Text in English.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Deliberately breaking with the classical biology-centered description of marine organisms and their products, this reference emphasizes microbial technology over basic biology, setting it apart from its predecessors. As such, it systematically covers the technology behind high-value compounds for use as pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals or cosmetics, from prospecting to production issues. Following a definition of the field, the book goes on to address all industrially important aspects of marine microbial biotechnology.

Introduction to Marine Actinobacteria / Panchanathan Manivasagan, Jayachandran Venkatesan, Se-Kwon Kim -- Treasure Hunting for Useful Microorganisms in the Marine Environment / Chiaki Imada -- Strategy of Marine Viruses in Global Ecosystem / Amardeep Singh, Manoj Trivedi, Pranjal Chandra, Rajendra N Goyal -- Taxonomic Study of Antibiotic-Producing Marine Actinobacteria / Priyanka Kishore, Neelam Mangwani, Hirak R Dash, Surajit Das -- Marine Cyanobacteria: A Prolific Source of Bioactive Natural Products as Drug Leads / Lik Tong Tan -- Marine Bacteria Are an Attractive Source to Overcome the Problems of Antibiotic-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Dae-Sung Lee, Sung-Hwan Eom, Myung-Suk Lee, Young-Mog Kim -- Marine Bacteria as Probiotics and Their Applications in Aquaculture / Chamilani Nikapitiya -- Small-Molecule Antibiotics from Marine Bacteria and Strategies to Prevent Rediscovery of Known Compounds / Matthias Wietz, Maria Månsson, Nikolaj G Vynne, Lone Gram -- Marine Bacteriophages for the Biocontrol of Fish and Shellfish Diseases / Mahanama De Zoysa -- Marine Actinomycetes as Source of Pharmaceutically Important Compounds / ML Arvinda swamy -- Antimicrobial Agents from Marine Cyanobacteria and Actinomycetes / Arnab Pramanik, Malay Saha, Barindra Sana -- Bioactive Compounds from Marine Actinomycetes / Ana M Íñiguez-Martínez, Graciela Guerra-Rivas, Nahara E Ayala-Sánchez, Irma E Soria-Mercado -- Fungal Bioactive Gene Clusters: A Molecular Insight / Ira Bhatnagar, Se-Kwon Kim -- Anticancer Potentials of Marine-Derived Fungal Metabolites / Se-Kwon Kim, Pradeep Dewapriya -- Antifungal and Antimycotoxin Activities of Marine Actinomycetes and Their Compounds / Pei-Sheng Yan, Li-Xin Cao, Jing Ren -- Antituberculosis Materials from Marine Microbes / Quang Van Ta, Se-Kwon Kim -- Harnessing the Chemical and Genetic Diversities of Marine Microorganisms for Medical Applications / Xinqing Zhao, Wence Jiao, Xiaona Xu -- Marine Symbiotic Microorganisms: A New Dimension in Natural Product Research / SWA Himaya, Se-Kwon Kim -- Application of Probiotics from Marine Microbes for Sustainable Marine Aquaculture Development / Nguyen Van Duy, Le Minh Hoang, Trang Sy Trung -- Antimicrobial Properties of Eicosapentaenoic Acid (C20:5-3) / Andrew P Desbois -- Bioprospecting of Marine Microbial Symbionts: Exploitation of Underexplored Marine Microorganisms / Ocky K Radjasa -- Marine Microorganisms and Their Versatile Applications in Bioactive Compounds / Sougata Jana, Arijit Gandhi, Samrat Chakraborty, Kalyan K Sen, Sanat K Basu -- Metabolites of Marine Microorganisms and Their Pharmacological Activities / Kustiariyah Tarman, Ulrike Lindequist, Sabine Mundt -- Sponges: A Reservoir for Microorganism-Derived Bioactive Metabolites / Visamsetti Amarendra, Ramachandran S Santhosh, Kandasamy Dhevendaran -- Bioactive Marine Microorganisms for Biocatalytic Reactions in Organic Compounds / Lenilson C Rocha, Julieta R de Oliveira, Bruna Vacondio, Gisele N Rodrigues, Mirna H Regali Seleghim, André L Meleiro Porto -- Marine Microbial Enzymes: Biotechnological and Biomedical Aspects / Barindra Sana -- Biomedical Applications of Mycosporine-Like Amino Acids / Richa, Rajeshwar P Sinha -- Index.

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