This edited book, is a collection of 25 chapters describing the recent advancements in the application of microbial technology in the food and pharmacology sector. The main focus of this book is application of microbes, food preservation techniques utilizing microbes, probiotics, seaweeds, algae, enzymatic abatement of urethane in fermentation of beverages, bioethanol production, pesticides, probiotic biosurfactants, drought tolerance, synthesis of application of oncolytic viruses in cancer treatment, microbe based metallic nanoparticles, agro chemicals, endophytes, metabolites, antibiotics etc. This book highlighted the significant aspects of the vast subject area of microbial biotechnology and their potential applications in food and pharmacology with various topics from eminent experts around the World. This book would serve as an excellent reference book for researchers and students in the Food Science, Food Biotechnology, Microbiology and Pharmaceutical fields.
Section 1: Application of microbial technology in food.- 1.Recent food
preservation techniques employed in the food industry.- 2.Metagenomic
insights into environmental microbiome and their application in
food/pharmaceutical industry.- 3.Changing paradigm of probiotics from
functional foods to biotherapeutic agents.- 4.Microbial Valorization of
Chitinous Bioresources for Chitin Extraction and Production of
Chito-Oligomers and N-acetylglucosamine: Trends, Perspectives and Prospects.-
5.Seaweed Liquid Fertilizers: A Novel Strategy for the Biofortification of
VegeTables and Crops.- 6.Green algae biomass cultivation, harvesting and
genetic modifications for enhanced cellular lipids.- 7.Probiotics: The
ultimate nutritional supplement.- 8.An insight into the prevalence and
enzymatic abatement of urethane in fermented beverages.- 9.Sea water as a
reaction medium for bioethanol production.- 10.Bacterial mediated plant
protection: Induced systemic resistance in soybean.- 11.Mycotoxins and
Pesticides: Toxicity and Applications in Food and Feed.- 12.Microbes and
their role in drought tolerance of agricultural food crops.- 13.Microbial
Remediation of Persistent Agro-Chemicals by Soil Bacteria: An Overview.-
Section 2: Application of microbial technology in pharmacology.-
14.Insectivorous plants of India: Sources of bioactive compounds to fight
against antimicrobial resistance.- 15.Exploring the multifaceted role of
microbes in pharmacology.- 16.Pharmacological Applications of Metabolites of
Mangrove Endophytes: A Review.- 17.Application of oncolytic virus as a
therapy of cancer.- 18.Microbes in the treatment of Diabetes and its
complications.- 19.Microbe-based metallic nanoparticles synthesis and
biomedical applications: An update.- 20.Role of Silver Nanoparticles in
Treatment of Plant Diseases.- 21.Endophytic fungi and bioactive metabolites
production: An update.- 22.Fungal endophytes from seaweeds: an overview.-
23.Probiotic biosurfactants: A potential therapeutic exercises in biomedical
sciences.- 24.Recent antibiotics used in dental disease management.
Dr. Jayanta Kumar Patra, M.Sc., Ph.D., Research Institute of Biotechnology and Medical Converged Science, Dongguk University, Gyeonggido, South Korea.
Dr. Gitishree Das, M.Sc., Ph.D., Research Institute of Biotechnology and Medical Converged Science, Dongguk University, Gyeonggido, South Korea.
Prof. Han-Seung Shin, M.S., Ph.D., Department of Food Science & Biotechnology, Dongguk University, Gyeonggido, South Korea.
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