Microbial Biotechnology Technological Challenges and Developmental Trends

Antimicrobial peptides from plants and their applications / B. Bhima and Mohammed Al Saiqali -- Development of antitubercular agents through hybridization strategies : future challenges and perspectives / Srinivas Kantevari, Anvesh Jallapally, Tangutur Anjana Devi, and Dinesh Kumar -- Novel bioactive compounds from an endophytic Chaetomium arcuatum strain SAF-2 isolated from Semecarpus anacardium / C. Ganesh Kumar, Narender Reddy Godumagadda, Poornima Mongolla, Sujitha Pombala, Preethi Badrinarayan, Cheruku Ravindra Reddy, Biswanath Das, K.V.S. Ramakrishna, Balasubramanian Sridhar, and Ahmed Kamal -- Understanding role of biomarkers in pathogenesis of sepsis / S. Burgula, M. Swathi Raju, A. Nichita, A. Pawan Kumar, and Karthik Rajkumar -- Role of copper in modifying cisplatin induced cytotoxicity in yeast / B. Sreedhar and B. Vijaya Lakshmi -- Role of microbiome : insights into the kin recognition process in Oryza sativa by proteomic and metabolomic studies / Tangutur Anjana Devi, Kommalapati Vamsi Krishna, Amrita Dutta Chowdhury, and Neelamraju Sarla -- Associative effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and rhizobium on plant growth and biological control of charcoal rot in green gram [Vigna radiata L. (Wilczek)] / A. Hindumathi, B.N. Reddy, A. Sabitha Rani, and A. Narsimha Reddy -- Morphological changes in Vigna radiata root under cadmium induced stress in the presence of plant growth promoting enterobacter sp. C1D / Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Kavita Barot, and G. Archana -- Potential use of trichoderma species as promising plant -- Growth stimulator in tomato (Lycopersicum esculantum L.) / B.N. Reddy, K. Sarita, and A. Hindumathi -- Strain improvement of Aspergillus niger for the enhanced production of cellulase in solid state fermentation / G. Praveen Kumar Reddy, A. Sridevi, Kanderi Dileep Kumar, G. Ramanjaneyulu, A. Ramya, B.S. Shanthi Kumari, and B. Rajasekhar Reddy -- Screening, quantification, and purification of cellulases from soil actinomycetes / Payal Das, Renu Solanki, and Monisha Khanna -- Kinetic studies of alkali pretreated sweet sorghum bagasse using cellulase / L. Saida and K. Venkata Sri Krishna -- Secretion of ligninolytic enzymes by the white rot fungus stereum ostrea immobilized on polyurethane cubes under the influence of chlorpyrifos / B.S. Shanthi Kumari, K. Dileep Kumar, K.Y. Usha, A. Ramya, and B. Rajasekhar Reddy -- Structure and gas diffusion path analysis of hydrogenase enzymes by homology modelling / Nivedita Sahu, Anirudh Nelabhotla, and Pradhan Nityananda -- Yeast saccharomyces cerevisiae as an efficient biological agent for decolorization of reactive dyes used in textile industry / B. Bhima, N. Hanumalal, and B. Chandrasekhar -- Metabolite profiling and biological activities of extrolites from Aspergillus turcosus strain KZR131 isolated from Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India / Ganesh Kumar, Poornima Mongolla, Jagadeesh Babu Nanubolu, Pathipati Usha Rani, and Kumar Katragunta -- Morphological, cultural and molecular diversity of the -- Salt-tolerant alkaliphilic actinomycetes from saline habitats / S.D. Gohel and S.P. Singh -- Microbial population dynamics of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh for xylanase production / G. Ramanjaneyulu, A. Ramya, and B. Rajasekhar Reddy -- Phylogenetic and phenogram based diversity of haloalkaliphilic bacteria from the saline desert / Hitarth B. Bhatt and Satya P. Singh -- Fungal biotransformation of drugs: potential applications in pharma industry / G. Shyam Prasad and B. Sashidhar Rao