Indian mycologists have extensively studied various groups of fungi such as soil fungi, aquatic fungi, marine fungi, endophytic fungi, fungi associated with man and animals. Though several books on various aspects of fungi are published, this is the first account of the history and development in mycology in India. This book is the second volume of the two-volume book "Progress in Mycology: An Indian Perspective".
While volume 1 contains the historical aspects, taxonomy and information about the various groups of fungi, this volume focuses majorly on the biotechnological applications of the different groups of fungi. It discusses topics such as the extremophilic fungi, the history and development in Candida research, progress of mycotoxin research in India etc. It provides a detailed account of the various enzymes and bio-active molecules derived from fungi. India shows a very high biodiversity of fungi, and this book discusses these different group of fungi and their industrial and biotechnological applications.
This book is useful to students, teachers and researchers in botany, microbiology, biotechnology and life sciences, agriculture and industries using fungi to produce various valuable products.
Chapter
1. Progress in fungal mannanolytic enzyme research in India.-
Chapter
2. Glycosyl hydrolases and auxiliary enzymes for hydrolysis of
biorefinery relevant pre-treated lignocellulolytics.
Chapter
3. Fungal
glucoamylases: Developments in India and recent trends.
Chapter
4.
Developments in fungal phytase research: Characteristics and multifarious
applications.
Chapter
5. Fungi in biofuel research.
Chapter
6. Ligninolytic
fungi from the Indian subcontinent and their contribution to enzyme
biotechnology.
Chapter
7. Fungal chitinolytic enzymes.
Chapter
8. Insight
into fungi mediated nano-synthesis for healthcare applications of
nanoparticles: An Indian Perspective.
Chapter
9. Mycofabrication of metal
nanoparticles: A green approach.
Chapter
10. Nanosensors for the detection
of plant and human pathogens.
Chapter
11. Milestones in the development and
progress of medical mycology in India.
Chapter
12. Fungal enzymes in
biocontrol of phytopathogens.
Chapter
13. Candida: A model fungus to study
differentiation, pathogenesis and bioprospecting.
Chapter
14. Research
contributions from India on membrane-modifying peptides: motivations from
fungal peptaiboles.
Chapter
15. Development of mycotoxicology in India.-
Chapter
16. An Indian perspective on the fungi as potential sources of
bioactive metabolites.
Chapter
17. Fungal pigment research in India: An
overview.
Chapter
18. Bioprospecting of marine fungi.
Chapter
19. Recent
developments and future prospects of fungal sophorolipids.
Chapter 20.Fungi:
A sustainable tool for transformation, detoxification and degradation of
environmental pollutants.
Chapter
21. Heterologous protein expression in
yeast and moulds.
Prof. T. Satyanarayana has been Professor Emeritus at the Division of Biological Sciences & Engineering, Netaji Subhas University of Technology, New Delhi after superannuating from the University of Delhi in June 2016. He has over 280 scientific papers and reviews, 11 books and 3 patents to his credit. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), Academy of Microbiological Sciences (AMSc), Biotech Research Society (I) [ BRSI], Mycological Society of India (MSI) and Telengana Academy of Sciences. He is a recipient of Dr. Manjrekar award of AMI, Dr. Agnihotrudu Memorial award of MSI and Malaviya Memorial award of BRSI for his significant contributions. He mentored 30 scholars for Ph.D., and was president of AMI and MSI. He successfully completed 17 major research projects sanctioned by various Govt. agencies. His research efforts have been focused on microbial diversity and enzymes, metagenomics, carbon sequestration and bioethanol production fromlignocellulosics.
Dr. Sunil Kumar Deshmukh received his Ph.D. in Mycology from Dr. H.S. Gour University, Sagar (M.P.) in 1983. A veteran industrial mycologist who spent a substantial part of his career at Hoechst Marion Roussel Limited [ now Sanofi India Ltd.], Mumbai and Piramal Enterprises Limited, Mumbai in drug discovery. He has to his credit 8 patents, 125 publications and12 books on various aspects of Fungi and natural products of microbial origin. He was the president of the Mycological Society of India (MSI). He is a fellow of MSI, the Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy, the Society for Applied Biotechnology and the Maharashtra Academy of Sciences. He was the Fellow at Nano-Biotechnology Centre, TERI, New Delhi, and Adjunct Associate Professor in Deakin University, Australia till Jan. 2019 who had been working on the development of natural food colours, antioxidants andbiostimulants through nanotechnology intervention.
Dr. Mukund V. Deshpande obtained his PhD in 1982 in Biochemistry and D.Sc. in Microbiology of the University of Pune in 1994. He has been working extensively on the use of fungi and fungal products in Biotechnology. Dr. Deshpande successfully completed more than 35 research projects funded by national and international funding agencies like Indo-Swiss Collaboration in Biotechnology (ISCB) for development of mycoinsecticide, Indo-Belarus programme of DBT on biopesticides, Indo-Mexico programme on fungal dimorphism, to name a few. Dr. Deshpande is an elected fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences (FMASc, 1994) and the Society for Biocontrol Advancement (FSBA, 2010). He has to his credit more than 150 research papers, reviews and chapters, 8 patents, 8 books and a number of popular articles. He has his own start-up Greenvention Biotech located in Urli-Kanchan, Pune for the translational activities in Agricultural Biotechnology.
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