TABLE OF CONTENTS1. Foreword2. Preface3. Abbreviations4. General Introduction5. Chapter 1: Microbial ecosystem and anthropogenic impacts Microbes in Agriculture
6. Chapter 2: Recent advances in Plant microbe interaction7. Chapter 3: Microbes in crop production: Formulation and Application 8. Chapter4: Metagenomic analysis of soil microorganisms9. Chapter 5: Microorganisms improving food quality and safety Microbes in Nanotechnology
10. Chapter 6: Microbial Nanotechnoloy: Tools and techniques11. Chapter 7: Microbial cell factories in nanotechnology12. Chapter 8: Nanotechnology and food microbiology Microbes in Genetic Engineering
13. Chapter 9: Microbes as genetic engineering tools14. Chapter 10: Bioengineered microbes in disease therapy15. Chapter 11: Genetically engineered microbial fuel cells16. Chapter 12: Benefits and biohazards of microbial recombinants Microbial Enzymes & Applications
17. Chapter 13: Recent Advances in development of new microbial enzyme 18. Chapter 14: Innovative techniques for improving microbial enzyme production19. Chapter 15: Microbial enzymes from in vitro to market Microbes in Bioremediation
20. Chapter 16: Microbial clean up strategy for polluted water21. Chapter 17: Microbial clean up strategy for eating garbage22. Chapter 18: Microbial destruction of pollutants in soil Microbes in Industries
23. Chapter 19: Microbes in Food and beverage industry24. Chapter 20: Microbes in pharmaceutical industry.
25. Chapter 21: Microbes in biotech industry26. Chapter 22: Industrial Potential of Microbial Enzymes Microbes in Medicine
27. Chapter 23: Living medicines for health and disease management.28. Chapter 24: Fighting microbes with microbes.29. Chapter 25: Diagnostic and Clinical Perspective of Mycobacteriology Microbes in Forensic Science
30. Chapter 26: An Introduction to Microbial forensics31. Chapter 27: Microbial Forensics: A new boon to Legal Justice Microbes in Space
32. Chapter 28: Microbes supporting life off-planet
About the Author: Dr. Shiwani Guleria Sharma is an Assistant Professor at the School of Bioengineering and Biosciences at Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India. She holds a PhD in Microbiology from DR Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Himachal Pradesh. Her research interests include agricultural microbiology, microbial enzymology and molecular biology. She has published articles in national and international, peer-reviewed journals. She has received various awards, including INSPIRE fellowship by DST-GOI, Gold Medal for doctorate from DR YSP UHF, H.P., state merit scholarships and a best research award from the Society for Advancement of Human and Nature, H.P.
Dr. Neeta Raj Sharma holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Jiwaji University Gwalior, and heads the School of Bioengineering and Biosciences as Additional Dean at Lovely Professional University, Punjab. She has experience in multidisciplinary areas such as microbial biochemistry and biotechnology, and waste management. She has been instrumental in conducting various international funded research projects. Dr. Sharma is a member of a number of societies, including the Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy, Indian Science Congress, Association of Microbiologists of India, Indo-US Collaboration of Engineering Education, International Science Congress Association, and the Indian Society of Agricultural Biochemists. She has published over 55 articles in respected journals and book chapters, and holds 20 patents.
Dr. Mohit Sharma is an Associate Biotechnologist at the Molecular Genetics Laboratory at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab. His interests include human genetics and cytogenetics, molecular plant microbial interactions, vector cloning, bioinformatics, molecular biology, and cell biology. He holds a Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Himachal Pradesh, India. He has also worked on the isolation and characterization of hypovirulence-associated mycovirus from Fusarium species from apple orchards in Himachal Pradesh. He has published research articles in various national and international, peer-reviewed journals.
