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Editors |
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Contributors |
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Chapter 1 Recent Updates on Biosurfactants in the Food Industry |
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Diverse Biological-Functional Allied Properties of Biosurfactants/Bioemulsifiers |
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Role of Additives in Food Preparations/Dressings/Formulations |
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Use of Surfactants/Emulsifiers in the Food Industry |
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Diminution of Adhesion and Eradication of Biofilm Formers from Food Products with the Aid of Biosurfactants/Bioemulsifiers |
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Use of Lactic Acid Bacteria for Biosurfactant/Bioemulsifier Production |
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Role of Food and Food Waste in Production of Biosurfactants/Bioemulsifiers |
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Biosurfactant-/Bioemulsifier-Based Food Formulations and Other Applications |
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Removal of Heavy Metals from Food by Using Biosurfactants |
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Role of Biosurfactants in Food-Processing Sanitation |
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Chapter 2 Exopolysaccharides Produced by Lactic Acid Bacteria and Their Role in the Food Industry |
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The Impact of Exopolysaccharides on Some Technological Aspects of Food and Food Manufacturing |
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Health-Promoting Effects of Exopolysaccharides from LABs and Their Potential Use as Ingredients of Functional Food |
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Immunomodulation by Exopolysaccharides |
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Metabolic Effects: Hypocholesterolemic Activity |
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Effects on Gut Mucosa and Physiology |
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Protection against Pathogens |
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Antioxidant and Antitumor Properties |
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Inactivation of Toxic Compounds |
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The Prebiotic Potential of LAB Exopolysaccharides |
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Chapter 3 Lithic Bacteria A Lesser-Known Group in the Biomining Arena |
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What Are Lithic Bacteria? |
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Characterization of Lithic Bacteria |
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Microbes in Biomining and Their Characteristics |
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Lithic Bacteria in Biomining |
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Chapter 4 Microbial Surfactants Recent Trends and Future Perspectives |
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Why Do Microbes Produce Biosurfactants? |
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Classification of Biosurfactants |
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Production of Biosurfactants in Microbes |
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Recent Trends and Applications of Biosurfactants |
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82 | (3) |
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Challenges in Biosurfactant Commercialization |
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Chapter 5 In Vitro Cultivation of AMF Using Root Organ Culture Factory of Biofertilizers and Secondary Metabolites Production |
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Preparation of Transformed Root Organ Cultures of Daucus carota and Colonization with Spores |
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New Insight of Root Organ Culture |
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Constraints Related to Mycorrhizal Inoculums: Production and Application |
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Root Organ Culture as an Excellent Source of Secondary Metabolite Production |
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Chapter 6 Microbial Fuel Cell Green Bioenergy Process Technology |
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Working Mechanism of Microbial Fuel Cell |
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110 | (1) |
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111 | (3) |
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Electron Transfer Mechanism |
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Applications of Microbial Fuel Cells |
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Bioelectricity Generation |
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117 | (1) |
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Drawbacks of Microbial Fuel Cells |
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Life Cycle Assessment of Microbial Fuel Cells |
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119 | (1) |
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Chapter 7 Expanding Avenues for Probiotic Yeast Saccharomyces boularii |
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Classification of Saccharomyces boulardii and Genomic Features |
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127 | (1) |
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S. boulardii in Gastrointestinal Disorders |
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Effect on Helicobacter pylori |
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128 | (1) |
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Effect on Clostridium difficile |
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129 | (1) |
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Effect on Diarrhea-Causing Pathogens |
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130 | (1) |
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Effect on Fungal Infections |
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Efficacy of S. boulardii in Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea |
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Efficacy of S. boulardii in Acute Diarrhea |
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132 | (1) |
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Mechanisms of Action of Saccharomyces boulardii |
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Interference with Pathogen Adhesion |
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S. boulardii as a Nutraceutical |
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138 | (1) |
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Applications in Food and Future Directions |
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139 | (1) |
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Risks Associated with Use of S. boulardii as a Probiotic |
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Chapter 8 Mechanism of Microbial Heavy Metal Accumulation from a Polluted Environment and Bioremediation |
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Bioremediation of Heavy Metals by Microorganisms |
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Intracellular and Extracellular Immobilization by Metal-Binding Compounds |
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Mechanism of Microbial Metal Accumulation |
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Metabolism-Independent Biosorption (Passive Accumulation) |
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158 | (1) |
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Biosorption of Heavy Metals by Bacteria |
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158 | (2) |
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Biosorption of Heavy Metals by Fungi and Yeast |
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Biosorption of Heavy Metals by Algae |
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Metabolic-Dependent Intracellular Accumulation (Active Uptake) |
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Accumulation of Metals in Bacteria |
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164 | (3) |
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Accumulation of Metals in Fungi and Yeast |
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165 | (1) |
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Accumulation of Metals in Algae |
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166 | (1) |
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Factors Affecting the Bioremediation of Heavy Metals |
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Heavy Metal Interaction with Soil Organic Matter |
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Bioavailability of Heavy Metals |
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Chapter 9 Enabling System Biology in Yeast for the Production of Advanced Biofuels |
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175 | (2) |
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Engineering of Yeast Cell Metabolism |
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Engineering of the Host Cell by Maintaining the Levels of Cofactors |
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177 | (5) |
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178 | (1) |
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Yeast S. cerevisiae for 1-Butanol Production |
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179 | (3) |
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Using Diverse Alternative Enzymes Present in the Metabolic Pathway of 1-Butanol Biosynthesis |
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182 | (3) |
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Increasing the Available Concentration of Cytosolic Acetyl-CoA |
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182 | (1) |
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Construction of Metabolic Pathway for 1-Butanol Production |
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183 | (1) |
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Fatty Acid for the Production of Biofuel in S. cerevisiae |
