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New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Recent Advances in Application of Fungi and Fungal Metabolites: Current Aspects

  • 1st Edition - September 21, 2020
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Joginder Singh Panwar, Praveen Gehlot
  • Language: English

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New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering presents an account of recent developments and applied aspects of fungi and its metabolites for human welfare. The fungi and its metabolites are employed in diverse fields of agri-food, biochemistry, chemical engineering, diagnostics, pharmaceuticals and medical device development. The book contains chapters by the eminent researchers working with fungi and fungal metabolites who explain their importance and potential in manifold prospects. The book includes a description of various fungal metabolites and their chemistry and biotechnology.

Key features

  • Highlights the latest developments surrounding the utilization of fungi and fungal metabolites
  • Overviews applied aspects of fungi and their metabolites for human welfare
  • Details the usage of fungi and their metabolites in diverse fields
  • Identifies the importance and potential of fungi and fungal metabolites in manifold prospects
  • Illustrates recent trends in fungal metabolite research using elaborate, expressive tables and figures with concise information

Readership

Researchers at universities, scientists and students, industries, and government agencies interested in bioprocess engineering/microbial biotechnology, agriculture, food producing, biomedicine, drug manufacture and all disciplines related to microbial biotechnology

Table of contents

1. The fungal resources: current utilization, future prospects and challenges

2. Recent advancement and biomedical applications of fungal metabolites

3. Thermophilic fungi: Diversity, Physiology, Genetics and Applications

4. Endophytic fungi: Novel source of bioactive fungal metabolites

5. Lichens: Fungal symbionts and their secondary metabolites

6. Lichen metabolites: An unadulterated cradle of bioactive compounds

7. Septin proteins and their role in regulation in fungi and yeast

8. Bioactive terpenoids from wild mushrooms

9. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Source of secondary metabolite production in medicinal plant

10. Bioactive secondary metabolites of endophytic fungi from medicinal plants

11. Bioactive natural products of endophytic fungi origin: production, activity and biotechnology

12. Genus Penicillium: Advances and application in the modern era

13. Aspergillus terreus: Taxonomy, biology and bioactive secondary metabolites with potential applications

14. Bioprospect potential of gasteroid mushrooms of the genus Astraeus

15. Chemical Creativity of Termitomyces mushrooms

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 21, 2020
  • Language: English

About the editors

JP

Joginder Singh Panwar

Joginder Singh Panwar is a Professor in the Department of Botany at Nagaland University, Lumami, India. His previous appointments include a professorship at the School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, and a Young Scientist position at the Microbial Biotechnology and Biofertilizer Laboratory at Jai Narain Vyas University, funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. He is an active member of several scientific societies, including the Association of Microbiologists of India and the European Federation of Biotechnology. Dr. Singh has an extensive publication record across books and journals, and he also regularly serves as a reviewer for numerous prestigious international journals He has published extensively with Elsevier and Springer both in journals and books. He serves as a reviewer for many prestigious journals. He actively participates and presents at national and international scientific conferences and events.

Affiliations and expertise
Nagaland University

PG

Praveen Gehlot

Dr. Praveen Gehlot is Associate Professor, Department of Botany, Jai Narain Vyas University Jodhpur. He did his PhD from JNV University Jodhpur, under the able guidance of Prof. D.K. Purohit. He has about 18 years of teaching and research experience. He has been an awardee of Young Scientist under FAST Track Scheme by Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi and later worked as a Pool-Officer of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi. Earlier, he taught at Budha Institute of Technology and Science Research College, Jodhpur and Government Bangor PG College, Pali, Rajasthan and subsequently served as an Associate Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Maharaja Ganga Singh University, Bikaner, Rajasthan. Dr. Gehlot worked out three major research projects sponsored by UGC, DST and CSIR, New Delhi. He has published more than 80 research papers, book chapters and review articles in journals of international and national repute and has edited three book entitled “Pyrenomycetes Fungi”, “Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi” and “Microbes: In Action” published by AgroBios, India and “Fungi and their Role in Sustainable Development: Current Perspectives” published by Springer International. He attended several International and National Seminars, Symposia, Conferences and chaired technical sessions and presented papers in some of them. He is an active member Mycological Society of India, Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology, India, Association of Microbiologists of India, Indian Science Congress Association, etc.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Botany, Jai Narain Vyas University Jodhpur, India

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