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Biology and Biotechnology of Actinobacteria

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Editors:
  1. Joachim Wink

    1. Microbial Strain Collection; Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

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  2. Fatemeh Mohammadipanah

    1. College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

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  3. Javad Hamedi

    1. College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

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  • Highlights numerous applications of bioactive molecules from Actinobacteria
  • Provides a comprehensive overview on biology, taxonomy and genetics of Actinobacteria
  • Discusses state of the art methods for the work with Actinobacteria

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Javad Hamedi, Joachim Wink
    Pages 1-3

  3. The Cellular Structure of Actinobacteria

    • Javad Hamedi, Naghmeh Poorinmohammad
    Pages 5-28

  4. Growth and Life Cycle of Actinobacteria

    • Javad Hamedi, Naghmeh Poorinmohammad, Reyhaneh Papiran
    Pages 29-50

  5. Classification and Taxonomy of Actinobacteria

    • Fatemeh Mohammadipanah, Mona Dehhaghi
    Pages 51-77

  6. The Genetic System of Actinobacteria

    • Horbal Lilya, Luzhetskyy Andriy
    Pages 79-121

  7. Ecology and Habitat Distribution of Actinobacteria

    • D. Ä°. KurtbÓ§ke
    Pages 123-149

  8. Physiology of Actinobacteria

    • Olga Genilloud
    Pages 151-180

  9. Regulation of Secondary Metabolites of Actinobacteria

    • Wolfgang Wohlleben, Agnieszka Bera, Yvonne Mast, Evi Stegmann
    Pages 181-232

  10. Symbiosis and Pathogenicity of Actinobacteria

    • Yitayal S. Anteneh, Christopher M. M. Franco
    Pages 233-268

  11. The Role of Actinobacteria in Biotechnology

    • Javad Hamedi, Naghmeh Poorinmohammad, Joachim Wink
    Pages 269-328

  12. Practical Aspects of Working with Actinobacteria

    • Joachim Wink, Fatemeh Mohammadipanah, Hamed Kazemi Shariat Panahi
    Pages 329-376

  13. Post-genomic Studies and Systems Biology of Actinobacteria: A Brief Overview

    • Naghmeh Poorinmohammad, Javad Hamedi
    Pages 377-395
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About this book

This book provides in-depth insights into the biology, taxonomy, genetics, physiology and biotechnological applications of Actinobacteria. It especially focuses on the latter, reviewing the wide variety of actinobacterial bioactive molecules and their benefits for diverse industrial applications such as agriculture, aquaculture, biofuel production and food technology. Actinobacteria are one of the most promising sources of small bioactive molecules and it is estimated that only a small percentage of actinobacterial bioactive chemicals have been discovered to date. Identifying new diverse gene clusters of biotechnological relevance in the genome of Actinobacteria will be crucial to developing advanced applications for pharmaceutical, industrial and agricultural purposes. The book offers a unique resource for all graduate students, researchers and practitioners in the fields of microbiology, microbial biotechnology, and the genetic engineering of Actinobacteria. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Microbial Strain Collection; Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

    Joachim Wink

  • College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

    Fatemeh Mohammadipanah, Javad Hamedi

About the editors

Joachim Wink has received his PhD from Frankfurt University, Germany in 1985. He then went into the pharmaceutical industry and started his career at the Hoechst AG, where he was responsible for the strain collection and specialized in the cultivation and taxonomic characterization of Actinobacteria and Myxobacteria. Over the years he became responsible for the strain library within the pharmaceutical research and a number of screening projects with Hoechst Marion Russel, Aventis and Sanofi. In 2005 he completed his postdoctoral degree at the Carolo Wilhelma University of Braunschweig, and in 2012 he transferred to the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Braunschweig, where he founded the strain-collection working group and is currently working on the isolation and taxonomic characterization of Myxobacteria and Actinobacteria, as well as the analysis of their secondary metabolites. He has published more than 50 papers on secondary metabolites and the taxonomy of the producing microorganisms in reputed journals, a number of reviews and book chapters, and holds more than 35 patents. He is a member of the editorial board of several international journals.

Fatemeh Mohammadipanah completed her PhD project in a joint program between the University of Tehran and University of Göttingen in 2011. She has been working on Actinobacteria since 2008, when she started the taxonomical study of Actinobacteria at the DSMZ.  She has been an Assistant Professor at the University of Tehran since 2012. Her primary research interests are in the isolation, taxonomy and in particular bioactive secondary metabolites of bacteria.

Javad Hamedi, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

 




Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Biology and Biotechnology of Actinobacteria

  • Editors: Joachim Wink, Fatemeh Mohammadipanah, Javad Hamedi

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60339-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-60338-4Published: 03 November 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86840-0Published: 23 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-60339-1Published: 19 October 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 395

  • Number of Illustrations: 39 b/w illustrations, 41 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Bacteriology, Applied Microbiology, Microbial Genetics and Genomics

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