Microbial Nanobiotechnology: Principles and Applications (Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials)

This edited book serves as a vital resource on the contributions of microorganisms to advances in nanotechnology, establishing their applications in diverse areas of biomedicine, environment, biocatalysis, food and nutrition, and renewable energy. It documents the impacts of microorganisms in nanotechnology leading to further developments in microbial nanobiotechnology. This book appeals to researchers and scholars of microbiology, biochemistry and nanotechnology.

Prof. Agbaje Lateef is the Head of LAUTECH Nanotechnology Research Group (NANO+) at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria. He obtained his B.Tech. in Pure and Applied Biology, M.Tech. in Biotechnology and Ph.D. in Microbiology in 1997, 2001 and 2005, respectively, from Ladoke Akintola University, Nigeria. He received advanced training in fermentation technology, enzyme technology, biocatalysis, functional foods and molecular biology at Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, India. He has more than twenty years of research and teaching with interest in industrial microbiology and biotechnology, especially fermentation processes, enzyme technology and nanobiotechnology. He has more than one hundred publications in reputable journals and books to his credits, more than fifty of which are in nanobiotechnology.