Ram Prasad, Ph.D. is associated with Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India since 2005. His research interest includes 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 presently works as Research Associate Professor at School of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.

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Contents

1. Green synthesis of nanoparticle from microbial origin: from approaches to application

Jyotika Purohit¹, Anirudha chattopadhyay¹, Puja Pandey², Nirbhay K. Singh^3*

¹Department of Plant Pathology, SD Agricultural University, SK Nagar, Gujarat

Email id: jpurohit86@gmail.com ; anirudhbhu@gmail.com

²Department of Plant Pathology, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat

Email id: pujapandey41124@gmail.com

³Department of Microbiology, SD Agricultural University, SK Nagar, Gujarat

*Corresponding author Email: nirbhaysingh78@gmail.com

2. Microbial synthesis of nanoparticles and their applications

Hacettepe University, Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine Division, Ankara Turkey e-mail: saglam@hacettepe.edu.tr

3. Enzyme nanoparticles: Microbial source, applications and future perspectives

Lekshmi K. Edison, Ragitha V.M. and Pradeep N.S.*

Microbiology Division, Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode, Trivandrum, Kerala- 695562, India

*Corresponding author E-mail: drnspradeep@gmail.com

4. Applications and future perspectives of nanomaterials towards Microbial nanobionics

Prof. Dr. techn. Murthy CHAVALI

chavalim@gmail.com

5. Bacterial nanobionics: Currents challenges before translational medicine

Farid Menaa^1*, Bushra Uzair² and Barkat Ali Khan³

¹California Innovations Corp., San Diego, CA, USA

²Department of Environmental Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan. Email: bushra.uzair@iiu.edu.pk

³Department of Pharmaceutics, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. Email: barki.gold@gmail.com

*Corresponding author Email: dr.fmenaa@gmail.com

6. Toxicity of nanomaterials in microbes, Human health and Environment

Majid Peyravi^1*, Soodabeh Khalili², Mohsen Jahanshahi³ and Seyedeh Fatemeh Zakeritabar⁴

¹Nano-Environment Research Group, Nanobiotechnology Research Institute,

Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol, P.O.BOX: 484, Iran

*Corresponding author Email: majidpeyravi@gmail.com ; majidpeyravi@nit.ac.ir

²Nanobiotechnology Research Institute, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol, P.O.BOX: 484, Iran. Email: soodabeh.khalili@yahoo.com

³Nanotechnology Research Institute, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol, P.O.BOX: 484, Iran

Email: mjahan@nit.ac.ir ; mmohse@yahoo.com

⁴Nanobiotechnology Research Institute, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology

Babol, P.O.BOX: 484, Iran. Email: f.zakeritabar@gmail.com

7. Toxicity of nanomaterials in microbes

Cristina Buzea* and Ivan Pacheco

IIPB Medicine Corporation, Owen Sound, N4k 6S5, Canada

*Corresponding author Email: cristinabuzea@mdcorporation.ca ; cristinabuzea@yahoo.com

8. Carbon Quantum Dots from green precursors with amplified photoluminescence: Synthesis, characterization and its application

Lan Ching Sim¹*, Kah Hon Leong¹, Jun Yan Tai¹, Pichiah Saravanan², Azrina Abd Aziz³

¹Environmental Engineering Dept., Faculty of Engineering and Green Technology, UTAR Kampar

*Corresponding author Email: simcl@utar.edu.my

cc: Saravanan Pichiah , Kah Hon Leong ,

Tai Junyan , Azrina Abd Aziz ^

9. Nanomaterials, polymers and smart packing for food materials

M. Q. Marin-Bustamantea, J.J. Chanona-Péreza,*, N. G¿emes-Verab, J.A. Mendoza-Pérezc, R.G. Cásarez-Santiagoa

Jorge Chanona Pérez

Laboratorio de Micro y Nanobiotecnología del

Departamento de Ingeniería Bioquímica

Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas del IPN

Unidad Profesional Adolfo López Mateos, Av. Wilfrido Massieu Esq. Cda. Miguel Stampa s/n.

