Microbial Diversity and its Applications

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Bioinformatics Tools for Molecular Analysis of Microbial Diversity/Dilip K. Arora, Prem Lal Kashyap, Alok K. Srivastava and Sudheer Kumar. 2. Importance of Marine Microorganisms in Drug Discovery Programme/Narsinh L. Thakur. 3. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Diversity in Terrestrial Plant Species/D.J. Bagyaraj. 4. Foraminiferal-diversity of Lakshadweep Archipelago, Arabian Sea/Subhadra Devi Gadi and Rajashekhar K.P. 5. Phenotypic Characterization of Mosquito Larvicidal Lysinibacillus Strains Isolated from Paddy Field and Mangrove Vegetation/Mohanty A.K., Garg S. Dhindsa K. Kumar Hand Kumar A. 6. Molecular Microbial Ecology of Solar Salterns of Goa and the Isolation of Culturable Haloarchaea/Kabilan M. B.B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Braganca. 7. Isolation and Characterization of Polyhydroxyalkanoates Producing Bacteria from Coastal Sand-Dune Ecosystem/Nayak P. Gaonkar, Mohanty A. Kumar A. Bhosle S, Garg S. 8. Role of Indole-3-acetic Acid in Plant Growth and Development and Elucidation of its Biosynthetic Pathway in A PGPR Strain Serratia Marcescens SM15/A.R. Alagawadi, Shiney Ammanna, Megha Patil, C.K. Doddagoudar, Avita K. Manhal and P.U. Krishnaraj. 9. Diversity in the Biofilm Forming Ability of Foodborne Bacterial Pathogens/S.P. Doijad and S.B. Barbuddhe. 10. Exploring Staphylococcal Diversity to Plan Novel Vaccine Strategies/D.R. Kalorey. 11. Genetic Diversity of Ralstonia Solanacearum,a Phytopathogenic bacterium infecting solanaceous vegetablesusingrep-PCR and PFGE/R. Ramesh, S. Gaitonde and G. Achari. 12. Diversity of Yeasts Isolated from Fermented Products/S.B. Barbuddhe, A.R. Desai, S.P. Doijad and N.P. Singh. 13. Diversity Among Emerging Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli/D.B. Rawool, S.B. Barbuddhe and S.V.S. Malik. 14. Escherichia coli: A Global Food borne Enterpathogen/R.P. Kolhe and S.B. Barbuddhe. 15. Harnessing the Diversity of Rumen Microbes/S.K. Sirohi, Prasanta Choudhury, A.K. Puniya and Prem Prashant Chaudhary. 16. Agriculturally Important Traits of Fluorescent Pseudomonads of Western Ghats/A.R. Alagawadi, Ashwini Lande, Sheetal Kadawadkar Soujanya Sunkad, C.K. Doddagoudar and P.U. Krishnaraj. 17. Diversity of Important Bacteria Causing Bovine Mastitis/B.R. Shome, M. Bhuvana, Susweta Das Mitra, N. Krithiga, D. Velu, Rajeswari Shome, S.B. Barbuddhe and Apala Banerjee. 18 Efficient Management of Soil Borne Pathogens of Vegetables through Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria(PGPR)/M. Loganathan, S. Saha, T.K. Bag, V. Venkataravanappa, R. Garg and A.B. Rai. Index. Microbial organisms occupy a peculiar place in the human view of life. Microorganisms represent the richest repertoire of molecular and chemical diversity in nature as they underlie basic ecosystem processes. Microorganisms are used for various purposes including food production and preservation, management of pests and pathogens, bioleaching of metals, increasing soil fertility, generating biofuels, monitoring pollutants, cleaning up of oil spills, waste water treatment, assaying of chemicals and serving as tools for medical research. Besides microorganisms are the major sources of antimicrobial agents and produce a wide range of other important medicinal compounds including enzymes, enzyme inhibitors,antihelminthics, antitumor agents, insecticides, vitamins, immuno suppressants and immunomodulators. The study of microbial diversity is thus important to solve new and emerging disease problems and to advance biotechnology. The book focuses on microbial applications in industry, agriculture and health which will help to update the knowledge on microbial diversity and its application. (jacket).…