Genetic and Genome-Wide Microbial Insights: Bioenergy
Microbial Genomics Volume 3
- 1st Edition - February 24, 2025
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Javid Ahmad Parray, Niraj Singh, Dilfuza Egamberdieva
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 1 5 5 6 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 1 5 5 7 - 2
Genetic and Genome-Wide Microbial Insights: Bioenergy: Microbial Genomics (Volume 3) delves into the cutting-edge developments in the field of metagenomics, encompassing both m… Read more
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Request a sales quoteGenetic and Genome-Wide Microbial Insights: Bioenergy: Microbial Genomics (Volume 3) delves into the cutting-edge developments in the field of metagenomics, encompassing both metatranscriptomics and metaproteomics. This comprehensive resource highlights the significant potential of metagenomics in screening previously uncultivated microbial species. It underscores the pivotal role of these advanced genomic techniques in accessing elusive microorganisms, thereby revolutionizing the production of biofuels. This book emphasizes the practicality of these methods, aiming to make biofuel production more economically feasible and efficient. "Genetic and Genome-Wide Microbial Insights: Bioenergy" offers both a foundational overview and the most recent advancements in microbial genomics, computational genomics, and enzyme engineering. It details the process of upscaling and bio-prospecting microbial strains, specifically tailored for biofuel production, providing a comprehensive guide that bridges basic concepts with cutting-edge research. This book covers a range of topics, including advanced microbial fuel production techniques, Sustainable bioenergy (genomics and biofuel development) and microbial engineering. The comprehensive chapters in this book will appeal to readers from diverse backgrounds in biology, life sciences, agriculture, environmental engineering, genome engineering, and even medicine.
- Explores the integration of metagenomics and enzyme engineering in the upscaling of biofuel production
- Presents recent 'omics' applications and delves into the biological mechanisms that drive microbial biofuel production
- Traces the journey from metagenomics to byproducts, focusing on the bio-prospecting of microbial strains
Faculty, researchers, and postgraduate and undergraduate students at universities, medical research labs, that are interested in microbial science specifically related to the microbial genome, computing genomics, and bioinformatics are the primary audience
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Section I: Microbial fuel production—advanced techniques
- Chapter 1. Microbe as a resource for biofuel and bioenergy production
- Abstract
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Microbial bioenergy and biofuel production
- 1.3 Future perspective
- 1.4 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 2. Bioprospecting of microbial strains for biofuel production
- Abstract
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Biofuels from microorganisms
- 2.3 Different biofuels from microbes
- 2.4 Conclusion
- 2.5 Discussion
- References
- Chapter 3. Microbial genetic resource for advanced biofuel production
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Microbial and genetic-resource diversity in bioenergy production
- 3.3 Genomics in studying microbial genetic resources
- 3.4 Synthetic microbiology in biofuel production
- 3.5 Challenges in mining microbial genetic resource for bioenergy production
- 3.6 Metagenomic complexity
- 3.7 Functional characterization
- 3.8 Metabolic engineering
- 3.9 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 4. Metagenomics approach to microbial biofuel and bioenergy production
- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Microbial biofuel
- 4.3 Prospecting novel lignocellulolytic enzymes via functional metagenomic technologies for biofuel production
- 4.4 Future prospects and challenges
- 4.5 Conclusion
- References
- Section II: Sustainable bioenergy: genomics and biofuel development
- Chapter 5. Microbes: the next-generation bioenergy producer
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Generations of biofuels
- 5.3 Different microorganisms as source of bioenergy
- 5.4 Conclusion
- 5.5 Discussion
- References
- Chapter 6. Evolution of biofuel development as a source of sustainable bioenergy
- Abstract
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 First-generation biofuels
- 6.3 Second-generation biofuels
- 6.4 Third-generation biofuel
- 6.5 Fourth-generation biofuel
- 6.6 Fifth-generation biofuels
- 6.7 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 7. Microbial diversity and genomics in aid of bioenergy
- Abstract
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Microbial diversity
- 7.3 Genomics
- 7.4 Bioenergy production pathways
- 7.5 Challenges and opportunities
- 7.6 Opportunities for innovation and advancement
- 7.7 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 8. Microbial system: an emerging application in bioenergy production
- Abstract
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Microalgae as feedstock
- 8.3 Effect of physiological parameters
- 8.4 Biomass to bioenergy
- 8.5 Conclusion and future prospects
- References
- Chapter 9. Genome editing for better yield of bioenergy and biofuel
- Abstract
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Bioenergy sources
- 9.3 Biofuel generations
- 9.4 Production of biofuels from raw material
- 9.5 Limitations of biofuel production
- 9.6 Genome engineering for biofuel production
- 9.7 Genome-editing technologies
- 9.8 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 10. Microbial strategies for techno-economic biofuel production
- Abstract
- Abbreviations
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Biofuels produced from microalgae
- 10.3 Potential feedstock for microbial ethanol production: paper mill effluent
- 10.4 Pulping pretreatment
- 10.5 Amylase
- 10.6 Lipases
- 10.7 Protease
- 10.8 Introduction of nanocatalyst in the improvement of microbial fuel production
- 10.9 Conclusions and future trends
- References
- Section III: Microbial engineering and other omics
- Chapter 11. Bioengineered microbial platform for biomass-derived biofuel production
- Abstract
