Volatiles and Metabolites of Microbes

Dr. Joginder Singh is a Professor in the Department of Botany at Nagaland University, Lumami, India. His previous positions include a professorship at Lovely Professional University's School of Bioengineering and Biosciences and a Young Scientist role at Jai Narain Vyas University's Microbial Biotechnology and Biofertilizer Laboratory (funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India). He is a member of several scientific societies, including the Association of Microbiologists of India and the European Federation of Biotechnology. Dr. Singh has an extensive publication record, with over 250 research and review articles, 35 edited books (with publishers like Elsevier and Springer), and 125 book chapters. He is a reviewer for numerous prestigious journals. He has actively participated in and presented at numerous national and international scientific events.Dr. Jastin Samuel (PhD) is working as Assistant Professor leading waste valorization research lab at Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India. He has more than a decade experience in R&D. He has been an active part of DST, EU-DBT, and CSIR-funded projects. He was awarded the prestigious CSIR-SRF fellowship in Engineering (ENG42) in 2013. Along with his team, he has developed lab-scale mine wastewater treatment system for opencast mines at Orissa, India; established ETP tertiary treatment facility for two industries (sugar industry and distillery industry) with reuse and business proposition in Andhra Pradesh, India, that is, approved by CPCB; established a water treatment facility at Pondicherry in PPP mode with the State Government. He is presently working on pathway assessment and mitigation of Micro and Nano-plastics. He has been a member of review boards of various journals and conferences in India and abroad. Ajay Kumar is a Professor (Research Track), Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Core Engineering, Faculty of Science, Technology & Architecture, Manipal University Jaipur.

• 1. Microbial secondary metabolites: recent developments and technological challenges2. Bacterial VOCs and gene-induced host-defense pathways3. Microbial volatiles: small molecules with an important role in intra- and interbacterial genus interactions-quorum sensing4. Detection and purification of microbial volatile organic compounds5. Microbial volatiles as new frontiers in antibiotic research6. Fungal volatile compounds: a source of novel in plant protection agents7. Endophytic microbes: an array of organic volatiles and secondary metabolites8. Role and behavior of microbial volatile organic compounds in mitigating stress9. Significance of microbial volatiles in ecological health: impact on wetland systems10. Endophytic bacteria as source of novel bioactive compounds11. Bacterial metabolites: an unexplored quarry12. Microbial metabolites in nutrition and healthcare13. Fungal strains as source of bioactive compounds and their potential application14. Cyanobacteria-derived small molecules: a new class of drugs15. Endophytic fungi as a potential source of cytotoxic drugs: a fungal solution to cancer16. Volatile organic compounds for enhancement of plant growth through plant growth promoting rhizobacteria17. Importance of microbial secondary metabolites in health care applications18. Role of fungal metabolites as biopesticides: an emerging trend in sustainable agriculture19. Endophytes producing active constituents in Centella asiatica with a special emphasis on asiaticoside and madecassoside: a review update20. Endophytes producing bioactive compounds from Piper spp.: a review on utilization, bottlenecks, and future perspectives21. Recent advances and future prospects of indole alkaloids producing endophytes from Catharanthus roseus