TY - BOOK ID - 74555319 TI - Actinobacteria : Basics and Biotechnological Applications AU - Dharumadurai Dhanasekaran AU - Dhanasekaran, Dharumadurai AU - Jiang, Yi PY - 2016 SN - 9535154222 9535122487 PB - IntechOpen DB - UniCat KW - Veterinary medicine. KW - Microbiology. KW - Microbial biology KW - Biology KW - Microorganisms KW - Farriery KW - Large animal medicine KW - Large animal veterinary medicine KW - Livestock medicine KW - Veterinary science KW - Medicine KW - Animal health KW - Animals KW - Domestic animals KW - Livestock KW - Diseases KW - Losses KW - Life Sciences KW - Microbiology KW - Genetics and Molecular Biology KW - Biochemistry KW - Bacteriology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:74555319 AB - This book presents an introductory overview of Actinobacteria with three main divisions: taxonomic principles, bioprospecting, and agriculture and industrial utility, which covers isolation, cultivation methods, and identification of Actinobacteria and production and biotechnological potential of antibacterial compounds and enzymes from Actinobacteria. Moreover, this book also provides a comprehensive account on plant growth-promoting (PGP) and pollutant degrading ability of Actinobacteria and the exploitation of Actinobacteria as ecofriendly nanofactories for biosynthesis of nanoparticles, such as gold and silver. This book will be beneficial for the graduate students, teachers, researchers, biotechnologists, and other professionals, who are interested to fortify and expand their knowledge about Actinobacteria in the field of Microbiology, Biotechnology, Biomedical Science, Plant Science, Agriculture, Plant pathology, Environmental Science, etc. ER -