Microbes and Microbial Technology: Agricultural and Environmental Applications / Edition 1

by Iqbal Ahmad, Farah Ahmad, John Pichtel

Overview

This book focuses on successful application of microbial biotechnology in areas such as medicine, agriculture, environment and human health.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441979308
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	02/09/2011
Edition description:	2011
Pages:	516
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

Microbial Applications in Agriculture and the Environment: A Broad Perspective.- Molecular Techniques to Assess Microbial Community Structure, Function, and Dynamics in the Environment.- The Biofilm Returns: Microbial Life at the Interface.- Future Application of Probiotics: A Boon from Dairy Biology.- Microbially Synthesized Nanoparticles: Scope and Applications.- Bacterial Quorum Sensing and its Interference: Methods and Significance.- Horizontal Gene Transfer Between Bacteria under Natural Conditions.- Molecular Strategies: Detection of Foodborne Bacterial Pathogens.- Recent Advances in Bioremediation of Contaminated Soil and Water Using Microbial Surfactants.- Bioaugmentation-assisted Phytoextraction applied to Metal-contaminated Soils: State of the Art and Future Prospects.- Biosorption of Uranium for Environmental Applications using Bacteria Isolated from the Uranium Deposits.- Bacterial Biosorption: A Technique for Remedation of Heavy Metals.- Metal Tolerance and Biosorption Potential of Soil Fungi: Applications for a Green and Clean Water Treatment Technology.- Rhizosphere and Root Colonization by Bacterial Inoculants and their Monitoring Methods: A Critical Area in PGPR Research.- Pesticide Interactions with Soil Microflora: Importance in Bioremediation.- Baculovirus Pesticides - Present State and Future Perspectives.- Fungal-based Bioinoculants for Plant Disease Management.- Mycorrhizal-based inoculants: Progress in Inoculant Production Technology.- Index.