Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology, Volume 46, the latest release in the Methods in Microbiology series, contains review articles on the application of nanotechnology in various fields of microbiology, including environmental microbiology, food microbiology and medical microbiology. Chapters in this new release include discussions on the Biosynthesis of Nanomaterials Utilizing Biomacromolecules, Nanotechnology in Medical Biology – Application of Nanodiagnostics in Infectious Diseases, Applications of Nanotechnology in Food Microbiology, Biosynthesis of Nanomaterials Utilizing Microorganisms, Nanotechnology in Medical Biology – Interaction of Pathogens and Nanostructured Surfaces, Biocompatible Polymers: Synthesis Methods, Surface Functionalization and its Biomedical Applications, and The Bacterial Flagellum.

1. Introduction into Nanotechnology and Microbiology Andrew S. Ball, Sayali Patil and Sarvesh K. Soni 2. Nano-realm for point-of-care (POC) bacterial diagnostics Bandhan Chaterjee, Neeti Kalyani, Soonjyoti Das, Anjali Anand and Tarun Kumar Sharma 3. Applications of nanotechnology in food microbiology Lily Jaiswal, Shiv Shankar and Jong-Whan Rhim 4. The Use of Nanomaterials for the Mitigation of Pathogenic Biofilm Formation Aaron Elbourne, Vi Khanh Truong, Samuel Cheeseman, Piumie Rajapaksha, Sheeana Gangadoo, James Chapman and Russell J. Crawford 5. Biocompatible in situ gelling polymer hydrogels for treating ocular infection Manu Sharma, Ankita Deohra, Kakarla Raghava Reddy and Veera Sadhu 6. Applications of nanotechnology in agriculture Hemraj Chhipa 7. Use of Nanotechnology in Antimicrobial Therapy Nitin Gupta, Divya Bharti Rai, Ashok Kumar Jangid and Hitesh Kulhari 8. Lipid nanomaterials for the delivery of antimicrobial peptides Thomas G. Meikle, Jamie B. Strachan and Charlotte E. Conn 9. Synthetic gutomics: Deciphering the microbial code for futuristic diagnosis and personalized medicine Pankaj Satapathy, Kounaina Khan, Aishwarya Tripurasundari Devi, Anirudh Gururaj Patil, Avinash Mirle Govindaraju, Shubha Gopal, Mysore Nagalingaswamy Nagendra Prasad, Veena Sunil More, Kakarla Raghava Reddy, Anjanapura V. Raghu, Shivaprasad Hudeda, Sunil Shivaji More and Farhan Zameer 10. Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles: Synthesis methods, properties and biomedical applications Kakarla Raghava Reddy, P. Adinaraya Reddy, Ch. Venkata Reddy, Nagaraj P. Shetti, B. Babu, K. Ravindranadh, M.V. Shankar, Madhava C. Reddy, Sarvesh K. Soni and S. Naveen 11. Recent advances in nanoparticles-based strategies for cancer therapeutics and antibacterial applications Surendra Gulla, Dakshayani Lomada, Vadli V.S.S. Srikanth, M.V. Shankar, Kakarla Raghava Reddy, Sarvesh K. Soni and Madhava C. Reddy