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Overview of biomass-derived biofuels
- 11.3 Bioengineered microbial platforms
- 11.4 Design and optimization of bioengineered strain
- 11.5 Advances in biofuel production
- 11.6 Challenges
- 11.7 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 12. Revolutionizing biofuel production: CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome engineering of microbial cells for upscaling and optimization
- Abstract
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Overview of CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome engineering
- 12.3 Genome engineering in microbial cells
- 12.4 Combined strategies for converting basic resources to biofuels
- 12.5 Significant role of microbes in biofuel production
- 12.6 Recent advances in genome editing
- 12.7 Genetic modification of microorganisms using CRISPR/Cas9 to improve biofuel production
- 12.8 Impact of changing microbial cell genomes on the climate and biofuel safety issues
- 12.9 Present situations of CRISPR–Cas9 genome engineering and its potential future directions
- 12.10 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 13. Advanced biofuels and bioproducts process development unit—scenarios and utility
- Abstract
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 Overview of biomass recalcitrance
- 13.3 Biorefinery
- 13.4 Techniques for preprocessing
- 13.5 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 14. Metagenomics: a mining enzymes from microbial cells for biofuel production
- Abstract
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 Metagenomics
- 14.3 Importance of metagenomics in biotechnology
- 14.4 Microbial biofuel
- 14.5 Biofuel production upscaling assisted by metagenomics and enzyme engineering
- 14.6 Metagenomic implications on biotechnology
- 14.7 Traditional sequencing and second-generation sequencing
- 14.8 Second-generation DNA sequencing
- 14.9 Mining enzymes for biofuel production from metagenomes
- 14.10 Multifunctional enzymes
- 14.11 Lipolytic enzymes for biodiesel production
- 14.12 Other enzymes involved in biofuel production
- 14.13 Conclusion
- 14.14 Future prospects
- References
- Chapter 15. Advancements in synthetic biology and metabolic engineering techniques and their effect on producing non-conventional biofuels from microbes
- Abstract
- 15.1 Introduction
- 15.2 Synthetic biology and metabolic engineering
- 15.3 Role of synthetic biology in yeastmetabolic engineering and fuel production
- 15.4 Metabolic engineering and synthetic biology in biofuel production from microbes
- 15.5 Ethanol
- 15.6 1-Propanol
- 15.7 Isobutanol
- 15.8 Biodiesel
- 15.9 Alkanes/alkenes
- 15.10 Biohydrogen
- 15.11 Microbial engineering of microorganism for producing biofuels
- 15.12 Conclusions
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 24, 2025
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 350
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443315565
- eBook ISBN: 9780443315572
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Javid Ahmad Parray
Javid A Parray is currently teaching at the Department of Environmental Science, GDC Eidgah, affiliated to Cluster University, Srinagar. His research interests include ecological and agricultural microbiology, climate change, microbial biotechnology, and environmental microbiomes. He has also done his Post Doctorate Research from the University of Kashmir. Dr Parray was also awarded a Fast Track Young Scientist Project by SERB – DST, GoI New Delhi. Dr Javid was also awarded as “Emerging scientist year Gold Medal” for the year 2018 by Indian Academy of Environmental Science. Dr Parray is the course coordinator for the UG- Programmes for CeC-MOOCS Swayam in Environmental Science. Dr Parray is an expert review member in the field of environmental science in the CSTT, Ministry of Education, GoI New Delhi.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Environmental Science, Govt. SAM Degree College - Budgam, IndiaNS
Niraj Singh
Dr Niraj Singh holds a master's degree in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology and completed his PhD in Molecular Microbiology from the Department of M.B.B.T, Tezpur University, Assam India. After completing his Ph.D. Degree, Dr. Niraj Singh started his teaching career at the Department of Botany, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya. India. He currently works at the Department of Microbiology, The Assam Royal Global University, Guwahati, Assam as an Assistant Professor & Coordinator/Head. His current area of research is R. solanacearum bacterial wilt disease in plants, Virulence gene function study of R. solanacearum, and its control in agronomically important crops. He has published quality research articles and book chapters. Dr. Niraj Singh was also awarded the Hayward-Prior Travel Award 2020 for Ralstonia solanacearum wilt research work, the Young Scientist Award, the Young Plant Pathologist Award, and the certificate of appreciation at Gujrat Vigyan Sammelan in 2022.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Microbiology, The Assam Royal Global University, IndiaDE
Dilfuza Egamberdieva
Dilfuza Egamberdieva is a research associate at the Centre of Agricultural Landscape Research, Germany and head of Joint Uzbek-China Key Lab of Ecobiomes of Arid Lands, National University of Uzbekistan. Her research interests include microbial ecology and diversity, plant-microbe interaction, plant nutrition and stress tolerance, and plant biological disease control. She has been awarded the SCOPUS-2019 Award “Top Scientist of the Year”, TWAS (The World Academy of Science) Award in Agricultural Sciences (2013), and TWAS-TWOWS-SCOPUS Young Women Research Award (2009), as well as several Fellowships such as President’s International Fellowship for Visiting Professors (PIFI), The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and the Georg Forster Research Fellowships, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. She is a member of several journals’ editorial board, authored seven books published by Elsevier and Springer, and co-authored over 200 publications in per reviewed journals.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Faculty of Biology, National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, UzbekistanRead Genetic and Genome-Wide Microbial Insights: Bioenergy on ScienceDirect