C.P. 07738. Delegación Gustavo A. Madero, México D.F.

jorge_chanona@hotmail.com

10. Role of nanomaterials in food preservation

Chandan Ghosh¹, Debabrata Bera², Lakshmishri Roy³*

¹School of Nanotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

²Department of Food Technology & Biochemical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

³Department of Food Technology, Techno India, Kolkata, India

*Corresponding author email: lakshmi1371@gmail.com

11. Microbial Systems in Food and Agriculture

Allwyn Sundarraj

Department of Food Processing and Engineering, Karunya University, India

Email: asrthegreat@gmail.com

12. Polymeric Nanoparticles in Foods

González-Reza, Ricardo M. 1 , Zambrano-Zaragoza, Ma. de la Luz 2 , and Hernández-

Sánchez, Humberto^1*

1 Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Departamento de Ingeniería

Bioquímica, Av. Wilfrido Massieu esq. M. Stampa, UP Adolfo López

Mateos, Ciudad de México CP 07738, México

2 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Cuautitlán, Laboratorio

de Procesos de Transformación y Tecnologías Emergentes de Alimentos, Km 2.5 Carretera Cuautitlán-

Teoloyucan, San Sebastián Xhala, Cuautitlán Izcalli, Edo de México CP 54714, México

Email: hhernan1955@yahoo.com

13. Cellulose micro and nano-biotechnology: An Overview

Konstantina Boura, Panagiotis Kandylis, Argyro Bekatorou, Agapi Dima, Dimitra Dimitrellou, Maria Kanellaki, Athanasios A. Koutinas

Food Biotechnology Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece

Email: konstantinaboura@gmail.com

14. Nanocellulose as polymer composite

SUCHITHRA T.V.

School of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology, Calicut-673601, Kerala, India

Email: drsuchithratv@nitc.ac.in

15. Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy: A Novel Technology Identifying Microbes Causing Infectious Diseases

Vivek K. Singh^1,4*, Durgesh K. Tripathi², and Devendra K. Chauhan³

¹Department of Physics, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Kakryal, Katra-182320, Jammu and Kashmir, India

²Centre of Medical Diagnostic and Research, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad-211004, India

³DD Pant Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad-211002, India

⁴Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Brekeley-94720, California, USA

* Corresponding author: vivekksingh2005@gmail.com

16. Biogenic material with iron nanoparticles for As(V) removal

G. García-Rosales¹, P. Avila-Pérez^2,1,*, L.C. Longoria-Gándara³, López-Reyes M.C.²

¹Instituto Tecnológico de Toluca, Departamento de posgrado. Ex-rancho la Virgen S/N, C.P. 50120, Metepec, Mexico. email: gegaromx@yahoo.com.mx

²Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, Carretera México-Toluca S/N, La Marquesa, Ocoyoacac, C.P. 52750, Mexico. email: pedro.avila@inin.gob.mx ; carmen.lopez@inin.gob.mx

³ Division for Latin America/Department of Technical Cooperation International Atomic Energy Agency, Wagramer Strasse 5, P.O. Box 100, A-1400, Vienna, Austria. email: L.Longoria-Gandara@iaea.org

Corresponding author email: pedro.avila@inin.gob.mx

17. Nanomaterials for sensing / detection of soil microbes and their interactions

Mandira Kochar and Mukul Dubey

Sustainable Agriculture Division, The Energy and Resources Institute, TERI Gram, Gual Pahari, Gurugram Faridabad Road, Gurugram, Haryana, India

Email: mandira.kochar@teri.res.in

18. Mechanistic approach for toxicity of biogenic and chemical nanoparticles

Sushil Kumar Sahu

Pharmacology and Molecular Science, Johns Hopkins University,

Wood Basic Science Building, 725 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205

Email: ssahu7@jhmi.edu ; sahu.sushil@gmail.com

19. Nano-toxicity: Sources and effects on Environment

Angana Sarkar, Sushant Prajapati, Bhagyashree Padhan, B. Amulya Sai

Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, 769008, India

*Corresponding author: sarkara@nitrkl.ac.in , sarkar.angana@gmail.com

20. Actinomycetes: It's realm in nanotechnology

Aswani T, Reshmi Sasi, Suchithra T.V.*

National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India

*Corresponding author email: drsuchithratv@nitc.ac.in

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