Microbes for Humanity and Its Applications

by Deepak Kumar Malik, Meenu Rathi, Divya Bhatia, Shikha Jaggi

ISBN: 9789359196053
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2025
Price : Rs. 13200.00
Biblio : x+367p., tabls., figs., col., ind 25 cm

Author Profile

Dr. Deepak Kumar Malik is Faculty, Department of Biotechnology, UIET, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. He has a PhD degree in Microbiology from Choudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar in the area of PGPR. He is having 15 year of teaching and 20 years of research experience in the field of Microbiology. He has published research paper in various disciplines of Agriculture Microbiology and Nanotechnology. Dr. Meenu Rathi is Assistant Professor at G.M.N College, Ambala Cantt. She has a PhD degree in Botany from Choudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut in the area of phosphate solubilization by bacteria. She is having 10 year of teaching experience and 4 years research experience in the field of plant microbe interaction. Dr. Divya Bhatia is presently working as Assistant Professor at UIET, K.U.K. She has done M. Tech and Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. She has expertise in Microbial Biotechnology and Nanobiotechnology. She has more than six-years teaching experience and has contributed 25 research papers and 3 book chapters. Dr. Shikha Jaggi presently working as Head Department of Zoology at G.M.N College Ambala Cantt. She has a PhD degree in the field of Cytogenetics from department of Zoology from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. She has published more than 8 research papers and two edited books.

About The Book

This book updates in details about the microbes and their intervention in different sectors. We are living in a world with gigantic pools of microorganisms. Microorganisms have been employed in various human welfare and industrial applications from several decades. Microbes has been exploited for various applications viz. crop improvement, crop protection from pests, recombinant proteins and vaccine production, production of antibiotics and pharmaceutical compounds, production of beverages and bakery products, textiles and detergent, industrial effluent treatment. Microbes have been utilized in production of bio-fuels and in green synthesis of nanomaterials. Advances in genetic engineering and gene editing tools have revolutionized their application potential. Omics studies have further assisted to understand and explore the unknown complex microbial pathways that lead to augment their application potential. The main idea of book is to bring together the work done by leading researchers in different sector of microbial application within a single book. The overall purpose of the book is to provide deep insights into the present scenario of microbial applications with future challenges.

Table of Contents

Preface v 1. Microbial Degradation of Organophosphate Compounds: A Review 1 Yashika Sood, Divya Bhatia, Harnek Singh Saini and Deepak Kumar Malik 2. Mycorrhizal Fungi: An Eco-friendly Input for Sustenance of Soil Fertility and Plant Health 21 Satish Kumar, Twinkle Chaudhary, Diksha, Satyavir S. Sindhu, Deepika Chaudhary and Rakesh Kumar 3. Fermented Plant Foods: Cereals and Vegetables 75 Nikhil Mehta, Priyanka Rao and Raman Saini 4. Bacterial Quorum Sensing: Its Role in Physiological Characterization of Bacteria 99 Aayushi Sharma, Jasina Arora and Vijay Kumar 5. Applications of Probiotics in Gynecological Health: A Review 111 Vijay Kumar and Manpreet Kaur viii 6. Application of Synthetic Biology in Bioremediation 127 Akhlash P. Singh 7. E. coli as an Indicator of Organic Pollution in Water: A Review 147 Anjali Malan and Hardeep Rai Sharma 8. Current Status of Combined Veterinary Vaccines 167 Vijay, Ojasvita, Swati Dahiya and N.K. Kakker 9. Zero-Valent-Iron Nanoparticles (ZVI-NPs) Utility in Environmental Remediation and Management 181 Riya Panchal and Dharmender Kumar 10. Microbial Endophytes as Biofertilisers: Sustainable and Promising Remedy for Ailing Soils 197 Kajal Chauhan, Disha Chahal and Sulekha Chahal 11. Isopteran Termite Gut Microbes: An Overview of Significant Interactions 211 Nidhi Kakkar, Bhanupriya and Sanjeev Kumar Gupta 12. Biological Control of Agricultural Pests: A Step Towards Greener Remedies 221 Lubhan Cherwoo, Ishika Gupta, Geetika Sharma, Nainpriya Babbar, Hema Setia and Ranjana Bhatia 13. Soil Composition and Microbial Ecosystem 239 Manoj Kumar, Mohit Kumar, Sudhir Kumar Kataria, Jitender Sharma and Sunita Dalal 14. Microorganisms as Biocontrol Agents in Vegetable Crops 261 Siddhi Chugh, Jagdish Parshad, Dinesh Kumar and Sarita Rani 15. Probiotics in Human Health 289 Sakshi Khurana, Sangeeta C. Sindhu, Ajeet Kumar, Anil Sindhu and Anju Kumari 16. Noble Role of Phytochemicals in Nanoparticle Synthesis and as Proven Antimicrobial Agents: A Review 315 Manjit Kaur, Sunita Khatak, Harinder Singh ix 17. DNA Sequencing: It’s Generations and Interpretations A Review 331 Harinder Singh, Sunita Khatak and Manjit Kaur 18. Abiotic Stress Alleviation by Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) for Environmental Sustainability 347 Swati Sindhu, Basanti Brar and Monika Jangra Index 347