Diversity and Benefits of Microorganisms from the Tropics

Part I. Microorganisms in Tropical Environments

1. Diversity and Technological Aspects of Microorganisms from Semiarid Environments
Rodrigo Gouvêa Taketani, Vanessa Nessner Kavamura, Suikinai Nobre dos Santos

2. Why Study Endophytic Fungal Community Associated with Cacti Species?
Jadson Diogo Pereira Bezerra, João Lucio Azevedo, Cristina Maria Souza-Motta

3. Diversity and Biotechnological Potential of Endophytic Microorganisms Associated with Tropical Mangrove Forests
Fernanda Luiza Souza Sebastianes, João Lucio Azevedo, Paulo Teixeira Lacava

4. Endophytic Microorganisms of the Tropical Savannah: A Promising Source of Bioactive Molecules
Cristina Paiva Sousa, Nadja Fernanda Gonzaga Serrano, Paulo Teixeira Lacava

5. Overview on Biodiversity, Chemistry, and Biotechnological Potential of Microorganisms from the Brazilian Amazon
Jose Odair Pereira, Antonia Queiroz Lima Souza, Afonso Duarte Leão Souza, Suzelei Castro França, Luiz Antonio Oliveira

6. Diversity and Prospection of South Atlantic Ocean Microorganisms
Marcus Adonai Castro Silva, André Oliveira Souza Lima

Part II. Tropical Microorganisms and Biotechnological Applications

7. Tropical Cyanobacteria and their Biotechnological Applications
Janaina Rigonato, Danillo Oliveira Alvarenga, Marli Fátima Fiore

8. Induction of Cryptic Metabolite Production Through Epigenetic Tailoring in Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Isolated from Syzygium cumini

V. K. Sharma, J. Kumar, D. K. Singh, A. Mishra, S. K. Gond, S. K. Verma, A. Kumar, G. Singh, R. N. Kharwar

9. Secondary Metabolites of Endophyte Fungi: Techniques and Biotechnological Approaches
João Alencar Pamphile, Marcos Alessandro Santos Ribeiro, Julio Cesar Polonio

Part III. Agricultural and Livestock Microorganisms in the Tropics

10. Diversity and Function of Endophytic Microbial Community of Plants with Economical Potential
Diogo Neves Proença, Stefan Schwab, José Ivo Baldani, Paula V. Morais

11. Importance of Mycorrhizae in Tropical Soils
Elke J. B. N. Cardoso, Marco A. Nogueira, Waldemar Zangaro

12. Diversity and Importance of Diazotrophic Bacteria to Agricultural Sustainability in the Tropics
Glaciela Kaschuk, Mariangela Hungria

13. Describing the Unexplored Microorganisms Associated with Guarana: A Typical Tropical Plant
Bruna Durante Batista, Jaqueline Raquel Almeida, Thana Esashika Bezerra, João Lucio Azevedo, Maria Carolina Quecine

14. Beneficial Microorganisms Associated with Sugarcane Crops: The Green Gold for Clean Energy
Aline Silva Romão-Dumaresq, Henrique Coutinho Junqueira Franco, Bernardo Melo Montes Nogueira Borges, Bruna Durante Batista, Maria Carolina Quecine

Part IV. Microorganisms: Promisses and Chalenges

15. Translating Endophyte Research to Applications: Prospects and Challenges
Trichur Subramanian Suryanarayanan, Venkat Gopalan, Ramanan Uma Shaanker, Anindita Sengupta, Gudasalamani Ravikanth

16. Ecological Aspects on Rumen Microbiome
Emiliana Manesco Romagnoli, Maria Carolina Pezzo Kmit, Josiane Barros Chiaramonte, Maike Rossmann, Rodrigo Mendes

17. Evolution of Yeast Selection for Fuel Ethanol: Breaking Paradigms
Henrique V. Amorim, Henrique Berbert Amorim Neto, Mario Lucio Lopes, Silene Cristina Lima Paulillo

18. Genetically Modified Organisms in the Tropics: Challenges and Perspectives
Manuela Nobrega Dourado, Tiago Falda Leite, Paulo Augusto Viana Barroso, Welington Luiz Araújo

Keywords: Life Sciences, Microbial Ecology, Microbiology, Agriculture