Recent Advances and Future Perspectives of Microbial Metabolites: Applications in Biomedicine

ISBN-13: 9780323901130 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022

Surajit de Mandal; Ajit Kumar Passari; Fengliang Jin

Spis treści

1. The therapeutic role of microbial metabolites in human health and diseases
2. Peptides with therapeutic applications from microbial origin
3. Current status of microbial lectins in biomedical research
4. Current trends and future perspectives of probiotics on human health: An overview
5. Bacteriocin and its biomedical application with special reference to lactobacillus
6. Microbial biosurfactants: Current trends and applications in biomedical industries
7. Microbes used as anticancer agents and their potential application in biomedicine
8. Revealing the hidden heights of microbial metabolites on reproductive physiology
9. Secondary metabolites from Extremophiles with therapeutic benefits
10. Microbial metabolomics: Applications and recent advancements in infectious diseases and drug discovery

O autorze

Dr Surajit De Mandal is Postdoctoral researcher in College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University (SCAU), Guangzhou, P. R. China. He completed his Ph.D from the Dept. of Biotechnology, Mizoram University, India. His main areas of research are microbial ecology, insect-microbe interactions and microbial biopesticides. Dr. De Mandal has more than fifty publications to his credit, including research papers, review articles & book chapters and edited book. He has reviewed publications for various international journals like Frontier in Microbiology, Scientific reports, Heliyon, Geomicrobiology etc. Presently he is studying the role of gut microbiota in insect immunity. Dr. Xu is presently working as associate professor in the College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University (SCAU), Guangzhou, P. R. China. She has five years of postdoctoral experience (2 years in SCAU & 3 years in UMKC). Her major research interest is insect immunity, application of entomopathogenic bacteria and fungi in agriculture and isolation and catheterization of novel microbial metabolites. She has served as a principal investigator in several projects associated with the plant protection. Dr. Xu has published several research and review articles in international journals and an active reviewer for various international journals. She also have seven patents related to the plant protection. Dr. Fengliang Jin is presently working as a Professor in the Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 P.R.China. His major research interest is on the role of non-coding RNAs in the regulation of insect immune signal transduction, exploring the interaction mechanism of insects to entomopathogens using next generation sequencing and bioinformatic analysis and RNAi-based functional analysis of immune-related genes and their role in the regulation of antimicrobial peptides of insects. Prof. Jin served as a Principle Investigator for several research projects related to the development of Biopesticide from various agencies. He has several patents, scientific articles and presently serving as a reviewer and editor in many international journals. Amrita Kumari Panda, Ph.D is currently working as an Assistant Professor of Biotechnology at Department of Biotechnology, Sant Gahira Guru Vishwavidyalaya Sarguja, Chhattisgarh India. She obtained her Doctoral degree in Biotechnology from Berhampur University, Odisha, India. Dr. Panda received Fast Track Post Doctoral fellowship from Science and Engineering Research Board, Govt. of India, New Delhi. She has more than eight years of research experience in the field of molecular microbiology, microbial diversity and published several articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals. She received Federation of European Microbiological Society (FEMS) Meeting grant award in the year 2014. Her research interest includes Metagenomics and Microbial diversity. Dr K. Syed Ibrahim received his B. Sc and M. Sc from Bharathidasan University and Ph. D degree from Alagappa University of Tamil Nadu, India. He started his career as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Mizoram Central University, Mizoram, India, in 2011; he received the prestigious DST-SERB Young Scientist award in 2015 for working in Human Microbiome of gastric cancer patients and then moved to PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, India, in 2019, as a full-time Assistant Professor. His research interests focus on Enzyme Purification, Characterization, Molecular Cloning and Drug target interactions.