Microbial Genomics in Sustainable Agroecosystems: Volume 2

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Today, microbiology is a rapidly growing discipline in the life sciences, and the technologies are evolving on a virtually daily basis. Next-generation sequencing technologies have revolutionized microbial analysis, and can help us understand the biology and genomic diversity of various bacterial species with significant impacts on agro-ecosystems. In addition, advances in molecular biology and microbiology techniques hold the potential to improve the productivity and sustainability of agriculture and forestry. This new volume addresses the role of microbial genomics in understanding the living systems that exist in the soil and their interactions with plants, an aspect that is also important for crop improvement. The topics covered focus on a deeper and clearer understanding of how microbes cause diseases, the genome-based development of novel antibacterial agents and vaccines, and the role of microbial genomics in crop improvement and agroforestry. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable resource for researchers and students of agriculture and infectious biology. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Shared Microbiome in Different Ecosystems: A Meta-Omics Perspective (Arghavan Alisoltani, Akebe Luther King Abia, Linda Bester)....Pages 1-20 Application of Molecular and Sequencing Techniques in Analysis of Microbial Diversity in Agroecosystem (Shobhika Parmar, Vijay Kumar Sharma, Jitendra Kumar)....Pages 21-44 Bioinformatics Resources for Microbial Research in Biological Systems (Brijesh Singh Yadev, Pallavi Chauhan, Sandeep Kushwaha)....Pages 45-60 Applications of Microarray-Based Technologies in Identifying Disease-Associated Single Nucleotide Variations (Sartaj Khurana, Sudeep Bose, Dhruv Kumar)....Pages 61-73 Impact of Microbial Genomics Approaches for Novel Antibiotic Target (Hemant Joshi, Akanksha Verma, Dharmendra Kumar Soni)....Pages 75-88 Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) Platforms: An Exciting Era of Genome Sequence Analysis (B. Meera Krishna, Munawwar Ali Khan, Shams Tabrez Khan)....Pages 89-109 Annotation of Biological Network of Fungus Saccharomyces cerevisiae Using Cytoscape in Systems Biology (Prashant Ankur Jain, Ved Kumar Mishra, Satyam Khanna)....Pages 111-129 Recent Advances in Microbial Genome Sequencing (Rajpal Srivastav, Garima Suneja)....Pages 131-144 Functional Genomics of Microbial Pathogens for Crop Improvement (Neelam Chaudhary, Arun Kumar, Baudh Bharti)....Pages 145-162 Role of Microbial Genomics in Plant Health Protection and Soil Health Maintenance (Arpna Ratnakar, Shikha)....Pages 163-179 Role of Microbial Genomics in Crop Improvement (Mamta Gupta, Priya Chugh, Arun Kumar)....Pages 181-196 Current Status and Future Prospects of Omics Tools in Climate Change Research (Himashree Bora, Sukni Bui, Zeiwang Konyak, Madhu Kamle, Pooja Tripathi, Amit Kishore et al.)....Pages 197-214 Plant and Microbial Genomics in Crop Improvement (Indu Rialch, Saurabh Singh, Rajender Singh, Arun Kumar)....Pages 215-230 Alkaline Protease: A Tool to Manage Solid Waste and Its Utility in Detergent Industry (Vipul Kumar Yadav, Veer Singh, Vishal Mishra)....Pages 231-254 Heavy Metal Toxicity and Possible Functional Aspects of Microbial Diversity in Heavy Metal-Contaminated Sites (Pradeep K. Shukla, Pragati Misra, Navodita Maurice, Pramod W. Ramteke)....Pages 255-317 Bioremediation of Nutrients and Heavy Metals from Wastewater by Microalgal Cells: Mechanism and Kinetics (Vishal Singh, Vishal Mishra)....Pages 319-357 Meta-omics in Detection of Silkworm Gut Microbiome Diversity (Mohanraj Ponnusamy, Chinnan Velmurugan Karthikeyan, Babu Ramanathan)....Pages 359-370