Text Book of Applied Microbiology (2 Vols-Set)

Contents Vol. I. Foreword. Preface. 1. Microbial technologies commercial utilization. 2. Brewing process of beer. 3. Fermentation process of grape juice for wine production. 4. Pectic enzymes on clarification of wines. 5. Vinegar fermentation and production. 6. Production of lactic acid and lactic acid fermentation of food products. 7. Production of amino acids. 8. Preparation of cheese. 9. Microbial pectic enzymes clarification of fruit juice. 10. Fungal and bacterial cellulases. 11. Microbiological issues in food products sanitation. 12. Food borne microbes and food poisoning. 13. Antagonistic microorganisms and antibiotics. 14. Important antibiotics and their applications. 15. Production of penicillin. 16. Production of streptomycin. 17. Mechanism and systemic mode of action of antibiotics in plants. 18. Biomass production of Spirulina. 19. Biological products and bioactive compounds from algae. 20. Biological role of algae in waste water treatment. 21. Biogas technology. 22. Biogas plants for organic farming. 23. Production technology of paddy straw mushroom. 24. Microbial process in mushroom production. 25. Biosynthesis of cellulose and bioconversion of cellulosic wastes. 26. Management of soil by sustainable utilization of resources. 27. Biological resources and their potential. 28. Earthworms and their role in vermicomposting. 29. Bio remediation. 30. Phyto remediation. 31. Bioleaching by microbial process. Vol. II. Foreword. Preface. 1. Integrated nutrient management approach in wetland rice ecosystem. 2. Azotobacter biofertilizers technology and quality control. 3. Azospirillum biofertilizer technology and quality control. 4. Rhizobial biofertilizer for leguminous crops. 5. Rhizobium inoculant production and quality control. 6. Symbiotic nitrogen fixation in stem nodulating sesbania rostrata. 7. Paranodulation and endophytic nitrogen fixation in rice by the association of azorhizobium caulinodans. 8. Cyanobacterial biofertilizer and quality control. 9. Symbiotic association of N2 fixing Anabaena azollae in azolla. 10. Status of inoculant production and quality control. 11. Integrated Pest Management (IPM). 12. Bacillus thuringiensis a potential biocontrol agent for pest(s) control. 13. Bio control agents and biopesticides in IPM technology for sustainable crop production. 14. Role of bacteria and actinomycetes in biological control of pests and diseases. 15. Mode of entry of microbial pathogens on insect pests and their mechanism of control. 16. Biological fertilizers biopesticides and their quality control in vegetable production. 17. Environmental impact of pesticides in agro ecosystem. 18. Microbial technologies in human welfare. Microbiology has become increasingly useful to common people. It has strongly emerged as one of the most important branches in biological sciences. In today's scientific scenario microbiology is the basic and fundamental foundation for strong emergence of modern applied microbiology as well as biotechnology. A Text Book of Applied Microbiology Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 is primarily focused on applied aspects of microbiology for the benefit of P.G. students and research scholars. Volume 1 covers largely on brewing process of beer production of wines vinegar lactic acids amino acids production of cheese penicillin streptomycin sulphate antibiotics production and use of protein rich Spirulina bio active compounds from algae edible mushrooms production of biogas bacterial and fungal cellulases clarification of grape juice food contamination and toxins etc. Volume 2 covers major ways on biological fertilizers for crop production. Soil is a living system in the presence of millions of microorganisms and play a substantial role in decomposition of crop residues and organic matter in soil and also involved in the transformation of nutrients as well as uptake of nutrients due to their presence in the rhizosphere region and their colonization in the rhizoplane is critical for transfer of nutrients in many c.…