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Diversity of Industrially Relevant Microbes

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This chapter shall discuss how existence of microbes in different ecological niches can be exploited for the processes and production of industrial products and bioproducts. The different physico-chemical or geological conditions in which the microbes exist and their possible exploitation. Emphasis would be on plant–microbe, microbe–microbe interaction and animal–microbe interaction.

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    Sanjai Saxena

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Saxena, S. (2015). Diversity of Industrially Relevant Microbes. In: Applied Microbiology. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2259-0_1

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