Microbial Stress Biology
- 1st Edition - March 26, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Samiksha Joshi, Saurabh Gangola, Pragati Srivastava, Deep Chandra Suyal, Geeta Bhandari
- Language: English
Microbial Stress Biology offers a comprehensive understanding of the adaptation strategies of microbes at the biochemical and molecular level in response to stressful condit… Read more
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Description
Description
Sections also highlight the application of omics technology and predictive modeling in understanding microbial stress biology for various fields, including biotechnology, medicine, bioremediation, and industrial processes. This book is an informative resource for those in microbiology, molecular biology, biotechnology, and other related fields who are searching for a better understanding of how microbes are able to sense and respond to distinct stressors at both molecular and cellular levels.
Key features
Key features
- Offers a fundamental exploration of how microbial life adapts and evolves at the molecular level
- Covers the intricate mechanisms of microbial adaptation to diverse stressors, from environmental shifts to human-induced disturbances
- Explores the molecular strategies microbes employ to not just survive but thrive amidst challenging conditions
Readership
Readership
Table of contents
Table of contents
2. Microbial adaptation to pressure: cellular, genomic and proteomic level
3. Microbial adaptation to oxygen and an oxygenated environment and molecular adaptations and regulations
4. Microbial adaptation in marine ecosystem: molecular adaptations and regulations
5. Microbial adaptation under pH fluctuation: response and molecular strategies
6. Adaptations and acclimatization of microbial communities under osmotic stress: response and molecular strategies
7. Nutrition limitations and adaptations: changes at the cellular, genomic and proteomic level
8. Host-associated stress and molecular regulations
9. Biotechnological applications: an understanding of molecular adaptation behavior
10. Heat shock proteins and microbial adaptations
11. Indigenous and autochthonous microbial-mediated response (competition and cooperation) and strategies at cellular, genomic and proteomic levels
12. Microbes under integrated stress and their strategies to address different stressors
13. Microbial molecular behavior (genomic and proteomic) under acidic and alkaline stress conditions
14. Microbial stress in extreme environments and their molecular adaptations and regulations
15. Microbial response under radiation stress: molecular adaptations and regulations
16. Cellular, proteomic, and genomic responses of microbial communities under pesticide stress and carbon metabolism
17. Cellular, proteomic, and genomic response of microbial communities under heavy stress
18. Microbial molecular behavior from cardinal to extreme thermal conditions
19. Microbial response, strategies under cold conditions (during preservation to extremely low temperature)
20. Application of omics technology and predictive modelling for the understanding of microbial molecular stress biology
21. Application of microbial stress biology in biotechnology, medicine, bioremediation strategies and industrial processes
22. Characterization of novel proteins and enzymes in stress environments from microbial communities
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: March 26, 2026
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Samiksha Joshi
Samiksha Joshi is currently an Assistant Professor, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Himalayan School of Biosciences, Department of Biosciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. She has completed her MSc and PhD in Microbiology from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology Pantnaga, India. Her area of expertise is microbiology, molecular biology, plant-microbe interaction, plant growth promoting rhizobacteria, metagenomics, biodegradation, and bioremediation. She has published 8 research and review articles in reputed international journals and has authored 8 book chapters.
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Saurabh Gangola
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Pragati Srivastava
Dr. Pragati Srivastava is currently working as a DST-SERB, National Post Doctoral Fellow, at the ICAR-National Institute of Plant Biotechnology, IARI Pusa, New Delhi, India. She has completed her MSc and PhD in Microbiology from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Udhamsingh Nagar Uttrakhand, India. Her research interests are in Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology with additional knowledge of bio-informatics tools and genetic engineering. She has received the Young Women Scientist Award at the International Conference on “Futuristic Agricultural technology for Natural Farming and Global Food Marketing”. Her expertise is in siderophore-producing bacteria, its isolation, optimization, and identification of its different types. She has published articles in highly reputed journals and contributed chapters to edited books.
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Deep Chandra Suyal
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Geeta Bhandari
Geeta Bhandari is currently an Assistant Professor in the Himalayan School of Biosciences at Swami Rama Himalayan University in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. She was previously an Assistant Professor in Biotechnology at Sardar Bhagwan Singh University. She received her PhD at Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology and her research interest and expertise is in environmental microbiology.