Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology Emerging concepts in Microbial Technology

The second volume of the Book-Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology covers various emerging concepts in microbial technology which have been developed to harness the potential of the microbes. The book examines the microbes-based products that have widespread applications in various domains i.e., agriculture, biorefinery, bioremediation, pharmaceutical, and medical sectors. It focusses on recent advances and emerging topics such as CRISPR technology, advanced topics of genomics, including functional genomics, metagenomics, metabolomics, and structural and system biology approaches for enhanced production of industrially relevant products. It further gives an insight into the advancement of genetic engineering with special emphasis on value-added products via microalgal systems and their techno-economics analysis and life cycle assessment. The book towards the end presents recent advancements in the use of microbes for the production of industrial relevant enzymes, amino acids,vitamins, and nutraceuticals, on vaccine development and their biomedical applications. The book is an essential source for researchers working in allied fields of microbiology, biotechnology, and bioengineering.

Chapter 1_ Basic of Omics and its Applications. -Chapter 2_An Introduction to Omics in Relevance to Industrial Microbiology. -Chapter 3_ Databases and Tools for Microbial Genome and Human Microbiome Studies. -Chapter 4_CRISPR/Cas9 system: An Advanced Approach for the Improvement of Industrially Important Microorganisms. -Chapter 5_Biomedical Application of Industrial Microbiology. -Chapter 6_The Role of Whole Genome Methods in the Industrial Production of Value-added Compounds. -Chapter 7_New Developments in the Production and Recovery of Amino Acids, Vitamins and Metabolites from Microbial Sources. -Chapter 8_Exploring Plant-Microbe Interaction through the Lens of Genome Editing. -Chapter 9_Biomedical Application of Advanced Microbial Approaches: Nutraceuticals, Biomedicine and Vaccine Development. -Chapter 10_Microbial Technology for Neurological Disorders. -Chapter 11_Frontiers in Fungal Endophytes Associated with Medicinal Orchids. -Chapter 12_Nutraceuticals: Advancement in Microbial Production and Biomedcal Prospects. -Chapter 13_Hyaluronic acid Microbial Synthesis and its Explicit Uses in the Development of Nutraceuticals, Biomedicine, and Vaccines Development. -Chapter 14_Molecular Docking in Drug Designing and Metabolism. -Chapter15_Recent Advances in PGPRs and their Application in Imparting Biotic and Abiotic stress Tolerance in Plants. Chapter 16_Microbial Hyaluronidase: Its Production, Purification and Applications. Chapter 17_Strain improvement strategies of industrially important microorganisms. Chapter 18_Microbial Diversity for Agricultural Productivity. Chapter 19_Role of Microbes in Bioremediation. Chapter 20_ Reuterin: A Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobial Agent and its Applications. Chapter 21_Seaweed farming: An environmental and societal perspective. Chapter 22_Development of New Molecules through Molecular Docking. Chapter 23_Strategies for improved production of microalgae-derived carotenoids and pigments. Chapter 24_Strategies for strain improvement of economically important microorganisms. Chapter 25_Techno-economic Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment of Bio-based Waste Materials for Biogas Production: An Indian Perspective.

Dr. Pradeep Verma is a Professor at the Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, CURAJ, Ajmer, India. He received his Ph.D. from Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, and his Master's and Bachelor’s from MDS University, Rajasthan. He worked as visiting scientist at UFZ Centre for Environmental Research, Halle, Germany, and a Post-doctoral fellow at ASCR Prague, Gottingen University Germany, and RISH Kyoto University Japan. He also worked at Reliance Life Sciences, Mumbai, India. His stay at Japan and Reliance life Sciences resulted in several commercialized National and International patents. He worked as an Associate professor and Reader-Founder Head at GGV, Bilaspur, and Assam University, Silchar. He is a recipient of various prestigious awards and fellowships such as the Ron-Cockcroft award by Swedish society, UNESCO Fellow, DFG fellow, and JSPS PDF. He is a fellow of the Mycological Society of India and the Biotech Research Society of India. His area ofexpertise involves microbial diversity, Bioremediation, bioprocess development, lignocellulosic, and algal biomass-based biorefinery.  He has contributed to more than 75 research papers, 45 book chapters, and 11 Edited books. He is an editorial board member and reviewer of more than 50 prestigious high-impact journals.