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Applied Microbiology. Microbes, Pharmaceutical Techniques and Procedures

  • Book

  • June 2026
  • Elsevier Science and Technology
  • ID: 5978187
Recently, molecular technologies have positively affected the field of applied microbiology, providing rapid quantitative as well as qualitative information on microorganisms present in a given sample. The development of microbiology-based inventions suggests a worthwhile but challenging prospect to create pharmaceutical products and harvest the superior potential therein. Some of the challenges while patenting the microorganisms can be overcome by updating aspirants related with ethical and regulatory issues, especially guidelines established in microbiology to explore its more clinical applications. Applied Microbiology: Microbes, Pharmaceutical Techniques and Procedures includes diverse applications of microorganisms in 21st century like emerging infections and their futuristic impact over the society. Applied Microbiology: Microbes, Pharmaceutical Techniques and Procedures carries outcomes of present research to reach those whose aspiration allows using this information and know-how in both the basic as the applied settings.

Table of Contents

1. Laboratory Designing
2. Sterilization Methods
3. Disinfectants
4. Antibiotics
5. Pharmaceutical Products and Microbiology
6. Animal Tissue Culture Vs Microbiology
7. Introduction to Fermentation Technology
8. Regulatory and Ethical Issues in Microbiology
9. Genetic Engineering

Authors

Saurabh Bhatia Head of the Plant Tissue Culture Lab, PDM College of Pharmacy, Bahadurgarh, Haryana, India. Saurabh Bhatia is Head of the Plant Tissue Culture Lab, PDM College of Pharmacy, Bahadurgarh, Haryana, India. Ahmed Al-Harrasi Professor and Chair, Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, Nizwa, Oman. Ahmed Al-Harrasi is the Vice Chancellor for Graduate Studies, Research, and External Relations and teaches organic chemistry at the University of Nizwa, Oman, where he also founded and chairs the Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center. He earned his BSc (1997) in Chemistry from Sultan Qaboos University, and his MSc (2002) and PhD (2005) in Organic Chemistry from the Free University of Berlin as a DAAD Fellow under the supervision of Prof. Hans-Ulrich Reissig. He later pursued postdoctoral research in chemical biology as a Fulbright Scholar at Cornell University, United States. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a member of UNESCO's International Basic Sciences Program, Professor Al-Harrasi has led over 40 funded research projects and is an accomplished and prolific author. His contributions to research have been widely recognized through the Order of Royal Commendation from His Majesty. He is also a recipient of the National Research Award from the Research Council of Oman. From 2019 to 2024, he has been consistently listed among the World's Top 2% of Scientists by Stanford University.