Microbial Nanobionics

Preface.- 1. Processing of Nanoparticles by Biomatrices in a Green Approach.- 2. . Green Synthesis/ Biogenic Materials, Characterization and Their Applications.- 3. Biological Synthesis of Nanoparticles by Different Groups of Bacteria.- 4. Mushrooms: New Biofactories for Nanomaterials Production of Different Industrial and Medical Applications.- 5. Actinomycetes: It's realm in Nanotechnology.- 6. Impact of nanomaterials in Microbial system.- 7. Microbial Production of Nanoparticles: Mechanisms and Applications.- 8. Microbial Nanobionic Engineering: Translational and Transgressive Science of an Antidisciplinary Approximation.- 9. Microbial Nanobionics: Application of Nanobiosensors in Microbial Growth and Diagnostics.- 10. Cancer Bionanotechnology: Biogenic Synthesis of Metallic Nanoparticles and their Pharmaceutical Potency.- 11. Antimicrobial Nanocomposites for Improving Indoor Air Quality.- 12. Microbial Photosynthetic Reaction Centers and Functional Nano Hybrids.- 13. Nanomaterials in Microbial Fuel cells and Related Applications.- Index.

Ram Prasad, Ph.D. is associated with Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India since 2005. His research interests include applied microbiology, plant-microbe-interactions, sustainable agriculture and nanobiotechnology. Dr. Prasad has more than hundred publications to his credit, including research papers, review articles, book chapters, five patents issued or pending, and several edited or authored books. Dr. Prasad has twelve years of teaching experience and has been awarded the Young Scientist Award (2007) and Prof. J.S. Datta Munshi Gold Medal (2009) by the International Society for Ecological Communications; FSAB Fellowship (2010) by the Society for Applied Biotechnology; the American Cancer Society UICC International Fellowship for Beginning Investigators, USA (2014); Outstanding Scientist Award (2015) in the field of Microbiology by Venus International Foundation; BRICPL Science Investigator Award (ICAABT-2017) and Research Excellence Award (2018). He serves as an editorial board member for Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers in Nutrition, Academia Journal of Biotechnology and is the series editor of the Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences series, Springer Nature, USA. Previously, Dr. Prasad served as Visiting Assistant Professor, Whiting School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, USA and presentlyworks as a Research Associate Professor at School of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.