Description: Marine Microbiome and Microbial Bioprospecting: Diversity and Bioactive Potential comprehensively discusses the diversity of microbes present in various marine ecosystems, their bioprospecting potential, and how they can be utilized to derive bioproducts that benefit different fields and industries. Sections overview marine microbes, their ex situ conservation, and the tools and techniques used to study marine microbial diversity and taxonomy. In addition, it explores and details microorganisms in different marine ecosystems and considers how bioactive metabolites from diverse marine microorganisms can be harnessed to combat pathogens, used in industrial products and in environmental remediation and degradation, and enhanced for agricultural and aquaculture applications.
With contributions from experts in the field, this book aims to be a valuable resource for researchers and industry professionals in microbiology and biotechnology and anyone involved in finding lead molecules from marine microbial resources for wide-ranging applications.Brief description:
Dr. Manikkam Radhakrishnan, Scientist-E, is currently working at the Centre for Drug Discovery and Development, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology. He has a combined experience of 16 years of teaching and research. He completed his PhD in Microbiology from National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (ICMR), Chennai. Throughout his study, he focused on research in Actinobacteria from different under studied sources and environments especially marine. He built up his experience studying the ecology, diversity, taxonomy and bioprospecting potentials of Actinobacteria from rare ecosystems in India. He has received 8 research projects (4 as PI and 4 as Co-PI) from different central funding agencies in India for pursuing research on marine Actinobacteria. All of his publications, which exceed 150, focus on Actinobacterial research, with very few exceptions. He has edited a manual titled Protocols in Actinobacterial Research and has published 28 book chapters.