New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Recent Advances in Application of Fungi and Fungal Metabolites: Biotechnological Interventions and Futuristic Approaches

by Joginder Singh Panwar Ph.D., Praveen Gehlot

Overview

New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Recent Advances in Application of Fungi and Fungal Metabolites: Biotechnological Interventions and Futuristic Approaches is an invaluable resource for researchers planning to work in applied biotechnological interventions and futuristic approaches to fungi and fungal metabolite utilization. Special emphasis is placed on new research relating to fungal-based recombinant DNA technology and genomics analysis which place yeasts and filamentous fungi at the forefront of various contemporary commercial applications. Written in an easy-to-follow language by active researchers, the book presents cutting-edge fungal biotechnological applications in a manner that is accessible to all.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128210086
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	06/19/2020
Pages:	316
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.88(h) x (d)

About the Author

Prof. Joginder Singh is a Professor at the Department of Botany, Nagaland University, Lumami, Nagaland, India. Previously, he worked as a Professor in the School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University and also as a Young Scientist at Microbial Biotechnology and Biofertilizer Laboratory, Department of Botany, Jai Narain Vyas University on a research project funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. He is an active member of various scientific societies and organizations, including the Association of Microbiologists of India, the Indian Society of Salinity Research Scientists, the Indian Society for Radiation Biology, and the European Federation of Biotechnology. He has published extensively with Elsevier and Springer both in journals and books. He serves as a reviewer for many prestigious journals, including Current Research in Engineering, Science and Technology; Journal of Cleaner Production; Science of the Total Environment; Environmental Monitoring and Assessment; Pedosphere; Soil and Sediment Contamination; Symbiosis; International Journal of Phytoremediation; Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety; Annals of Agricultural Sciences; and Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.

Dr. Praveen Gehlot is Associate Professor, Department of Botany, Jai Narain Vyas University Jodhpur. He did his PhD from JNV University Jodhpur, under the able guidance of Prof. D.K. Purohit. He has about 18 years of teaching and research experience. He has been an awardee of Young Scientist under FAST Track Scheme by Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi and later worked as a Pool-Officer of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi. Earlier, he taught at Budha Institute of Technology and Science Research College, Jodhpur and Government Bangor PG College, Pali, Rajasthan and subsequently served as an Associate Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Maharaja Ganga Singh University, Bikaner, Rajasthan. Dr. Gehlot worked out three major research projects sponsored by UGC, DST and CSIR, New Delhi. He has published more than 80 research papers, book chapters and review articles in journals of international and national repute and has edited three book entitled “Pyrenomycetes Fungi”, “Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi” and “Microbes: In Action” published by AgroBios, India and “Fungi and their Role in Sustainable Development: Current Perspectives” published by Springer International. He attended several International and National Seminars, Symposia, Conferences and chaired technical sessions and presented papers in some of them. He is an active member Mycological Society of India, Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology, India, Association of Microbiologists of India, Indian Science Congress Association, etc.

Table of Contents

1. Fungi: An ideal host for heterologous expression of secondary metabolites
2. DNA barcoding of phytopathogenic fungi
3. Genome mining for identification of gene clusters encoding important fungal metabolites
4. Hydrophobins- Exclusive Proteins from Fungi
5. Farnesol: From Perfumery to Quorum Sensing
6. Hydrolytic xylanases production from fungi- an assessment for their production, properties and computational analysis of its gene sequences
7. Selenium Fortified Proteins and Polysaccharides from Macrofungi
8. Computational approach to understand fungal secondary metabolites and responsible biological molecules
9. Novel Fungi for Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles and their Efficacy against Plant Disease Management
10. dsRNA: the next generation foliar fungicide
11. Bioenergy: Fungal Lipase Mediated Biodiesel Process Technology
12. Fungi derived carbon quantum dots: fluorescent detector for toxic heavy metal ion detection
13. Bioprospecting for secondary metabolites of Botryosphaeriaceae family from a biotechnological perspective

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Presents advances in modern genetics, genomics, proteomics and biotechnological intervention achieved by the use of fungi and their metabolites