Bioactive Microbial Metabolites: Scope and Challenges not only focuses on the identification, separation and purification of bioactive metabolites, the book also provides an understanding of the metabolic pathways for bioactive metabolites production that play an important role in modern healthcare as frontline treatments for many diseases. This is a valuable reference for research students, academicians and scientists in environmental microbiology and biotechnology, and for industry personnel related to microbiology/ biotechnology. The science discussed herein plays an important role in expanding the market of antibiotics, food and agriculture but also offers eco-friendly, safer and profitable solutions to respective industries.

• Focuses on the identification and structure elucidation of novel microbial metabolites
• Uncovers extended functions of microbial metabolites
• Provides understanding of metabolic pathways for bioactive metabolites production by using several illustrations, figures and tables so that the readers can easily grasp key concepts

1. Biological targets and delivery methods for microbial metabolites2. Microbial Metabolites used in Namibia3. Gut microbes regulate human health4. Bioactive metabolites isolated from microorganisms and their application as medicine5. Integrons, Genetic Factor for the Dissemination of Tetracycline and Chloramphenicol6. Resistance Genes in Escherichia coli isolated from Children with Diarrhea in Rural Burkina Faso7. Bioactive metabolites from probiotic microorganisms8. Microbial vitamins via their old and new aspects9. Production of bacteriocins as food preservatives10. Computational role in the isolation of microbial metabolites11. Agriculturally important microbial metabolites12. Genetic and protein engineering of microbial metabolites13. Chitinase enzyme: Sources and Application14. Gut Microbes and their metabolites15. Secondary metabolites of fluorescent pseudomonas16. Effect of microbiota-released metabolites on aging