Industrially Important Fungi for Sustainable Development

Preface.- Bioprospecting for Biomolecules from Different Fungal Communities: An Introduction.- Fungi as a Gold Mine of Antioxidants.- Endophytic Fungi as a Source of New Pharmaceutical Biomolecules.- Fungal Communities from Different Habitats for Tannins in Industry.- Recent Advances in Fungal Antimicrobial Molecules.- Fungal Laccases to Where and Where?.- Fungal Cellulases: Current Research and Future Challenges.- Fungal Secondary Metabolites: Current Research, Commercial Aspects and Applications.- Bioprospecting of Thermophilic Fungal Enzymes and Potential Applications.- Bioactive Secondary Metabolites from Psychrophilic Fungi and their Industrial Importance.- Fungal Amylases and their Industrial Applications.- Fungal Phytases: Current Research, and Applications in Food Industry.- Fungal Lipases: Insights into Molecular Structures and Biotechnological Applications in Medicine and Dairy Industry.- Fungal Xylanases for Different Industrial Applications.-Fungal Pigments for Food Industry.- Fungal Production of Vitamins and their Food Industrial Applications.- Nutraceutical Potential of Wild Edible Mushroom Hygrocybe alwisii.- Fungal Biopharmaceuticals: Current Research, Production and Potential Applications.- Natural Pigments from Filamentous Fungi: Production and Applications.- Bioprospecting of Industrially Important Mushrooms.- Bioactive Attributes of Xylaria Species from the Scrub Jungles of Southwest India.- Fungicide as Potential Vaccine: Current Research and Future Challenges.- Bioprospecting for Biomolecules from Industrially Important Fungi: Current Research and Future Prospects.- Index.

Ahmed M. Abdel-Azeem is currently working as an academic staff member for the Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, and as a mycologist with a particular interest in the ecology, taxonomy, biology, and conservation of fungi, especially on the members of the phylum Ascomycota. His research includes isolation, identification, and taxonomic assessments of these fungi with particular emphasis on those which produce bioactive materials from different ecological habitats. He is the editor in chief of Microbial Biosystems Journal (MBJ) and a reviewer of more than seven international journals. He has published more than 75 research paper journals, 40 book chapters in the books published by international publishers, and 9 books.

Ajar Nath Yadav is a Dean Postgraduate Studies (Officiating) & Assistant Controller of Examinations at Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India. He has 8 years of teaching experience asan Assistant Professor (Senior Scale) and 12 years of research experiences in the field of Microbial Biotechnology, Microbial Diversity, and Plant-Microbe-Interactions. Dr. Yadav has 251 publications, with ah-index of 56, i10-index of 152, and 9100 citations (Google Scholar- on 07/07/2020). Dr. Yadav is editor of 21 Springer-Nature, 05 CRC Press Taylor & Francis, 03 Elsevier, and 1 Wiley-Blackwell book. Dr. Yadav is Editor-in-Chief for Journal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology and Editor/Associate Editor for Annals of Microbiology (Springer-Nature), BMC Microbiology (Springer-Nature), and Current Microbiology (Springer-Nature). He has lifetime membership of the Association of Microbiologists in India, and Indian Science Congress Council, India.

Neelam Yadav is currently working on microbial diversity from diverse sources and their biotechnological applications in agriculture and allied sectors. She obtained her post-graduation degree from Veer Bahadur Singh