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Preface
The microbial-aided survival in agricultural setup is an emerging field in the area of
microbiology. Among the microbes, studies on bacterial siderophores are well
established and much information is known. Surprisingly, the information on fungal
siderophores is minimum. This book presents the current state of knowledge specifically on the mineral–microbe interactions to anti-pathogenicity of fungal
siderophores.
In the past few decades, researchers have proven that the fungal siderophores
epitomize the uptake of iron and other essential elements like zinc, magnesium,
copper, nickel, and arsenic in almost every microorganism and plant. Understanding
the chemical structures of different fungal siderophores and the membrane receptors involved in the uptake of mineral ions may lead to new research ideas. To our
knowledge, this is the first book on fungal siderophores covering a wide range of
information from all possible resources. The book also includes a chapter on applying text mining to process the published biological literature on fungal siderophores.
To our knowledge, this is the first attempt to introduce text mining in the field of
microbiology.
We focused on the accuracy of the data included in the book, that is, researchers
with vast experience and knowledge in microbiology and other related fields such as
bioinformatics, biotechnology, biochemistry, and pharmacology have contributed to
the chapters presented in this book. The authors have presented all possible information available on fungal siderophores in the chapters they contributed.
New York, NY, USA
Kalyani Dhusia
Madison, WI, USA
Kalpana Raja
Allahabad, India
Pramod W. Ramteke
Preface
The microbial-aided survival in agricultural setup is an emerging field in the area of
microbiology. Among the microbes, studies on bacterial siderophores are well
established and much information is known. Surprisingly, the information on fungal
siderophores is minimum. This book presents the current state of knowledge specifically on the mineral–microbe interactions to anti-pathogenicity of fungal
siderophores.
In the past few decades, researchers have proven that the fungal siderophores
epitomize the uptake of iron and other essential elements like zinc, magnesium,
copper, nickel, and arsenic in almost every microorganism and plant. Understanding
the chemical structures of different fungal siderophores and the membrane receptors involved in the uptake of mineral ions may lead to new research ideas. To our
knowledge, this is the first book on fungal siderophores covering a wide range of
information from all possible resources. The book also includes a chapter on applying text mining to process the published biological literature on fungal siderophores.
To our knowledge, this is the first attempt to introduce text mining in the field of
microbiology.
We focused on the accuracy of the data included in the book, that is, researchers
with vast experience and knowledge in microbiology and other related fields such as
bioinformatics, biotechnology, biochemistry, and pharmacology have contributed to
the chapters presented in this book. The authors have presented all possible information available on fungal siderophores in the chapters they contributed.
New York, NY, USA
Kalyani Dhusia
Madison, WI, USA
Kalpana Raja
Allahabad, India
Pramod W. Ramteke