Bacterial Secondary Metabolites: Synthesis and Applications in Agroecosystem presents the structure, properties, and biotechnological applications of bacterial metabolites and their upcoming industrial, pharmaceutical, antimicrobial, and anticancer applications. Chapters cover topics such as the use of lactic acid bacteria as an antifungal and antibacterial agent, bacterial siderophores structure and potential applications, and the role of cyanobacteria metabolites in disease management, amongst others. Plant and agri-food environmental scientists and researchers, graduate, and post-graduate students in related fields will benefit from this reference book which is published as part of the Nanobiotechnology for Plant Protection series.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. Bacterial exopolysaccharides mediated heavy metal and toxic dyes removal: biosynthesis, mechanism and remediation strategies 3. Overview of secondary metabolites in cyanobacteria: a potential source of plant growth promoting and abiotic stress resistance 4. Role of cyanobacteria metabolites in disease management 5. Metabolites of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria and their role in the management of soil borne diseases 6. Microbial extracellular polymeric substance: function and role against environmental stress 7. Lactic acid bacteria use as antifungal, and antibacterial activity 8. Antimicrobial activity of actinomycetes secondary metabolites 9. ACC deaminase produced by PGPB and their role in stress management 10. Bacterial siderophores structure and potential applications 11. Volatile organic compound produced by bacteria: characterization and application 12. Antibiotics produced by Bacteria 13. Lipases: biotechnology and industrial applications 14. Secondary Metabolites by fluorescent pseudomonads and application 15. Microbial extracellular polymeric substance and impacts in soil aggregation 16. Secondary Metabolites from Bacillius and application 17. Secondary Metabolites from Serratia sp. and application 18. Bacterial pigments and application 19. Beneficial traits of crop-associated rhizobacteria towards plant-growth promotion, biofertilization, and nutrient enhancement of harvested agro-products 20. Bacterial enzymes and their application in agroecology 21. Methodologies for identification, purification and characterization of bacterial secondary metabolites 22. The future perspectives of bacterial secondary metabolites 23. Secondary Metabolites from Marine Epiphytic bacteria against plant pathogens 24. Metabolic Engineering of bacterial secondary Metabolism in plants for stress tolerance 25. Antifungal, antibacterial and antiviral compounds from myxobacteria 26. Biogenic synthesis of nanoparticle by using bacterial secondary metabolites
Authors
Kamel A Abd-Elsalam Molecular Plant Pathologist, Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt. Prof. Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam, Ph.D., is currently a research professor at the Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza. Kamel earned his Ph.D. in Molecular Plant Pathology from Christian Alberchts University of Kiel (Germany) and Suez Canal University (Egypt). Dr. Kamel's research interests include developing, improving, and deploying plant biosecurity diagnostic tools; understanding and exploiting fungal pathogen genomes; and developing eco-friendly hybrid nanomaterials for controlling toxicogenic fungi, plant diseases, and agroecosystems applications. He published 20 books related to nano-biotechnology applications in agriculture and plant protection. Since 2019, he has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier book series "Nanobiotechnology for Plant Protection.� He also serves as the Series Editor of the Elsevier book series "Genome Modified Plants and Microbes in Food and Agriculture.� Heba I. Mohamed Professor of Plant Physiology, Biological and Geological Sciences Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Heba I. Mohamed is Professor of Plant Physiology in the Department of Biological and GeologicalSciences Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Her research interests include biotic and abiotic stresses, plant biochemistry, use of eco-friendly compounds to alleviate plant stress, plant secondary metabolites, and genetic differences between different genotypes.
