Microbial Symbionts: Functions and Molecular Interactions on Host (Developments in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology)

Microbial Symbionts: Functions and Molecular Interactions on Host focuses on microbial symbionts of plants, animals, insects and molecular methods in the identification of microbial symbionts. The book describes the molecular mechanism and interactions of symbiosis of microbiome in plants, animals and humans. It brings the latest techniques for identification, localization and functional characterization of host-associated microbes and explains the role/importance of microbial symbionts. This comprehensive reference covers a wide range of symbiotic microorganisms used for basic and advanced techniques associated with the isolation, characterization and identification of microbial symbiotic microorganisms and their functions and molecular interactions on the host.

The book will also helps users plan and execute experiments with appropriate knowledge rather than experimental trial and error in a wide range of disciplines, including Microbiology, Biotechnology, Botany and Zoology.

• Provides basic knowledge and working protocols for a wide range of disciplines like Microbiology, Biotechnology, Botany and Zoology
• Presents the most current information in symbiotic microbiome and holobiome
• Includes color photos pertaining to techniques

Dr. Dharumadurai Dhanasekaran is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology, Principal Investigator in National Repository for Microalgae and Cyanobacteria―Freshwater (NRMC-F) at Bharathidasan University in Tiruchirappalli, India. His research experience is in the fields of actinobacteriology and mycology. His current research focuses on probiotic microorganisms and postbiotics and microbiome profiling in plant and animal system. He has been awarded an UGC-Raman Post-Doctoral Fellowship and has worked in the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, USA. He studied the genome properties of probiotic bacteria by whole genome, metagenome sequencing, and formulated probiotic feed supplements for dairy cow. He edited 17 books with international publishers and served as a reviewer, guest editor, and on the editorial boards of national and international journals.