Recent advances in Applied Microbiology - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9811353565 ISBN 13 : 9789811353567

Editeur : Springer, 2018

Synopsis

This book is a one-stop reference resource, presenting recent research in various emerging areas of microbiology, including microbial biotechnology, microbes in health, microbial interactions, agricultural microbiology and computational approaches. Recent discoveries in microbiology have created a great deal of interest among researchers around the globe, and as as such the book discusses a number of important research topics, such as microbial enzymes and nanoparticles, bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates, biosurfactant aided bioprocessing, autophagy and microbial pathogenesis, multidrug resistant bacteria, probiotics, rhizosphere, metal tolerant bacteria, plant- beneficial environmental bacteria and therapeutic applications of fungal chondroitinase.

It serves as a valuble resource for masters, doctoral and postdoctoral researchers in life sciences, as well as scientists involved in various interdisciplinary research areas. It also provides useful material for higher-level graduate courses in microbiology and biotechnology.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Prof. Pratyoosh Shukla, PhD, is a Professor and Head of the Department of Microbiology at the Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India. His primary research interests are in Enzyme Technology, Microbial Biotechnology and Protein Bioinformatics. He completed his PhD in the field of Microbiology and Fungal Biotechnology at the APS, University Rewa, India. Following his PhD, he pursued his postdoctoral studies at the Department of Biotechnology & Food Technology, Durban University of Technology, South Africa. He has 15 years of research and 17 years of teaching experience. He has produced 73 scientific publications, and has authored or edited 6 books. He also has filed a patent on Novel β-1, 4-endoxylanase from Thermomyces lanuginosus SS-8 and the mode of action thereof.

He is a life member of a number of academic bodies, including the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), India Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Mycological Society of India (MSI), Asian Federation of Biotechnology (AFoB), American Society for Microbiology (ASM), European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB) etc. He also holds the roles of Associate Editor, BMC Microbiology; Editor, Indian Journal of Microbiology (Springer); Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Microbiology, Internet Scientific Publishers, USA (2007-2009); Reviewer and Member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Applied Sciences in Environmental Sanitation, ITS, Indonesia, etc. He is currently the General Secretary of the Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI) (since 2014). He has also been presented with a number of academic awards, such as the ASM-IUSSTF Indo-US Professorship Award in Microbiology by the American Society of Microbiology (2014); AMI Alembic Award in industrial microbiology, and the Fast Track Young Scientist by DST, Govt. of India (2012). He was also selected as a Scientist / Project Investigator and participated in the Southern Ocean Antarctica Expedition (Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India) (January-March, 2011).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9811353565
• ISBN 13: 9789811353567
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 308
• Éditeur: Shukla Pratyoosh
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