Microbial Biotechnology: Volume 2. Application in Food and Pharmacology

Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Recent Food Preservation Techniques Employed in the Food Industry  (Shiny Shajil, Andrea Mary, C. Elizabeth Rani Juneius)....Pages 3-21
 Metagenomic Insights into Environmental Microbiome and Their Application in Food/Pharmaceutical Industry  (Ramya Sree Boddu, K. Divakar)....Pages 23-38
 Changing Paradigm of Probiotics from Functional Foods to Biotherapeutic Agents  (Eldin M. Johnson, Yong-Gyun Jung, Ying-Yu Jin, Seung Hwan Yang, R. Jayabalan, Joo Won Suh)....Pages 39-68
 Microbial Valorization of Chitinous Bioresources for Chitin Extraction and Production of Chito-Oligomers and N-Acetylglucosamine: Trends, Perspectives and Prospects  (Suman Kumar Halder, Keshab Chandra Mondal)....Pages 69-107
 Seaweed Liquid Fertilizers: A Novel Strategy for the Biofortification of VegeTables and Crops  (C. Elizabeth Rani Juneius, M. Sundari, R. Eswaralakshmi, S. Elumalai)....Pages 109-117
 Green Algae Biomass Cultivation, Harvesting and Genetic Modifications for Enhanced Cellular Lipids  (Parveen Kumar, Devendra Kumar, Priyanka Nehra, P. K. Sharma)....Pages 119-140
 Probiotics: The Ultimate Nutritional Supplement  (Rout George Kerry, Pratima Pradhan, Dibyaranjan Samal, Sushanto Gouda, Gitishree Das, Han-Seung Shin et al.)....Pages 141-152
 An Insight into the Prevalence and Enzymatic Abatement of Urethane in Fermented Beverages  (Bidyut R. Mohapatra)....Pages 153-170
 Sea Water as a Reaction Medium for Bioethanol Production  (Dash Indira, Baskar Das, P. Balasubramanian, R. Jayabalan)....Pages 171-192
 Bacterial Mediated Plant Protection: Induced Systemic Resistance in Soybean  (Shekhar Jain, Devendra Kumar Choudhary, Kanti Prakash Sharma, Rashmi Aggarwal)....Pages 193-206
 Mycotoxins and Pesticides: Toxicity and Applications in Food and Feed  (Manoj Kumar, Ramesh Chand, Kavita Shah)....Pages 207-252
 Microbes and Their Role in Drought Tolerance of Agricultural Food Crops  (Rout George Kerry, Sushmita Patra, Sushanto Gouda, Jayanta Kumar Patra, Gitishree Das)....Pages 253-273
 Microbial Remediation of Persistent Agro-chemicals by Soil Bacteria: An Overview  (Suraja Kumar Nayak, Byomkesh Dash, Bighneswar Baliyarsingh)....Pages 275-301
Front Matter ....Pages 303-303
 Insectivorous Plants of India: Sources of Bioactive Compounds to Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance  (Sanjeet Kumar, Sunil S. Thorat, Rajendra K. Labala, Jayanta Kumar Patra)....Pages 305-318
 Exploring the Multifaceted Role of Microbes in Pharmacology  (Mitali Mishra, Kanchan Vishwakarma, Jaspreet Singh, Shruti Jain, Vivek Kumar, Durgesh Kumar Tripathi et al.)....Pages 319-329
 Pharmacological Applications of Metabolites of Mangrove Endophytes: A Review  (Swagat Kumar Das, Dibyajyoti Samantray, Hrudayanath N. Thatoi)....Pages 331-360
 Application of Oncolytic Virus as a Therapy of Cancer  (Sushil Kumar Sahu, Mukesh Kumar)....Pages 361-382
 Microbes in the Treatment of Diabetes and Its Complications  (Suneeta Narumanchi, Yashavanthi Mysore, Nidhina Haridas Pachakkil Antharaparambath)....Pages 383-393
 Microbe-Based Metallic Nanoparticles Synthesis and Biomedical Applications: An Update  (Mallappa Kumara Swamy, Gudepalya Renukaiah Rudramurthy, Jayanta Kumar Patra, Uma Rani Sinniah)....Pages 395-434
 Role of Silver Nanoparticles in Treatment of Plant Diseases  (Jyotsna Sharma, Vivek K. Singh, Anil Kumar, Raju Shankarayan, Sharada Mallubhotla)....Pages 435-454
 Endophytic Fungi and Bioactive Metabolites Production: An Update  (Ramesha Alurappa, Srinivas Chowdappa, Radhakrishnan Narayanaswamy, Uma Rani Sinniah, Sudipta Kumar Mohanty, Mallappa Kumara Swamy)....Pages 455-482
 Fungal Endophytes from Seaweeds: An Overview  (Vipin Kumar Singh, Abhishek Kumar Dwivedy, Akanksha Singh, Simran Asawa, Awanindra Dwivedi, Nawal Kishore Dubey)....Pages 483-498
 Probiotic Biosurfactants: A Potential Therapeutic Exercises in Biomedical Sciences  (Priyanka Saha, Deepa Nath, Manabendra Dutta Choudhury, Anupam Das Talukdar)....Pages 499-514
 Recent Antibiotics Used in Dental Disease Management  (Jerusha Santa Packyanathan, C. Elizabeth Rani Juneius, M. Vinoth)....Pages 515-533
Back Matter ....Pages 535-537