Modern tools and techniques to understand microbes

This book provides essential molecular techniques and protocols for analyzing microbes that are useful for developing novel bio-chemicals, such as medicines, biofuels, and plant protection substances. The topics and techniques covered include: microbial diversity and composition; microorganisms in t...

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Other Authors Varma, A. 1939- (Editor), Sharma, A. K. 1965- (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319491974
9783319491950
Physical Description1 online resource (xiii, 461 pages) : illustrations (some color)

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to modern tools and techniques to understand microbes / Pankaj Goyal, Diksha Bhola, Ajit Varma
  • Novel approaches to identify and characterise microorganisms in food industry / Gamze Nur Kara, Mustafa Guzel, Bulent Kabak
  • Strategies of mass cultivation of microbes: sebacinales / Diksha Bhola, Varma Ajit
  • Biophysical phenotyping as an essential tool for understanding host-microbe interaction / Avinash P. Ingle, Dnyaneshwar Rathod, Marian Brestic, Hazem M. Kalaji, Mahendra Rai
  • Targeted gene disruption tools for fungal genomics / Ramesh N. Pudake, Maya Kumari, Binod Bihari Sahu, Eram Sultan
  • Polyphasic approaches to characterize mushroom species / Neeraj Shrivastava, Vivek Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Binggan Lou, Ajit Varma, Shwet Kamal
  • Function-based metagenomics to reveal rhizosphere microbiome: a glimpse / Devendra K. Choudhary, Ajit Varma
  • Biological indicators for soil health: potential for development and use of on-farm tests / Jwad E. Mahdi, Lynette K. Abbott, Natasha Pauli, Zakaria M. Solaiman
  • Mycotoxin biosynthetic pathways: a window on the evolutionary relationships among toxigenic fungi / Antonia Susca, Antonio Moretti, Antonio F. Logrieco
  • How to disentangle changes in microbial function from changes in microbial community / Cruz Cristina, Catarina Gouveia, Teresa Dias, Ajit Varma, Olubukola O. Babalola
  • Legume-rhizobium symbioses: significance for sustainable plant production / Alexander P. Hansen
  • Tools and techniques to study multidrug transporters of yeasts / Abdul Haseeb Shah, Sudhanshu Shukla, Rajendra Prasad
  • Approaches for determining antimicrobial drug-resistant bacteria: the way ahead / Pankaj Goyal, Nim J. Singh, Rupesh Kumar Basniwal, Manoj Kumar, Vivek Kumar, Narendra Tuteja, Ajit Varma
  • Continuous elution electrophoresis: a unique tool for microbial protein analysis / Smriti Shrivastava, Pratyoosh Shukla, Kunal Mukhopadhyay, Ajit Varma
  • Detection and characterization of endobacteria in the fungal endophyte piriformospora indica / Stefanie P. Glaeser, Ibrahim Alabid, Huijuan Guo, Neelendra Kumar, Jafargholi Imani, Peter Kämpfer, Martin Hardt, Tobias Busche, Jörn Kalinowski, Jochen Blom, Alexander Goesmann, Michael Rothballer, Anton Hartmann, Karl-Heinz Kogel
  • Metabolomics-mediated characterization of endophytic species in recalcitrant tree species / Vivek Kumar, Priyanku Teotia, Narnedra Tuteja, Ram Prasad, Pankaj Goyal, Ajit Varma, Sandeep Bisht, Joginder Singh, Manoj Kumar
  • Analytical techniques to assess medicinal plants value addition after microbial associations / Priyanka Sharma, Hemesh Joshi, MZ Abdin, Amit C Kharkwal, Ajit Varma
  • Omics: tools for assessing environmental microbial diversity and composition / Manoj Kumar, Neeraj Shrivastava, Priyanku Teotia, Pankaj Goyal, Ajit Varma, Shivesh Sharma, Narendra Tuteja, Vivek Kumar
  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: evolution and functions in alleviating plant drought stress / T. Li
  • Engineered nanostructured materials for antimicrobial and photocatalytic applications / Uma, Manika Khanuja, Ajit Varma
  • Cryopreservation of microorganisms / S.K. Singh, Abhishek Baghela
  • Microbial cultures: maintenance, preservation and registration / Sushil K. Sharma, Roshan Kumar, Anukool Vaishnav, Pawan K. Sharma, Udai Bhan Singh, Arun K. Sharma
  • Biosurfactants in microbial enhanced oil recovery / Sunita J. Varjani
  • Fed-batch cultivation for high density culture of pseudomonas spp. for bioinoculant preparation / Sarma Mutturi, Vikram Sahai, V.S. Bisaria
  • Protocol for biocontrol of soybean cyst nematode with root endophytic fungi / Ruchika Bajaj, Senyu Chen, Weiming Hu, Yinyin Huang, Ram Prasad, Vivek Kumar, Narendra Tuteja, Ajit Varma, Kathryn E. Bushley
  • Spectrophotometric assays to evaluate the rhizospheric microbes mediated drought tolerance in plants / Jaagriti Tyagi, Ramesh N. Pudake
  • Conservation strategies of new fungi samples in culture collections: piriformospora indica case / V. Caleza, S. Castillo, M.D. Gomis, S. Kamah, R. López, D. Garcia-Seco, A. Varma, K. Akdi.