Recent Advancement in White Biotechnology Through Fungi, 1st ed. 2019
Volume 1: Diversity and Enzymes Perspectives
Fungal Biology Series

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.

Chapter 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 Araújo, University of São Paulo, São 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 Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Rio Claro, Brazi

Chapter5 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, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Chapter 8 Trichoderma: Biodiversity, Ecological Significances and Industrial Applications

Eleonora Cano Carmona, Cidade Universitária, 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 Jönsson, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Chapter12 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 Rodríguez‐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-Universität, Germany

Chapter16 Fungal Community: An Eco-Friendly Bioresources for Novel Secondary Metabolites

Amod Kumar, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

Chapter17 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 Göttingen, 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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Dr. Ajar Nath Yadav is an Assistant Professor in Department of Biotechnology, Akal College of Agriculture, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India. He has 3 years of teaching and 9 years of research experience in the fields of Industrial Biotechnology, Microbial Biotechnology, Microbial Diversity, and Plant-Microbe-Interactions. Dr. Yadav obtained a doctorate degree in Microbial Biotechnology jointly from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi and Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India; a M.Sc. (Biotechnology) from Bundelkhand University and a B.Sc. (CBZ) from University of Allahabad, India. He has produced  82 publications [31 Research papers, 7 Review articles, 26 Book chapters,  8 Popular articles, 7 Editorials, 2 Technical reports and 1 Patent] in different reputed international and national journals. Dr. Yadav has published 105 abstracts in different international and national conferences. He has presented 19 paper presentations in national and international conferences and got 10 best paper presentations Award and 1 Young Scientist Award (NASI-Swarna Jyanti Purskar). Presently, he is guiding 2 scholars for PhD degree and 1 for M.Sc. dissertations. Dr. Yadav and his group have developed a pioneering method for the screening of archaea for phosphorus solubilization. Dr. Yadav is editor/reviewer of different international journals including Nature-Scientific Reports, Microbial Ecology; Plos One, Frontier in Microbiology, Springer Plus, Annals of Microbiology, Journal of Basic Microbiology, Advance in Microbiology and Biotechnology. He has lifetime membership of Association of Microbiologist in India, Indian Science Congress Council, India and National Academy of Sciences, India.