Microbial Diversity, Interventions and Scope

Dr. Shiwani Guleria Sharma is an Assistant Professor at the School of Bioengineering and Biosciences at Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India.  She holds a PhD in Microbiology from DR Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Himachal Pradesh. Her research interests include agricultural microbiology, microbial enzymology and molecular biology. She has published articles in national and international, peer-reviewed journals. She has received various awards, including INSPIRE fellowship by DST-GOI, Gold Medal for doctorate from DR YSP UHF, H.P., state merit scholarships and a best research award from the Society for Advancement of Human and Nature, H.P. Dr. Neeta Raj Sharma holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Jiwaji University Gwalior, and heads the School of Bioengineering and Biosciences as Additional Dean at Lovely Professional University, Punjab. She has experience in multidisciplinary areas such as microbial biochemistry and biotechnology, and waste management. She has been instrumental in conducting various international funded research projects. Dr. Sharma is a member of a number of societies, including the Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy, Indian Science Congress, Association of Microbiologists of India, Indo-US Collaboration of Engineering Education, International Science Congress Association, and the Indian Society of Agricultural Biochemists. She has published over 55 articles in respected journals and book chapters, and holds 20 patents.  Dr. Mohit Sharma is an Associate Biotechnologist at the Molecular Genetics Laboratory at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab. His interests include human genetics and cytogenetics, molecular plant microbial interactions, vector cloning, bioinformatics, molecular biology, and cell biology. He holds a Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Himachal Pradesh, India. He has also worked on the isolation and characterization of hypovirulence-associated mycovirus from Fusarium species from apple orchards in Himachal Pradesh. He has published research articles in various national and international, peer-reviewed journals.

• Chapter 1. Microbial ecosystem and anthropogenic impacts.- Part 1. Microbes in Agriculture.- Chapter 2. Recent advances in Plant-microbe interaction.- Chapter 3. Microbes in crop production: Formulation and Application.- Chapter 4. Microorganisms improving food quality and safety.- Chapter 5. Microbes in Soil and their Metagenomics.- Part 2. Microbes in Nanotechnology.- Chapter 6. Microbial cell factories in nanotechnology.- Chapter 7. Nanotechnology and food microbiology.- Part 3. Microbes in Genetic Engineering.- Chapter 8. Bioengineered microbes in disease therapy.- Chapter 9. Benefits and biohazards of microbial recombinants.- Part 4. Microbial Enzymes & Applications.- Chapter 10. Extremophile Microorganisms and Their Industrial Applications.- Chapter 11. Innovative techniques for improving microbial enzyme production.- Chapter 12. Microbial enzymes from in vitro to market.- Part 5. Microbes in Bioremediation.- Chapter 13. Microbial clean up strategy for polluted water.- Chapter 14. Microbial clean up strategy for eating garbage.- Part 6. Microbes in Industries.- Chapter 15. Microbes in Food and beverage industry.- Chapter 16. Microbes in pharmaceutical industry.- Chapter 17. Industrial Potential of Microbial Enzymes.- Part 7. Microbes in Medicine.- Chapter 18. Living medicines for health and disease management.- Chapter 19. Fighting microbes with microbes.- Chapter 20. Impact of Human Microbiome on health.- Part 8. Microbes in Forensic Science.- Chapter 21. An Introduction to Microbial forensics.- Chapter 22. Microbial Forensics: A new boon to Legal Justice.- Part 9. Microbes in Space.- Chapter 23. Microbes supporting life off-planet.