Conceptual Agricultural Microbiology
  1. 254 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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About this book

This book integrates microbiology with soil science, chemistry, and ecology to analyse the functions of microorganisms in the soil environment. It covers the status and application of microbiology in modern agriculture and discusses various fundamental allied concepts.

The subject matter in this book also details –

  • Microorganism groups
  • Industrial Microbiology
  • Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Nutritional Media and their Preparations

Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan)

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Yes, you can access Conceptual Agricultural Microbiology by Yogesh Kumar,R. K. Naresh,P.K. Singh,Mukesh Kumar,S. P. Singh,Deepak Chaudhari,Himanshu Tiwari,P. K. Singh in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Biological Sciences & Microbiology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. About the Authors
  8. 1 Introduction
  9. 2 Story of Microbiology
  10. 3 About The Microscope
  11. 4 Microorganism Groups
  12. 5 Bacteria
  13. 6 Fungi
  14. 7 Algae
  15. 8 Protozoa
  16. 9 Viruses
  17. 10 Metabolisms of Microbes
  18. 11 Microbial Control
  19. 12 Concepts of Microbial Genetics
  20. 13 Industrial Microbiology
  21. 14 Immunology - Host Defence Mechanism
  22. 15 Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
  23. 16 Environmental Microbiology
  24. Exercise - 1 Introduction to Microbiology Laboratory and its Equipments
  25. Exercise - 2 Methods of Sterilization
  26. Exercise - 3 Nutritional Media and their Preparations
  27. Exercise - 4 Microscope - Parts, Principles of Microscopy, Resolving Power and Numerical Aperture
  28. Exercise - 5 Viable Count of Bacterial by Serial Dilution Pour Plate Method
  29. Exercise - 6 Viable Count of Fungal in Soil by Serial Dilution Pour Plate Method
  30. Exercise - 7 Viable Count of Actinomycete in Soil by Serial Dilution Pour Plate Method
  31. Exercise - 8 Preparation and Sterilization of Media and other Glasswares
  32. Exercise - 9 Study and Isolation of Rhizobium from the Nodules
  33. Exercise - 10 Azotobacter Population in Soil by Serial Dilution Pour Plate Method
  34. Exercise - 11 Population of Cyanobacteria (Blue Green Algae) in Soil and to Study their Morphological Characteristics
  35. Exercise - 12 Study the Association between Azolla and Anabaena Azollae
  36. Glossary
  37. References