Actinobacteria: Diversity and Biotechnological Applications

Actinobacteria: Diversity and Biotechnological Applications: New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering, a volume in the series New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering series offers the latest on the biotechnology of Kingdom actinobacteria, covering unique niches like their endosphere, rhizospheric soil and contaminated sites, etc. The book also covers the bioactive secondary metabolites obtained from actinobacteria and describes the application of microorganism (Actinobacteria) in plant growth promotion and in environmental cleanup. Finally, the book describes the biocontrol aspects of actinobacteria and how they can control fungal phytopathogens and the production of secondary metabolites. Includes an overview of all types of actinobacteria, source and enzymatic activityLists various bioengineering methods for the production of these enzymesReviews numerous industrial applications of actinobacteria, i.e., crop improvement, removal of heavy metals, etc. Offers unique coverage of the application of actinobacteria in bioremediation processesExplores the plant growth promoting potential of endophytic actinobacteriaDescribes biosynthetic potential genes associated with actinobacterial genome INDICE: 1. Molecular diversity of actinobacteria 2. Actinobacteria as biocontrol agents 3. Detection and expression of antimicrobial biosynthetic genes 4. Secondary metabolite production by actinobacteria 5. Role of actinobacteria in production of industrial enzymes 6. Actinobacteria: Source for natural product isolation 7. Actinobacteria: their role in dye decolorization 8. Anticancer compounds from actinobacteria 9. Bioengineering of production of enzymes and used for industry 10. Metabolic potential of endophytic actinobacteria 11. Biology of pathogenic actinobacteria 12. Novel perspectives of biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in actinobacteria 13. Application of actinobacteria in plant growth promotion 14. Application for crop improvement and their prospects in agriculture 15. Application in biotransformation process 16. Importance of actinobacteria in bioremediation process 17. Recent trends in biosorption of heavy metals by actinobacteria 18. Biosynthesis of nanoparticles using actinobacteria 19. Antibiotic susceptibility profiling and detection of antibiotics produced by actinobacteria

• ISBN: 978-0-444-63994-3
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 362
• Fecha Publicación: 01/12/2017
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés