Innovations in Microbiology and Biotechnology Vol. 1

This book covers key areas of microbiology and biotechnology. The contributions by the authors include total petroleum hydrocarbon, groundwater, bacteria, nutrients, natural attenuation, biodegradation,  poly-phosphate accumulating bacteria, poly-phosphate, phosphate removal, Pi index, ethanol stress, freeze-drying starter, yeasts, hydrophilins, traditional sorghum beer, biodiesel, diesel engine, engine performance, transesterification, protein expression, membrane proteins, cytochrome P450, galling index, incidence, meloidogyne species infection, population densities, bacteriocin, urinary catheter, antibiotics, etiological agents, antimicrobial therapy, urinary tract infection, antimicrobial susceptibility pattern, clinical samples, Mayaro virus, arbovirus, emerging disease, viral structure, immune response, pathogenesis, antibiotic sensitivity, hemodialysis, phb genes, EMP pathway, PP pathway, ED pathway, diatom, transgenic plant, petroleum based plastics. This book contains various materials suitable for students, researchers and academicians in the field of microbiology and biotechnology.