Sudhakara Reddy
Mycorrhizal diversity of Zambian ecosystems R.G. Kapooria
Microbial diversity in sustainable agriculture Pham Quang Hung, M. Deepan and K. Annapurna
Biodiversity of cowpea rhizobia (Bradyrhizobium spp.) in Indian soils A.K. Saxena, J. J. Kingston, Suvendu Mondal and Rasika Shende
Prevention of Plant Diseases by Targeting Fungal Polyamine Biosynthesis M.V. Rajam
Biocontrol of Macrophomina phaseolina: Prospects and Constraints Bhavesh Kumar, R.C. Dubey and D.K. Maheshwari
Diversity of viruses infecting some agriculturally important crop plants in India Basavaprabhu L. Patil and Indranil Dasgupta
Section 3: Microbial Diversity in the Environment:
Microbial diversity: Potential applications in bioremediation Anuradha Ghosh, Debarati Paul, Narinder K. Sharma,Janmejay Pandey, Dhan Prakash, Rajbir Singh, Abhineet Goyal,Harsimran Kaur and Rakesh K. Jain
Relevance of microbial diversity to environmental biotechnology Ajay Singh and Owen P. Ward
Diversity of lin Genes in HCH degrading Sphingobium Species Rup Lal, Shweta Malhotra, Poonam Sharma, Rinku Pal, Charu Dogra,Mandeep Dadhwal, Ajaib Singh, Pooja Sharma and Hansi Kumari
Dyanamics of microbial community : An environmental perspective Hemant J. Purohit, Atya Kapley and Dhananjay V. Raje
Characterization of alkalophilic bacterial consortium for ex-situ bioremediation of colour and adsorbable organic halogens in pulp and paper mill effluent Yogita Chuphal and Indu Shekhar Thakur
Microbes in aquaculture S. Ayyappan, P. K. Pandey and C. S. Purushothaman
Prevalence and powers of aquatic fungi C. Manoharachary
Ecological diversitification in Cyanobacteria O.N. Tiwari, Dolly Wattal Dhar and G.L. Tiwari
Bioremediation of radioactive waste from nuclear power reactor effluents: Present status and future perspective P. Maruthi Mohan, K. Rashmi, A. Haritha and G. Venkateswaran
Rhizobia and its role in rhizoermediation Shweta Singh and Sheela Srivastava
Section 4: Microbial Diversity and Industrial & Food Biotechnology:
Role of glucoamylases in biotechnology Sandhya Chandran and Ashok Pandey
Heterogeniety of xylanases and related enzymes B.S. Chadha, K.G. Sonia, A.K. Badhan, H.S. Saini and M.K. Bhat
Diversity of chitinases and their industrial potential N.N. Nawani and B.P. Kapadnis
Potential applications of enzymes produced by the species of bacillus and geobacillus T. Satyanarayana, D.C. Sharma, J.L.U.M. Rao, M. Ezhilvannan,M. Bhardwaj and S. Adhikari
Bacterial alkaline proteases: Recent trends and industrial applications Rani Gupta, Bhavna Chauhan, Priya Ramnani and Rajni Singh
Diversity of fungal and yeast lipases: Present and future scenario for the 21st century R.K. Saxena*, Lata Agarwal and Gautam K. Meghwanshi
Diversity of lignin degrading microorganisms, ligninolytic enzymes and their biotechnological applications Rajeev Kumar Kapoor, Krishna Kant Sharma, Sarika Kuharand Ramesh C. Kuhad
Development of biochemical methods for production of aldehydes and organic acids using oxidases and oxidase-producing microorganisms Kimiyasu Isobe
Microbial production of butanol : Product recovery by extraction P.M. Karcher, T.C. Ezeji, N. Qureshi, H.P. Blaschek
Evaluation of thermotolerance mechanism in thermotolerant yeast for ethanol production L. Venkateswar Rao and Chand Pasha
Microbiology of traditional alkaline fermented foods P.K. Sarkar
Phototrophic proteobacteria: Diversity and biotechnological potentials K. Arunasri, P. Anil Kumar, T.N.R. Srinivas, Ch. Sasikalaand V. Ch. Ramana
Biomimetic applications of microbial diversity in nanotechnology: Viruses M.S.R. Sastry
The Arxula adeninivorans – based expression platform Erik Böer, Y. Terentiev, T. Wartmann, Gerd Gellissen and Gotthard Kunze
Diversity and nutriceutical potential of wild edible mushrooms of Central India Deepak K. Rahi, R.C. Rajak, Kamlesh K. Shukla and A.K. Pandey
Section 5: Microbial Diversity and Animal & Human Health:
L-Arginase-A potential enzyme in cancer therapy Prasad A. Wadegaonkar and Varsha P. Wadegaonkar
Algicidal metabolites from Cyanobacteria: structure, mode of action and regulation of production Suvendra Nath Bagchi and Soma Ray
Diversity and significance of keratinophilic fungi P.C. Jain and P.K. Jain
Distribution and molecular typing of aeromonas hydrophila isolated from India P. Lakshmanaperumalsamy, Tha. Thayumanavan,R. Subash Kumar, G. Vivekanandhan, K. Savithamaniand P. Thangavel
Serological and molecular diversity of Yersinia enterocolitica isolated from India J.S. Virdi, P. Sachdeva, N. Bhagat, I. Singh, I., Sinha,S. Sharma, S. Mallik and S. Mittal
New technology forces microbes to reveal their secrets Ruchi Jain and Anil K. Tyagi
Genomics in pathogenicity and diversity of Flaviviruses M.S.K. Jayadev, Sonika Bhatnagar and A.K. Dubey
Genomic diversity in orbiviruses with particular reference to Bluetongue, Epizootic haemorrhagic disease and African Horse Sickness viruses S. Maan, N.S. Maan, S. Dahiya, G. Prasad, Minakshiand P.P.C. Mertens
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• A compilation of 60 articles, the book is divided in five sections dealing with microbial diversity and ecosystem dynamics, microbial diversity and agriculture & forestry, microbial diversity in the environment, microbial diversity and industrial & food biotechnology, and microbial diversity and animal & human health. • The book’s main focus is the myriad applications of microbes in various biotechnological processes. Hundreds of varieties of microbes have been cited in the book in their appropriate contexts.
• Dynamics of animal, plant and human health and association of microbes in their diseases have been discussed in detail.
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