Management of Microbial Resources in the Environment / edited by Abdul Malik, Elisabeth Grohmann, Madalena Alves.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Malik, Abdul (Agricultural microbiologist), editor.

Grohmann, Elisabeth, editor.

Alves, Madalena, editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Biomedical and Life Sciences (Springer-11642)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microbial ecology.

Biotechnology.

Microbiology.

Microbial genetics.

Microbial genomics.

Agriculture.

Environmental management.

Microbial Ecology.

Applied Microbiology.

Microbial Genetics and Genomics.

Environmental Management.

Local Subjects:

Microbial Ecology.

Biotechnology.

Applied Microbiology.

Microbial Genetics and Genomics.

Agriculture.

Environmental Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XII, 530 pages) : 34 illustrations

Edition:

First edition 2013.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

This volume details the exploration, collection, characterization, evaluation and conservation of microbes for sustainable utilization in the development of the global as well as national economies, e.g. in agriculture, ecosystems, environments, industry and medicine. Many research institutes and universities all over the world carry out microbiological and biotechnological research, which generates substantial genomic resources such as cDNA libraries, gene constructs, promoter regions, transgenes and more valuable assets for gene discovery and transgenic product development. This work provides up-to-date information on the management of microbial resources in the environment. It also covers the ecology of microorganisms in natural and engineered environments. In trying to understand microbial interactions it further focuses on genomic, metagenomic and molecular advances, as well as on microbial diversity and phylogeny; ecological studies of human, animal and plant microbiology and disease; microbial processes and interactions in the environment; and key technological advances. Though not intended to serve as an encyclopedic review of the subject, the various chapters investigate both theoretical and practical aspects and provide essential basic information for future research to support continued development.

Contents:

1. Management of Microbial Resources in the Environment: A Broad Perspective

2. Recent development in the methods of studying microbial diversity

3. Microbial resource centres towards harnessing microbial diversity for human welfare

4. Fungal Biodiversity: A potential tool in plant disease management

5. Polyphasic identification and preservation of fungal diversity: concepts and applications

6. Bioinformatics approaches in studying microbial diversity

7. Recent advantages in metagenomic studies of soil microbial communities

8. Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) carrying catabolic genes

9. Conjugative plasmids in anthropogenic soils

10. Potential eco-friendly soil microorganisms: Road towards green and sustainable agriculture

11. Current Aspects of Metal Resistant Bacteria in Bioremediation: From Genes to Ecosystem

12. Anaerobic Digestion of the Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste

13. Microbial Insecticides: Food Security and Human Health

14. Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR): Microbes in Sustainable Agriculture

15. Antibiotic resistance gene pool and Bacterial adaptation to Xenobiotics in the Environment

16. Synthetic lethal genetic interaction network and its utility for anticancer therapy

17. Adaptation of Candida albicans for growth within the host

18. Microbial biotechnology in marine biosystems

19. Bacteriocins: natural weapons for control of food pathogens

20. Anaerobic degradation of lindane and related compounds. .

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-94-007-5931-2

9789400759312

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