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Antimicrobial peptides from plants and their applications / B. Bhima and Mohammed Al Saiqali -- Development of antitubercular agents through hybridization strategies : future challenges and perspectives / Srinivas Kantevari, Anvesh Jallapally, Tangutur Anjana Devi, and Dinesh Kumar -- Novel bioactive compounds from an endophytic Chaetomium arcuatum strain SAF-2 isolated from Semecarpus anacardium / C. Ganesh Kumar, Narender Reddy Godumagadda, Poornima Mongolla, Sujitha Pombala, Preethi Badrinarayan, Cheruku Ravindra Reddy, Biswanath Das, K.V.S. Ramakrishna, Balasubramanian Sridhar, and Ahmed Kamal -- Understanding role of biomarkers in pathogenesis of sepsis / S. Burgula, M. Swathi Raju, A. Nichita, A. Pawan Kumar, and Karthik Rajkumar -- Role of copper in modifying cisplatin induced cytotoxicity in yeast / B. Sreedhar and B. Vijaya Lakshmi -- Role of microbiome : insights into the kin recognition process in Oryza sativa by proteomic and metabolomic studies / Tangutur Anjana Devi, Kommalapati Vamsi Krishna, Amrita Dutta Chowdhury, and Neelamraju Sarla -- Associative effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and rhizobium on plant growth and biological control of charcoal rot in green gram [Vigna radiata L. (Wilczek)] / A. Hindumathi, B.N. Reddy, A. Sabitha Rani, and A. Narsimha Reddy -- Morphological changes in Vigna radiata root under cadmium induced stress in the presence of plant growth promoting enterobacter sp. C1D / Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Kavita Barot, and G. Archana -- Potential use of trichoderma species as promising plant -- Growth stimulator in tomato (Lycopersicum esculantum L.) / B.N. Reddy, K. Sarita, and A. Hindumathi -- Strain improvement of Aspergillus niger for the enhanced production of cellulase in solid state fermentation / G. Praveen Kumar Reddy, A. Sridevi, Kanderi Dileep Kumar, G. Ramanjaneyulu, A. Ramya, B.S. Shanthi Kumari, and B. Rajasekhar Reddy -- Screening, quantification, and purification of cellulases from soil actinomycetes / Payal Das, Renu Solanki, and Monisha Khanna -- Kinetic studies of alkali pretreated sweet sorghum bagasse using cellulase / L. Saida and K. Venkata Sri Krishna -- Secretion of ligninolytic enzymes by the white rot fungus stereum ostrea immobilized on polyurethane cubes under the influence of chlorpyrifos / B.S. Shanthi Kumari, K. Dileep Kumar, K.Y. Usha, A. Ramya, and B. Rajasekhar Reddy -- Structure and gas diffusion path analysis of hydrogenase enzymes by homology modelling / Nivedita Sahu, Anirudh Nelabhotla, and Pradhan Nityananda -- Yeast saccharomyces cerevisiae as an efficient biological agent for decolorization of reactive dyes used in textile industry / B. Bhima, N. Hanumalal, and B. Chandrasekhar -- Metabolite profiling and biological activities of extrolites from Aspergillus turcosus strain KZR131 isolated from Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India / Ganesh Kumar, Poornima Mongolla, Jagadeesh Babu Nanubolu, Pathipati Usha Rani, and Kumar Katragunta -- Morphological, cultural and molecular diversity of the -- Salt-tolerant alkaliphilic actinomycetes from saline habitats / S.D. Gohel and S.P. Singh -- Microbial population dynamics of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh for xylanase production / G. Ramanjaneyulu, A. Ramya, and B. Rajasekhar Reddy -- Phylogenetic and phenogram based diversity of haloalkaliphilic bacteria from the saline desert / Hitarth B. Bhatt and Satya P. Singh -- Fungal biotransformation of drugs: potential applications in pharma industry / G. Shyam Prasad and B. Sashidhar Rao.

"The new volume takes an interdisciplinary look at current technical challenges and recent developmental trends in microbial biotechnology. It covers an avalanche of new information available through research by focusing on a broad spectrum of issues on different microorganisms and their recent applications and implications in agriculture, soil science and forestry, industry, and public health and medicine. Microbes present in our immediate environment have a direct or indirect influence leading to either a harmful or beneficial effect. Microbial Biotechnology: Technological Challenges and Developmental Trends is divided into four major sections that focus on Part I: Antimicrobial Agents: Role and Applications in Medicine and Health Care; Part II: Role of Microorganisms in Agriculture and Plant Biotechnology; Part III: Microbial Enzymes and Their Potential Industrial Applications; Part IV: Microorganisms in Environment: Role and Industrial Applications. Topics include organic chemistry, biomass conversion, optimal production processes for different microbes, screening methods, and application of -omics approaches such as (meta) genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics, or other biotechnology tools, to provide a deeper understanding of the microbial-based new and emerging products, trends, processes, and technologies. The chapters present unbiased original research results on microbes by incorporating case studies wherever appropriate. Providing research findings applicable to the development of new methodologies, applications, and technologies, the book will be a valuable resource for people working in various fields of microbiology."-- Provided by publisher.

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