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184 | (1) |
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Isoprenoid-Derived Advanced Biofuel |
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185 | (1) |
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Challenges in Systems Biology |
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187 | (1) |
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188 | (1) |
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Chapter 10 Beneficial Effects of Dairy Foods Enriched with Prebiotics and Probiotics |
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Types of Fermented Dairy Products |
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Basic Concepts of Probiotics and Prebiotics |
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196 | (1) |
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Probiotic Bacterial Strains |
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196 | (1) |
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Role of Probiotics in Major Milk Products |
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197 | (4) |
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Probiotic-Incorporated Cheeses |
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Probiotic Markets in India |
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204 | (3) |
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204 | (1) |
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Mushrooms: A Potential Source of Prebiotics |
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Applications of Prebiotics in Various Foods, Particularly Dairy Products |
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Significance of Prebiotics in Cheese |
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Prebiotics in Fermented Milk |
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207 | (1) |
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Probiotics and Prebiotics (Synbiotics) in Human Health |
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Chapter 11 Bacterial Endophytes as Cell Factories for Sustainable Agriculture |
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221 | (2) |
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Mechanisms of Plant Growth Promotion Used by Bacterial Endophytes |
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Production of Organic Acids and Phosphate Solubilization |
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229 | (1) |
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1-Amino Cyclopropane-l-Carboxylate-Deaminase Activity |
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231 | (1) |
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Biocontrol Agents/Production of Enzymes and Metabolites |
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232 | (1) |
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Conclusions and Perspectives |
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Chapter 12 Role of Exopolysaccharides in Cancer Prevention |
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Chapter 13 Probiotics and Its Efficacy Assessment in Diabetic Intervention |
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Requirements for a Microbe to Be Considered a Probiotic |
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260 | (2) |
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Probiotics' Contribution to the Health Industry |
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Hyperlipidemia, or Hypercholesterolemia |
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Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome |
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263 | (1) |
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Working Mechanism of Probiotics |
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264 | (1) |
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Diabetes Mellitus: A Sweet Poison and a Silent Killer |
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Role of Probiotics in Type 2 Diabetes |
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Pharmacological Efficacy of Probiotics in In Vitro Screening for Diabetes |
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Evaluation of Probiotics for Combating Diabetes in the Animal Model System |
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Chapter 14 Bacterial Metabolites in Food Preservation |
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277 | (2) |
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288 | (1) |
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Bacteriocin from Other Microorganisms |
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288 | (1) |
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289 | (3) |
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Chapter 15 Trichoderma spp. in Bioremediation Current Status and Scope |
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Remediation of Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons and Petroleum Products |
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310 | (1) |
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Agricultural Waste Remediation |
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310 | (1) |
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Degraded Paper Remediation |
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310 | (1) |
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Chapter 16 Probiotics and Their Applications in Aquaculture |
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Characteristics of Probiotic Bacteria |
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324 | (3) |
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Techniques for In Vitro Evaluation of Desired Probiotic Bacteria for Pisciculture |
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325 | (1) |
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Growth of Bacteria on Fish Mucus |
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326 | (1) |
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326 | (1) |
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Gastric and Pancreatic Juice Tolerance |
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326 | (1) |
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326 | (1) |
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Antagonistic Activity against Common Fish Pathogens |
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326 | (1) |
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326 | (1) |
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Types of Probiotic Bacteria Used in Aquaculture |
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327 | (1) |
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How to Select Probiotic Strains |
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328 | (1) |
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Chapter 17 Impact of Biogenic Silver Nanoparticles on Plant Pathogenic Fungi |
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Microbial Diseases of Plants |
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Synthesis and Characterization of Nanoparticles |
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Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles |
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Antifungal Activity of Biologically Silver Nanoparticles against Plant Pathogens |
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Antifungal Mechanism of Silver Nanoparticles |
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Chapter 18 Engineering Microbial Cell Factories for Improved Whey Fermentation to Produce Bioethanol |
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Introduction of Whey as a Source of Biofuel |
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Kluyveromyces for Production of Ethanol |
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355 | (3) |
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Engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strains |
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358 | (1) |
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Construction of Lactose-Utilizing S. cerevisiae Strains |
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359 | (3) |
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359 | (1) |
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360 | (1) |
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Direct Metabolic Engineering |
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360 | (1) |
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Lactose Utilization by Flocculant S. cerevisiae |
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361 | (1) |
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Gene Deletion of GAL Regulatory Genes |
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362 | (1) |
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Cellular Control for Galactose Metabolism |
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362 | (3) |
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Improving Galactose Uptake by Using the PGM2 Gene |
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Further Developments Needed for Biofuel Development |
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Chapter 19 Analytical Potential of Bacterial Spores for Assessment of Milk Quality |
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Sporulation and Germination |
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372 | (1) |
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Parameters for Detecting Spore Germination |
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373 | (1) |
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Different Approaches Used for Development of Assays Employing Bacterial Spores |
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373 | (1) |
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Spore Based Assays for Detection of Different Contaminants in Milk |
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Detection of Nonmicrobial Contaminants |
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374 | (3) |
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374 | (1) |
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Detection of Microbial Contaminants |
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