Sudhir P. Singh & Santosh Kumar Upadhyay 
Bioprospecting of Microorganism-Based Industrial Molecules 

Discover a comprehensive and current overview of microbial bioprospecting written by leading voices in the field

In Bioprospecting of Microorganism-Based Industrial Molecules, distinguished researchers and authors Sudhir P. Singh and Santosh Kumar Upadhyay deliver global perspectives of bioprospecting of biodiversity. The book covers diverse aspects of bioprospecting of microorganisms demonstrating biomass value of nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, biomedical, and bioenergetic importance.

The authors present an amalgamation of translational research on bioresource utilization and ecological sustainability that will further the reader’s knowledge of the applications of different microbial diversity and reveal new avenues of research investigation.

Readers will also benefit from:

* A thorough introduction to microbial biodiversity and bioprospecting

* An exploration of anti-ageing and skin lightening microbial products and microbial production of anti-cancerous biomolecules

* A treatment of UV protective compounds from algal biodiversity and polysaccharides from marine microalgal sources

* Discussions of microbial sources of insect toxic proteins and the role of microbes in bio-surfactants production

Perfect for academics, scientists, researchers, graduate and post-graduate students working and studying in the areas of microbiology, food biotechnology, industrial microbiology, plant biotechnology, and microbial biotechnology, Bioprospecting of Microorganism-Based Industrial Molecules is an indispensable guide for anyone looking for a comprehensive overview of the subject.

Table of Content

1 An introduction to microbial biodiversity and bioprospection
Tomoya Shintani1, Santosh K. Upadhyay2, Sudhir P. Singh3, * 2 Application of Microorganisms in Biosurfactants Production
Lorena Pedraza-Seguraa, Luis V. Rodríguez-Duránb, Gerardo Saucedo-Castañedac and José de Jesús Cázares-Marinerod

3 Microbial gums: Current trends and applications
Rwivoo Baruah and Prakash M Halami* 4 Anti-ageing and skin lightening microbial products
Prabuddha Gupta1, Ujwalkumar Trivedi1, Mahendrapalsingh Rajput1, Tejas Oza1, Jasmita Chauhan1 and Gaurav Sanghvi1* 5 Application of microbes in bioremediation
Himani Thakkar*, Vinnyfred Vincent

6 Microbial applications in organic acid production
Jyoti Singh Jadaun1, *, Amit K. Rai2, Sudhir P. Singh3

7 Production of bioactive compounds vs. recombinant proteins
Maria F. Salazar Affonso1, Débora Bublitz Anton2, Daniel Kuhn2, Bruno Dahmer2, Camile Wünsch2, Verônica Contini1, 2, 3, Luís F. Saraiva Macedo Timmers1, 2, 3, Claucia F. Volken de Souza2, 4, 5, Márcia I. Goettert1, 2, 3, Rodrigo G. Ducati2, 6, * 8 Microbial production of anti-microbial and anti-cancerous biomolecules
M. Indira1, T. C. Venkateswarulu1, S. Krupanidhi1, K. Abraham Peele1* 9 Microbial fuel cells and plant microbial fuel cells to degradation of polluted contaminants in soil and water
Chung-Yu Guana*, Chang-Ping Yub

10 Microalgae based UV protection compounds
Juliana Botelho Moreira1, Gabrielle Guimarães Izaguirres2, Liliane Martins Teixeira1 Jorge Alberto Vieira Costa2 and Michele Greque de Morais1* 11 Microorganisms as a potential source of antioxidants
Ayerim Hernández-Almanza1, Nathiely Ramírez-Guzman2, Gloria A. Martínez-Medina3, Araceli Loredo-Treviño3, Deepak Kumar Verma4 and Cristobal N. Aguilar3* 12 Microbial production of bio-methane from digested waste and it’s Significance: An overview
Arun Kumar Pal1, Vijay Tripathi1, Prashant Kumar2, Pradeep Kumar3* 13 Enzymatic biosynthesis of carbohydrate biopolymers and uses thereof
Manisha Sharma1, Jyoti Singh Jadaun2, Santosh K. Upadhyay3, Sudhir P. Singh*1

14 Polysaccharides from marine microalgal sources
Ratih Pangestuti1, *, Evi Amelia Siahaan1, Yanuariska Putra1, Puji Rahmadi2

15 Microbial production of bioplastic: Current status and future prospects
Karishma Seem

16 Microbial enzymes for the mineralization of xenobiotic compounds
Ankita Chatterjee, Pritha Chakraborty and Jayanthi Abraham* 17 Functional Oligosaccharides and microbial sources
SA Belorkar

18 Algal biomass and bio-fuel production
Suman Sanju1, Aditi Thakur2, Pragati Misra3, Pradeep Kumar Shukla4, * 19 Microbial source of insect toxic proteins
Tripti Yadav and Geetanjali Mishra* 20 Recent trends in conventional and non-conventional bioprocessing
Saswata Goswami a#, Keyur Ravalb, #, Anjana a, Priyanka Bhat b

About the author

Sudhir P. Singh, Scientist-D, Biotechnology & Synthetic Biology, Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Mohali, India. He has been working in the field of molecular biology and biotechnology for more than a decade. His current research is focused on gene mining and biocatalyst engineering for the development of approaches for transformation of agro-industrial residues and under- or un-utilized side-stream biomass into value-added bio-products.

Santosh Kumar Upadhyay, Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. He has been working in the field of plant biotechnology for more than 14 years. His current research focuses on functional genomics.