Main description:

Given novel infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and antibiotic resistance new antimicrobial discovery is an important research area. Considering that nature is a vast source of bioactive molecules with antimicrobial activity, the main aim of this book is to present a comprehensive outlook of current research in the field of natural antimicrobials. It discusses the antimicrobial activity of medicinal plants, beehives, and mushrooms with a global coverage of antimicrobial agents from rich forests of Brazil (Amazon), North-Eastern forests of Peru, Argentina, Colombia, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Middle East, Turkey, Croatia, Greece, Germany and Russia.

The book covers the results of the in vitro screening of antimicrobial activities of extracts and isolated compounds from natural origins. It is divided into three sections: i) Section I, includes natural antimicrobials from plants; ii) Section II incorporates antimicrobial agents/secondary metabolites from plants, and (iii) Section III focuses on antimicrobials from mushrooms, beehive and delivery systems for different types of antimicrobials.

Promising Antimicrobials From Natural Products is immensely useful for post graduate students, researchers in plant science, microbiology, biotechnology, pharmacology, pharma companies and those who are interested in herbal, eco-friendly, cost-effective and sustainable antimicrobials

Contents:

CONTENTS Foreword

Preface

Contributors

Section I: General, Identity and Taxonomy

1. The genus Phoma: What we know and what we need to know?

Mahendra Rai, Beata Zimowska, and Gyoergy Janos Koevics

2. Taxonomical evaluation of Phoma- history of classification, current status

and future directions.

Beata Zimowska

Section II: Diversity, Diseases and Host Range

3. Phoma on medicinal and aromatic plants

Beata Zimowska

4. Diseases of fruits, tubers, and seeds caused by Phoma sensu lato species complex

Graciela Dolores Avila-Quezada and Mahendra Rai

5. Overview of Phoma-like fungi on important legumes (Papilionaceous plants)

Gyoergy J. Koevics, Laszlo Irinyi, and Mahendra Rai

6. Diseases of vegetables caused by Phoma spp.

Farjana Sultana and Md. Motaher Hossain

7. Phoma diseases: identification, epidemiology and strategies for management

Omar Atik

8. Major plant diseases caused by Phoma sensu lato species and their integrated management strategies

Fatemeh Salmaninezhad, Reza Mostowfizadeh-Ghalamfarsa, and

Santa Olga Maria Cacciola

9. Phoma as an infectious pathogen in medical practice

Elena V. Kukhar, and Vladimir S. Kiyan

Section III: Secondary metabolites and Bioactivities

10. Fruitful decade of Phoma secondary metabolites from 2011 to 2020: Chemistry, chemical diversity and biological activities

Hidayat Hussain, Elizbit, Iftikhar Ali, Nilufar Z. Mamadalieva, Ghulam Abbas, Maroof Ali, Gohar Zaman, Amjad Khan, Uzma Hassan, Ivan R. Green

11. Bioactive secondary metabolites from endophytic Phoma spp

Pramod Kumar Mahish, Shweta Singh and Ravishankar Chauhan

12. The genus Phoma: a review of its potential bioactivities, implications and prospects

Luciana Luft, Tassia C. Confortin, Izelmar Todero, Marcio A. Mazutti

13. Bioherbicidal activity of Phoma macrostoma

Michelle Hubbard, Russell K. Hynes, Karen L. Bailey

14. New technologies for the formulation of secondary metabolites produced by Phoma sp. for biological control of weeds

Jose R. C. Neto, Marcio A. Mazutti, Giovani L. Zabot, Maicon S. N. dos Santos

and Marcus V. Tres

15. Biological management of plant diseases by non-pathogenic Phoma spp.

Md. Motaher Hossain

16. Plant growth promoting Phoma spp.

Mohsen Mohamed Elsharkawy

Section IV:Nanotechnology and Fossil records of Phoma

17. Potential role of Phoma spp. for mycogenic synthesis of Silver nanoparticles

Aniket Gade, Sudhir Shende and Mahendra Rai

18. In situ occurrence of Phomites Fritel in the phyllosphere of ancient Siwalik forests of eastern Himalaya during the Mio-Pleistocene

Meghma Bera, Mahasin Ali Khan, Krishnendu Acharya, Arkamitra Vishnu (nee Mandal) and Subir Bera