Biotechnology of Microorganisms Diversity, Improvement, and Application of Microbes for Food Processing, Healthcare, Environmental Safety, and Agriculture

Microbial biotechnology is an important contributor to global business, especially in agriculture, the environment, healthcare, and the medical, food, and chemical industries. This volume provides an exciting interdisciplinary journey through the rapidly changing backdrop of invention in microbial biotechnology, covering a range of topics, including microbial properties and characterization, cultivation and production strategies, and applications in healthcare, bioremediation, nanotechnology, and more.Key features:Explains the diverse aspects of and strategies for cultivation of microbial speciesDescribes biodiversity and biotechnology of microbesProvides an understanding of microorganisms in bioremediation of pollutantsExplores various applications of microbes in agriculture, food, health, industry, and the environmentConsiders production issues and applications of microbial secondary metabolitesUnderscores the importance of integrating genomics of microorganisms in ecological restoration of contaminated environments

1. Comparative Studies on CFU Determination by Pure and/or Mixed Culture CultivationSubir Kumar Nandy2. Cultivation Strategies with Special Reference to Bioreactor Design and Operation for Industrial Production in BiotechnologyAnupreet Kaur and Jaspreet Kaur3. Diversity and Application of Acetic Acid Bacteria in AsiaSomboon Tanasupawat et al.4. Secondary Metabolites and Biological Activity of ActinomycetesKhomsan Supong and Somboon Tanasupawat5. Serratiopeptidases: A Multifaceted Microbial Enzyme in Health CareSubathra Devi Chandrasekaran, Jemimah Naine Selvakumar, and Mohanasrinivasan Vaithilingam6. Production of Bacteriorhodopsin, an Industrially Important Membrane Protein of Halophilic Archaea: A Biotechnological ChallengePradnya Pralhad Kanekar, Snehal Omkar Kulkarni, and Sagar Pralhad Kanekar7. Properties and Biotechnological Applications of -GlucuronidasesNasser El-Din Ibrahim, Weilan Shao, and Kesen Ma8. Microbial Collagenases: An Overview of Their Production and ApplicationsJyotsna Jotshi and Pradnya Pralhad Kanekar9. Characterization, Production, and Application of Microbial Lipases for Food, Agriculture, Health, and EnvironmentJeyabalan Sangeetha et al.10. Microorganisms as Potential Biosorbents of Heavy MetalsAntony Alex Kennedy Ajilda et al.11. Bioremediation Processes and Molecular Tools for Detoxification of Heavy Metals and Rehabilitation of Contaminated Environments Using Microbial Genetic and Genomic ResourcesJeyabalan Sangeetha et al.12. Microbial Applications in Nanotechnology IndustryEssam Abdellatif Makky and Mashitah Mohd Yusoff

Jeyabalan Sangeetha, PhD, is Assistant Professor at Central University of Kerala at Kasaragod, South India. Her research interests are in environmental toxicology, environmental microbiology, and environmental biotechnology, and her scientific/community leadership has included serving as editor of an international journal Acta Biologica Indica.Devarajan Thangadurai, PhD, is Senior Assistant Professor at Karnatak University in South India, President of the International Society for Applied Biotechnology, and General Secretary for the Association for the Advancement of Biodiversity Science. In addition, Dr. Thangadurai is Editor-in-Chief of two international journals and has also authored and edited nineteen books.Somboon Tanasupawat, PhD, is Professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Phamaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. He has published over 200 research and review articles and book chapters and is an editorial board member of several journals.Pradnya Pralhad Kanekar, PhD, is a CSIR Emeritus Scientist at the Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Pune, India. She headed the Microbiology Department and later the Microbial Sciences Division of MACS-Agharkar Research Institute and also served as Acting Director. Other roles include President, Pune Chapter of the Association of Food Scientists and Technologists of India; President, Pune Unit of the Association of Microbiologists of India; and Convener, Indian Women Scientists Association, Pune Branch.