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Bioactive Microbial Metabolites

Scope and Challenges

  • 1st Edition - May 23, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Vaibhav Mishra, Jitendra Mishra, Naveen Kumar Arora
  • Language: English

Bioactive Microbial Metabolites: Scope and Challenges not only focuses on the identification, separation and purification of bioactive metabolites, the book also provides an unders… Read more

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Description

Bioactive Microbial Metabolites: Scope and Challenges not only focuses on the identification, separation and purification of bioactive metabolites, the book also provides an understanding of the metabolic pathways for bioactive metabolites production that play an important role in modern healthcare as frontline treatments for many diseases. This is a valuable reference for research students, academicians and scientists in environmental microbiology and biotechnology, and for industry personnel related to microbiology/ biotechnology. The science discussed herein plays an important role in expanding the market of antibiotics, food and agriculture but also offers eco-friendly, safer and profitable solutions to respective industries.

Key features

  • Focuses on the identification and structure elucidation of novel microbial metabolites
  • Uncovers extended functions of microbial metabolites
  • Provides understanding of metabolic pathways for bioactive metabolites production by using several illustrations, figures and tables so that the readers can easily grasp key concepts

Readership

Research students, academicians, and scientists in environmental microbiology and biotechnology, Industry personnel related to microbiology/ biotechnology

Table of contents

1. Biological targets and delivery methods for microbial metabolites

2. Microbial Metabolites used in Namibia

3. Gut microbes regulate human health

4. Bioactive metabolites isolated from microorganisms and their application as medicine

5. Integrons, Genetic Factor for the Dissemination of Tetracycline and Chloramphenicol

6. Resistance Genes in Escherichia coli isolated from Children with Diarrhea in Rural Burkina Faso

7. Bioactive metabolites from probiotic microorganisms

8. Microbial vitamins via their old and new aspects

9. Production of bacteriocins as food preservatives

10. Computational role in the isolation of microbial metabolites

11. Agriculturally important microbial metabolites

12. Genetic and protein engineering of microbial metabolites

13. Chitinase enzyme: Sources and Application

14. Gut Microbes and their metabolites

15. Secondary metabolites of fluorescent pseudomonas

16. Effect of microbiota-released metabolites on aging

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 23, 2024
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Vaibhav Mishra

Dr. Vaibhav Mishra is currently an Assistant Professor-III at the Institute of Microbial technology, Amity University, U. P. India. He earned his PhD in Applied Microbiology from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. His expertise in microbiology and gastroenterology. He was previously a Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Department of Neurology at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, USA. Before joined University of Missouri, He worked as Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Dr. Mishra was selected as one of the twelve young biomedical scientists for the prestigious 2019 preceptorship program in Seoul, South Korea among all over young scientists of Asia. In the same year, he was also elected as a Fellow of the Environmental & Biological society (FEBS), one of the most esteemed and oldest societies of India. Moreover, he was the recipient of the “Young Scientist Award” in 2017 by ISGBRD for excellent performance in research. Dr. Mishra is the Assistant Editor of Environmental Sustainability and serves as a reviewer for several reputed international peer-reviewed journals. He has published many research papers in acclaimed journals and has authored two books, book chapters as well as review articles.

Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, U. P. India

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Jitendra Mishra

Jitendra Mishra, Ph.D. (Agricultural Microbiology) has qualified ASRB-NET. He completed his master’s degree in the Environmental Microbiology (with Gold Medal) from Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow. He gathered a comprehensive experience in terms of research as well as teaching. He has worked as Assistant Professor (Guest) in the Department of Environmental Microbiology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow. He is also holding the post of Assistant Editor in the journal Environmental Sustainability published by Springer Nature. He has published his research finding in the form of research articles, reviews, book chapters, and opinion in several journals of repute. He has also published an edited book.
Affiliations and expertise
Project Coordinator, Science Technology and Innovation Hub Project, Catalyzed and Supported by DST-SEED Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (a Central University), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Naveen Kumar Arora

Naveen Kumar Arora, Ph.D. is a renowned researcher in the field of Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology. His specific area of research is rhizosphere biology and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). He has more than 80 research papers published in premium international journals. He is the editor of 25 books published by Springer Nature. He is member of several national and international societies, in the editorial board of 4 journals and reviewer of several international journals. He is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Environmental Sustainability published by Springer Nature and Series Editor of book series Microorganisms for Sustainability. He has been an advisor to 11 doctoral students. He has also received awards for excellence in research by the Honourable Governor of Uttar Pradesh, India, Asian PGPR Society, and Samagra Vikas Welfare Society. He is Fellow of International Society for Environmental Botanists and delivered talks as Key Note and Plenary Speaker in conferences around the world. He has collaborations with researchers in various countries including Germany, Uzbekistan, USA, Turkey, etc. Although an academician and researcher by profession, he has a huge obsession for the wildlife and its conservation and has authored a book, Splendid Wilds. He is President of Society for Conservation of Wildlife and is also Secretary of Society for Environmental Sustainability
Affiliations and expertise
FISEB, Professor and Dean, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (a Central University), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

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