Main description:

White biotechnology, or industrial biotechnology as it is also known, refers to the use of living cells and/or their enzymes to create industrial products that are more easily degradable, require less energy, create less waste during production and sometimes perform better than products created using traditional chemical processes.
Over the last decade considerable progress has been made in white biotechnology research, and further major scientific and technological breakthroughs are expected in the future. Fungi are ubiquitous in nature and have been sorted out from different habitats, including extreme environments (high temperature, low temperature, salinity and pH), and may be associated with plants (epiphytic, endophytic and rhizospheric).
The fungal strains are beneficial as well as harmful for human beings. The beneficial fungal strains may play important roles in the agricultural, industrial, and medical sectors. The fungal strains and their products (enzymes, bioactive compounds, and secondary metabolites) are very useful for industry (e.g., the discovery of penicillin from Penicillium chrysogenum). This discovery was a milestone in the development of white biotechnology as the industrial production of penicillin and antibiotics using fungi moved industrial biotechnology into the modern era, transforming it into a global industrial technology. Since then, white biotechnology has steadily developed and now plays a key role in several industrial sectors, providing both high value nutraceutical and pharmaceutical products. The fungal strains and bioactive compounds also play an important role in environmental cleaning. This volume covers the latest developments and research in white biotechnology with a focus on diversity and enzymes.

Contents:

PrefaceChapter 1 Biodiversity of Fungi from Extreme Habitats and Its Industrials Applications

Laura Selbmann, University of Tuscia , Viterbo, Italy

Chapter 2 Rhizospheric Fungi Isolated from Different Plants and Potential Applications in Diverse Sectors

Welington Luiz Araujo, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil,

Chapter 3 Endophytic Fungi from Different Niches with Potential Industrial Important

Kusam Lata Rana, Eternal University, India

Chapter 4 Marine Fungal White Biotechnology: An Ecological and Industrial Perspective

Lara D. Sette, Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho, Rio Claro, Brazi

Chapter 5 Aspergillus: Biodiversity, Ecological Significances and Industrial Applications

G. Perrone, CNR, Bari, Italy

Chapter 6 Fusarium: Biodiversity, Ecological Significances and Industrial Applications

Neera, Defence Food Research Laboratory, India

Chapter 7 Penicillium: Biodiversity, Ecological Significances and Industrial Applications

M. L. T. M. Polizeli, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Chapter 8 Trichoderma: Biodiversity, Ecological Significances and Industrial Applications

Eleonora Cano Carmona, Cidade Universitaria, Recife, PE, Brazil

Chapter 9 Thermostable Enzymes from Fungi Isolated from Hot Springs and Its Applications

Paramasamy Gunasekaran, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India

Chapter 10 Cold Active Enzymes from Psychrophilic Fungi and Its Applications

Shashwati Ghosh Sachan, BIT, India

Chapter 11 Industrially Important Enzymes from White-Rot Fungi or Filamentous Fungi

Leif J Joensson, Umea University, Umea, Sweden

Chapter 12 Fungal Enzymes for the Textile Industry

Giovanna Cristina Varese, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Chapter 13 Fungal Laccase: A Versatile Enzyme for Biotechnological Applications

Susana Rodriguez-Couto, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain

Chapter 14 Fermentation Process for Production of Fungal Cellulases: Improvement Strategies

Benjamin Singh, University of Calicut, India

Chapter 15 Fungal Lipases: A Versatile Tools for White Biotechnology

K-E. Jaeger, Ruhr-Universitat, Germany

Chapter 16 Fungal Community: An Eco-Friendly Bioresources for Novel Secondary Metabolites

Amod Kumar, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

Chapter 17 Agriculturally Important Fungi: Role of Bio-Active Compounds for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants

Divjot Kour, Eternal University, India

Chapter 18 Fungal White Biotechnology in Biosurfactants Kuttuvan Valappil Sajna, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Kerala, India

Chapter 19 Synthetic Biology: A Novel Approach for Pharmaceutically Important Compounds

H. Neumann, Georg-August University Goettingen, Germany

Chapter 20 Global Scenario of Fungal White Biotechnology: Past, Present and Future

Zhenjiang Li, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, China

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