| Title | : | Modern Tools and Techniques to Understand Microbes |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Ajit Varma & Arun Kumar Sharma |
| Release | : | 2017-04-21 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Biology, Books, Science & Nature, Life Sciences, Professional & Technical, Engineering, Chemical & Petroleum Engineering |
| Size | : | 8765018 |
| This book provides essential molecular techniques and protocols for analyzing microbes that are useful for developing novel bio-chemicals, such as medicines, biofuels, and plant protection substances. The topics and techniques covered include: microbial diversity and composition; microorganisms in the food industry; mass cultivation of sebacinales; host-microbe interaction; targeted gene disruption; function-based metagenomics to reveal the rhizosphere microbiome; mycotoxin biosynthetic pathways; legume-rhizobium symbioses; multidrug transporters of yeast; drug-resistant bacteria; the fungal endophyte piriformospora indica; medicinal plants; arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; biosurfactants in microbial enhanced oil recovery; and biocontrol of the soybean cyst nematode with root endophytic fungi; as well as microbe-mediated drought tolerance in plants. • Demonstrates modern laboratory procedures for analyzing microbes • Provides up-to-date techniques for research and teaching • Offers novel approaches to identify and characterize microorganisms |
