Bioprospecting for Biomolecules from Different Fungal Communities: An Introduction
Fatma A. Abo Nouh1, Sara A. Gezaf2, Hebatallah H. Abo Nahas3, Yousef H. Abo Nahas4, Celia Vargas-De-La-Cruz5, Richard A. Solorzano Acosta6, Daniela Landa-Acuña6, Bernabe Luis-Alaya6, Ahmed M. Abdel-Azeem1
Fungi as a Gold Mine of Antioxidants
Hebatallah H. Abo Nahas, Amira Mohamed Galal Darwish, Yousef H. Abo Nahas, Mervet. A. Elsayed, Mohamed A. Abdel-Azeem, Ahmed M. Abdel-Azeem
Endophytic Fungi as a Source of New Pharmaceutical Biomolecules
Mohamed A. Abdel-Azeem, Yousra A. El-Maradny, Abdelrahman M. Othman, Ahmed M. Abdel-Azeem
Fungal Communities from Different Habitats for Tannins in Industry
Sara A. Gezaf, Fatma A. Abo Nouh, Hend S. El Shahat, Ahmed M. Abdel-Azeem
Recent Advances in Fungal Antimicrobial Molecules
Fatma A. Abo Nouh, Sara A. Gezaf and Ahmed M. Abdel-Azeem
Fungal Laccases to Where and Where?
Hebatallah H. Abo Nahas, Safaa A.Mansour, Fatma AboNouh, Daniela Landa-Acuña, Yousef H. Abo Nahas, Miguel Angel Nieto-Taype, Ahmed M. Abdel-Azeem
Fungal Cellulases: Current Research and Future Challenges
Soumya Ghosh, Liliana Godoy, Kenneth Yongabi Anchang, Conrad C. Achilonu, Marieka Gryzenhout
Fungal Secondary Metabolites: Current Research, Commercial Aspects and Applications
Marwa Tamim A. Abdel-Wareth
Bioprospecting of Thermophilic Fungal Enzymes and Potential Applications
Bassem A. Balbool, Fatma Ahmed Abo Nouh, Sara Atef Gezaf, Akram H. Mohamed and Ahmed M. Abdel-Azeem
Bioactive Secondary Metabolites from Psychrophilic Fungi and Their Industrial Importance
Chanda Parulekar Berde, Asha Giriyan and Vikrant Balkrishna Berde
Fungal Amylases and their Industrial Applications
Anirudh G. Patil, Kounaina K, Aishwarya S, Hudeda SP, Ravish Huchegowda, Kakarla Raghava Reddy, Haider Alrafas, Roshan Dsouza, Ajar Nath Yadav, Anjanapura V. Raghu, and Farhan Zameer
Fungal Phytases: Current Research, and Applications in Food Industry
Parsa Mahmood Dar
Fungal Lipases: Insights into Molecular Structures and Biotechnological Applications in Medicine and Dairy Industry
Amira M.G. Darwish, Heba H. Abo Nahas, Yasmin H. Korra, Alaa A. Osman, Wedad M. El-Kholy, Maria Reyes-Córdova, Essa M. Saiedand Ahmed M. Abdel-Azeem
Fungal Xylanases for Different Industrial Applications
Farial Mehmood Dar, Parsa Mahmood Dar
Fungal Pigments for Food Industry
Tarek Nour Soliman1, Marwa I. Wahba2,3, Ahmed Noah Badr4
Fungal Production of Vitamins and their Food Industrial Applications
Praveen Kumar Dikkala, Zeba Usmani, Shiv Kumar, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Atul Bhargava and Minaxi Sharma
Nutraceutical Potential of Wild Edible Mushroom Hygrocybe alwisii
Bijavara Ramakrishnappa Jagadish, Kandikere Ramaiah Sridhar, Hosamane Ramesh Dattaraj, Nagabhushana Chandra Mohana, Shivannegowda Mahadevakumar
Fungal Biopharmaceuticals: Current Research, Production and Potential Applications
Amir Hosein Askari, Fatemeh Rahmani, Masoomeh Shams-Ghahfarokhi, Mohammadhassan Gholami-Shabani, Fatemehsadat Jamzivar, Mehdi Razzaghi Abyaneh
Natural Pigments from Filamentous Fungi: Production and Applications
Ganapathy Ashok, Utpal Mohan, Meganathan Boominathan, Velayutham Ravichandiran, Chandran Viswanathan, Venugopal Se
About the Author: Ahmed M. Abdel-Azeem is currently working as an academic staff member for the Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, and as a mycologist with a particular interest in the ecology, taxonomy, biology, and conservation of fungi, especially on the members of the phylum Ascomycota. His research includes isolation, identification, and taxonomic assessments of these fungi with particular emphasis on those which produce bioactive materials from different ecological habitats. He is the editor in chief of Microbial Biosystems Journal (MBJ) and a reviewer of more than seven international journals. He has published more than 75 research paper journals, 40 book chapters in the books published by international publishers, and 9 books.
Ajar Nath Yadav is a Dean Postgraduate Studies (Officiating) & Assistant Controller of Examinations at Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India. He has 8 years of teaching experience as an Assistant Professor (Senior Scale) and 12 years of research experiences in the field of Microbial Biotechnology, Microbial Diversity, and Plant-Microbe-Interactions. Dr. Yadav has 251 publications, with ah-index of 56, i10-index of 152, and 9100 citations (Google Scholar- on 07/07/2020). Dr. Yadav is editor of 21 Springer-Nature, 05 CRC Press Taylor & Francis, 03 Elsevier, and 1 Wiley-Blackwell book. Dr. Yadav is Editor-in-Chief for Journal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology and Editor/Associate Editor for Annals of Microbiology (Springer-Nature), BMC Microbiology (Springer-Nature), and Current Microbiology (Springer-Nature). He has lifetime membership of the Association of Microbiologists in India, and Indian Science Congress Council, India.
Neelam Yadav is currently working on microbial diversity from diverse sources and their biotechnological applications in agriculture and allied sectors. She obtained her post-graduation degree from Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Uttar Pradesh, India. In her credit 79 publications in different reputed international, national journals and publishers with h-index 31, i10-index 52, and 2559 citations (Google Scholar- on 07/07/2020). She is the editors of 03 books in Elsevier, 05 in CRC Press, Taylor & Francis and 11 in Springer Nature. She is editor/associate editor/reviewer of different international and national journals. She has the lifetime membership of the Association of Microbiologists in India, Indian Science Congress Council, India, and National Academy of Sciences, India.
Minaxi Sharma is currently working as Senior Research Scientist at ERA Chair VALORTECH, Estonian University of Life Sciences (EMU), Tartu, Estonia. Her research at EMU is focused on the processing technologies of various food raw materials/products to produce bioactive components; development of advanced technologies for increasing nutritional value of various food products, including different encapsulation methods, technologies improving final product texture, sensory properties and nutritive value, and ensuring stability of these ingredients during manufacturing etc. Dr. Sharma has 11 years of extensive teaching and research experience in the area of applications of antimicrobial nanoencapsulation of plant essential oils in dairy foods, probiotic-Indian dairy products, development of functional foods using micro/nano-colloidal delivery systems of potential plant bioactive components and food waste valorization for the extraction of valuable plant-bioactive nutrients. She has published 38 research/review papers in reputed Journals, 8 book chapters in the books published by international publishers, and 1 book in Springer Nature. She has a few upcoming books in the current year with reputed publishing houses of CRC Press, Wiley and Springer.
