Management of Microbial Resources in the Environment

• 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.  ​

From the reviews: "Management of Microbial Resources in the Environment is an eclectic mix of 20 papers centered on the very broad theme of microbes as an environmental resource. ... The book can serve as a useful first reference for a knowledgeable researcher seeking to enter a new field; the articles are well written ... . Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers/faculty, and professionals." (R. Seelke, Choice, Vol. 51 (5), January, 2014) "The present book, edited by recognized leaders in the field, is written by well-known scientists from 10 countries ... and covers various topics, such as the exploration, collection, characterization, evaluation and conservation of microorganisms to be used in agriculture, ecosystems, environments, industry and medicine. ... Both editors and contributors did a very good job ... . this book is very useful for readers belonging to different domains of science, readers at different career stages, from undergraduate level up to true specialist status." (Ioan I. Ardelean, Romanian Journal of Biochemistry, Vol. 50 (1), 2013)