Advances in Microbial Biotechnology/edited by J.P. Tewari. 1999, xlvii, 567 p., illustrated, $79. ISBN 81-7648-078-9.
Contents: Preface. Prof. K.G. Mukerji and his contributions. Publications of K.G. Mukerji. 1. Synnmukerjiomyces thermophile a new Thermophilic Hyphomycete from India/K.R. Aneja and Raj Kumar. 2. Biology of delta-endotoxins produced by Bacillus thuringiensis/Neema Agarwal, Y.P. Khanna, A. Selvapandiyan and R.K. Bhatnagar. 3. Active efflux - a mechanism for metal ion resistance in bacteria/Sheela Srivastava, R. Choudhury and N. Joshi. 4. Single - cell proteins/Inderjeet Singh Bakshi. 5. Fungal Allelopathy - an overview/Rajni Gupta. 6. Involvement of cellular mechanisms in the development of drug resistance in bacteria/Kiran Singh, Protiti Bose and Mohd. Sarosh Khan. 7. Microbial enzymes for detergent application/R.K. Saxena, W. Sheba Davidson and Rani Gupta. 8. Microbial phytases in food biotechnology/Ashima Bali and T. Satyanarayana. 9. Molecular probes in detection and monitoring of Fluorescent Pseudomonads/Bhavdish N. Johri. 10. Bacterial Thermostable Cellulase-Free Xylanases in environment friendly paper pulp bleaching technology/A. Archana and T. Satyanarayana. 11. Aflatoxins: knowing and combating a major health hazard/Chitreshwar Sen, Saswati Bardhan and B. Dasgupta. 12. Protoplast fusion for improvement of fungal strains/Sumeet. 13. Health problems in buildings - a holistic approach/Jagjit Singh and Douglas Oughton. 14. Plant pathogens and microbial products as agents for biological weed control/Robert E. Hoagland. 15. Microbial herbicides : factors in development/Surinder Kaur. 16. Microwave treatment and other new methods for eradicating the Dry Rot fungus (Serpula lacrymans) Wulf. : Fr. (Schroet.)/Jorgen Bech-Andersen and Steen Andrew Elborne. 17. Serpula lacrymans, the Dry Rot fungus: a much misunderstood organism/John W. Palfreyman, Gordan A. Low, Christopher Westwood and Nia A. White. 18. Microbial technology in the biocontrol of post harvest diseases/N.K. Mehrotra and Neeta Sharma. 19. Microbes in biocontrol of heavy metal pollution/S.K. Katiyar and R. Katiyar. 20. Root exudation and its implication or Rhizosphere Mycoflora/Rupam Kapoor. 21. Microbial ecology of plant surfaces - living and conserved materials/Anjula Pandey. 22. Management of soil borne pathogens through plants and their products/M.N. Khare and H.K. Jharia. 23. Interactions between soil Mycoflora and VA Mycorrhizal fungi in relation to growth of Vigna umbellata/Vandana Joshi. 24. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal technology for the future/C. Manoharachary. 25. Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi under salinity and drought conditions/Bhoopander Giri and B.P. Chamola. 26. Mineral nutrition in VA Mycorrhizal plants/P. Ramarao, C. Manoharachary and B. Bhadraiah. 27. Mycorrhiza under stress conditions/C.S. Singh. 28. Mycorrhiza aided biological hardening of in vitro raised plantlets/Sudha, H. Kaur, A. Narula, Sanjeev Kumar, P.S. Srivastava and A. Varma. 29. Nematophagous fungi with special reference to interaction with nematodes/Geeta Saxena and Neelima Mittal. 30. Head Smut of Paspalum scrobiculatum L. : transmission and management/A.K. Jain and M.N. Khare. 31. A re-appraisal of the genus Morchella in India/T.N. Lakhanpal and O.S. Shad. 32. The Laboulbeniomycetes : developmental patterns/Anupama Pathak.