Contents: Preface. 1. Use of guava pulp for ethanol production by yeast strains/Suchi Srivastava, D.R. Modi and S.K. Garg. 2. Utilization of culled apple for ethanol production by yeast strains/D.R. Modi, S.K. Garg and B.N. Johri. 3. Chitinase from aquatic streptomyces sp./M.S. Shejul, M.V. Deshpande, P.K. Choudhary, N.N. Patil, N.N. Nawani and B.P. Kapadnis.4. Role of Dhataki (Woodfordia fruticosa Kurz.) flowers in the fermentative process of Aswagandharishta/Navneet and Anshuman Sharma. 5. Optimisation of production and characterization of extracellular alkaline lipase from a thermopphilic Bacillus sp. RS-12/P. Sidhu, R. Sharma, S.K. Soni and J.K. Gupta. 6. Solid-state fermentation for alkaline protease production by Bacillus sp./P. Bisaria, N.S. Darmwal, R. Gaur and D. Chandra. 7. Production of cellulase, B-glucosidase and Xylanase by a thermophilic Bacillus subtilis TMB-8 on some lignocellulosics/Harish Gajju, Arvind Kumar Bhatt, Hari Om Agrawal and Tek Chand Bhalla. 8. Effect of tween-80 (polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate) on free amino acid production by Humicola gresia, a thermotolerant fungus/R. Gaur, N.S. Darmwal, M.K. Gaur, D. Chandra. 9. Occurrence of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in some cultivated crop plants/Kamal Prasad. 10. Influence of inoculation and nitrogen fertilizer on nitrogenase activity and nodule formation in Soybeans/D.K. Maheshwari, H. Kumar and R. Srivastava. 11. 5-Azacytidine mutagenesis in Bradyrhizobium sp./Sunita Sharma and S.K. Mahna. 12. Role of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in biotechnology/C. Manoharachary. 13. VA-mycorrhizal fungi: a prospective bioinoculant for important medicinal and aromatic plants/M.L. Gupta and Sunil Kumar. 14. Biocontrol potential of some fungicide-tolerant soil fungi against Rhizoctonia solani causing root-rot of soybean/R.C. Dubey, V.K. Sharma and Sunita Pandey. 15. Bioactivity of Metarhizium anisopliae against teak skeletonizer/S.S. Sandhu, R.C. Rajak and S.K. Hasija. 16. Dynamics of nematophagous fungus, Verticillium chlamydosporium and its potential in the management of Heterodera avenae pupulation/Preeti Bharadwaj and P.C. Trivedi. 17. Artabotrys hexapetalous: A potential herbal agent for the management for Fusarial wilt of lentil/Jaspal Singh and N.N. Tripathi. 18. Screening of antimicrobial substances from actinomycetes/R.K. Sharma, P.C. Jain and S.C. Agrawal. 19. Evaluation of antibacterial activity of PBS and aqueous extracts of tea/D.S.Arora and V. Mahajan. 20. Seasonal distribution of aquatic and geofungi in Nanaksagar water reservoir, Nainital/R.D. Khulbe, Rajendra Kaur and Deepa Bisht. 21. Rapid degradation of human hair by Chrysosporium indicum isolated from soil of Thailand/Pramila Parihar and R.K.S. Kushwaha. 22. Seasonal variation in plankton population in relation to water quality of river Ganga in Rishikesh/G. Prasad and V. Shanker. 23. Microbial decomposition of leaf litter in a fast flowing fresh water stream of Kumaun Himalaya/S.C. Sati and Nutan pant. 24. Micropropagation of forest tree species: Mahua (Madhuca latifolia Macb.)/Y.K. Bansal. 25. The influence of cypermethrin and fenvalerate on soil population of Azospirillum sp./V. Rangaswamy and K. Venkateswarlu. 26. Production of single cell protein (SCP) from some lignocellulosic biomass by using a thermophilic Bacillus subtilis TBM-8 and yeasts/H. Gajju., A.K. Bhatt, H.O. Agrawal and T.C. Bhalla. 27. Post harvest microbial deterioration of ber (Ziziphus mauritiana Lamk.) fruits/Y.P. Singh and Geeta Sumbali. 28. Zearalenone contamination by Fusarium species in maize grains from Chambal division/Shashi Chauhan and Sunita Agrawal. 29. Microbial culture collections:: their activities and importance/Swaranjit Singh.
"Microbes are beneficial to mankind in several ways. They provide us the basic needs of life with a wide range of products like food, single cell protein, alcohol, enzymes, antibiotics, vaccines, etc besides their use in agriculture as biofertilizers and biopesticides. In recent years their is growing interest on the study of microbiology throughout the country.
This volume, Microbes: agriculture, industry and environment embodies thirty research papers of scientists contributed thoughout the country. The book presents current topics in a comprehensive manner on all major emerging areas of microbiology.
This volume is indispensable to any one with a serious interest in industrial microbiology, soil microbiology, plant pathology and related areas of biotechnology. It will serve the need of students, teachers, researchers and scientists of microbiology so as to meet their demand on the subjects.” (jacket)
