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This book discusses microbial diversity in various habitats and environments, its role in ecosystem maintenance, and its potential applications (e.g. biofertilizers, biocatalysts, antibiotics, other bioactive compounds, exopolysaccharides etc.). The respective chapters, all contributed by renowned experts, offer cutting-edge information in the fields of microbial ecology and biogeography. The book explains the reasons behind the occurrence of various biogeographies and highlights recent tools (e.g. metagenomics) that can aid in biogeography studies by providing information on nucleic acid sequence data, thereby directly identifying microorganisms in various habitats and environments.

In turn, the book describes how human intervention results in depletion of biodiversity, and how numerous hotspots are now losing their endemic biodiversity, resulting in the loss of many ecologically important microorganisms. In closing, the book underscores the importance of microbial diversity for sustainable ecosystems.

Microbial Diversity in Ecosystem Sustainability and Biotechnological Applications: Volume 1. Microbial Diversity in Normal & Extreme Environments

Volume 1. Microbial Diversity in Normal & Extreme Environments

Section I: Introduction to microbial diversity

1. Emerging concepts in bacterial taxonomy by Ch.V. Ramana

2. Bioinformatics Tools for Microbial Diversity Analysis by M. Krishna Mohan

3. Application of genomics to understand the pathogenic microbial diversity by Subrata K. Das

4. Fungal Diversity; Global perspectives and Ecosystem Dynamics by B.N. Johri

Section II: Microbes in normal and extreme environments

5. Marine microbial diversity for sustainable development by Anil Kumar

6. Diversity of microbes in hot springs and their sustainable use by Subrata K. Das

7. Thermophilic fungal diversity in sustainable development by Bijender Singh

8. Microbiome of the deep terrestrial subsurface by Pinaki Sar

9. Marine fungal diversity - the present status and future challenges by V.V. Sharma

10. Diversity of iron and sulphur oxidisers in sulphide mine leachates by S.R. Dave

11. Distribution and bio-prospecting potentials of actinobacteria from Indian mangrove ecosystems by Syed Dastager

12. Gut microbiome and its impact on human health by Syed Dastager

13. Cyanobacterial diversity and production of value-added proteases by S.N. Bagchi

14. Utility of microbial diversity in mitigating climate change by Anjana Sharma

15. Microbial diversity in waste treatment by I.S. Thakur

16. Cyanobacteria as future biofuel: Facts and Figments by Ashish K. Bhatnagar

17. Halocin diversity among halophilic archaea and their potential applications by Santosh Tiwari

18. Microbial Diversity and Dynamics in Hydrocarbon Resource Environments (HRE) by Akhil Agrawal

19. Mining human microbiome for therapeutics by Yogesh Souche

20. Microbiome as source of novel bioactive compounds by Rakesh Sharma

21. Conclusions    

22. Subject index