Bacterial Secondary Metabolites
Synthesis and Applications in Agroecosystem
- 1st Edition - October 12, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Kamel A Abd-Elsalam, Heba I. Mohamed
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 2 5 1 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 2 5 2 - 1
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Request a sales quoteBacterial Secondary Metabolites: Synthesis and Applications in Agroecosystem presents the structure, properties, and biotechnological applications of bacterial metabolites and their upcoming industrial, pharmaceutical, antimicrobial, and anticancer applications. Chapters cover topics such as the use of lactic acid bacteria as an antifungal and antibacterial agent, bacterial siderophores structure and potential applications, and the role of cyanobacteria metabolites in disease management, amongst others. Plant and agri-food environmental scientists and researchers, graduate, and post-graduate students in related fields will benefit from this reference book which is published as part of the Nanobiotechnology for Plant Protection series.
- Explores how research might lead to the production of new bio-based commercial solutions to tackle global agricultural and human diseases
- Contains extensive information to understand the intricate processes of cryptic genes and their relationship to the synthesis of bioactive chemicals
- Provides in-depth insights into microbial biotechnology, namely secondary metabolites
Plant and agri-food environmental scientists and researchers, graduate and post-graduate students in related fields
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 12, 2023
- No. of pages (Paperback): 448
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323952514
- eBook ISBN: 9780323952521
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Kamel A Abd-Elsalam
Prof. Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam, Ph.D., is currently a research professor at the Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza. Kamel earned his Ph.D. in Molecular Plant Pathology from Christian Alberchts University of Kiel (Germany) and Suez Canal University (Egypt). Dr. Kamel’s research interests include developing, improving, and deploying plant biosecurity diagnostic tools; understanding and exploiting fungal pathogen genomes; and developing eco-friendly hybrid nanomaterials for controlling toxicogenic fungi, plant diseases, and agroecosystems applications. He published 20 books related to nano-biotechnology applications in agriculture and plant protection. Since 2019, he has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier book series “Nanobiotechnology for Plant Protection.” He also serves as the Series Editor of the Elsevier book series “Genome Modified Plants and Microbes in Food and Agriculture.”
Affiliations and expertise
Molecular Plant Pathologist, Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, EgyptHM
Heba I. Mohamed
Heba I. Mohamed is Professor of Plant Physiology in the Department of Biological and Geological
Sciences Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Her research interests include biotic and abiotic stresses, plant biochemistry, use of eco-friendly compounds to alleviate plant stress, plant secondary metabolites, and genetic differences between different genotypes.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Plant Physiology, Biological and Geological Sciences Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, EgyptRead Bacterial Secondary Metabolites on ScienceDirect