文档介绍：anisms in Sustainable Agriculture
and Biotechnology
T. Satyanarayana • Bhavdish Narain Johri
Anil Prakash
Editors
anisms
in Sustainable Agriculture
and Biotechnology
Editors
T. Satyanarayana Bhavdish Narain Johri
Department of Microbiology Department of Biotechnology
Fac. Inter-Disciplinary and Applied Sciences and Bioinformatics Centre
University of Delhi Barkatullah University
Benito Juarez Road Bhopal
South Campus India
110021 New Delhi bhavdishnjohri@
India
tsnarayana@
Anil Prakash
Department of Biotechnology
and Bioinformatics Centre
Barkatullah University
Bhopal
India
anil_prakash98@
ISBN 978-94-007-2213-2 e-ISBN 978-94-007-2214-9
DOI -94-007-2214-9
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Foreword
Microbes are ubiquitous and occur in a great variety of normal and extreme, and
natural and man-made environments on the Earth. The existence and continuance of
anisms in various ecosystems may not be possible without the activities of
these tiny microbes. With approximately 1% culturable microbial diversity known
till date, understanding the remaining 99% in different ecosystems is wide open to
investigation.
Although the signifi cance of culture-dependent approach is remarkable due to its
invaluable contribution and reliability, the large fi gure of uncultured, and thus,
untouched microbes cannot be ignored. Since the