
Microbial Resource Technologies for Sustainable Development
- 1st Edition - June 24, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Joginder Singh Panwar, Deepansh Sharma
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 0 5 9 0 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 3 2 6 - 3
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Request a sales quoteMicrobial Resource Technologies for Sustainable Development describes the production and uses of microbial cells and metabolites and reviews the microbial resource technologies associated with providing sustainable solutions options in future endeavors in managing microbial resources. The book includes the recent development and scientific demonstrations of microbial technologies in the relationship between microbes and the environment, focusing on its effective resource management to achieve agricultural and environmental sustainability. Topics covered in the book include recent applications and exploration of the development of Marine Microbial Technologies for marine resources, soil microbes as biopolymers for enhancing mechanical properties of soil, and more.
Other topics discussed include rhizosphere microbiome for enhancement of the cereal crops, endophytic fungal communities in crops grown under different farming systems, microbiota of termite for lignocellulose breakdown, microbial consortium technologies to produce biomethane from waste effluents, microbial technologies for sustainable food additives production, biological synthesis of the nanoparticles, fungal cellulases, and efficient biofuel and acetic acid production using waste residues with an emphasis on the commercial exploitation of such microbial technologies.
- Discusses the enhancement of plant production through growth-promoting microbes
- Considers microbial degradation and environmental management of wastes
- Covers microbial applications in biofuel and bioenergy production
- Explores plant-microbe interactions for removal of heavy metals from contaminated areas
- Explains engineered microorganisms for effective bioremediation
- Describes potential indigenous/effective microbes for food and industrial treatment processes
- Presents research on microbes for sustainable agricultural practices
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Chapter 1. Survival and thriving behavior of bacteria in microbial jungle
- Introduction
- Bacterial competition and cooperation
- Competition between and diversification within bacterial populations
- Cooperation in bacterial populations
- Coevolution and interspecies competition
- Mechanisms of bacterial competition
- To fight or flee: motility in microbial competition
- Conclusions
- Chapter 2. Microbial consortium: a innovative steps in environmental protection
- Introduction
- Microbial consortia in natural systems
- Synthetic microbial consortium
- Selection of consortia members
- Artificial cell-to-cell communication
- Uses of microbial consortium
- Challenges and limitations
- Chapter 3. Soil microbes as biopolymers to enhance soil mechanical properties: a sustainable approach
- Introduction
- Extracellular polymeric substances and sources
- Chitosan and its distribution
- Alginate and its source
- Xanthan and its source as a biopolymer
- Polyhydroxyalkanoate and its sources
- Trehalose and cellulose and their sources
- Cellulose and its role in agriculture
- Curdlan, gellan gum, and others in improving soil health
- Scleroglucan and its source
- Dextrans and its sources
- Levan and its sources
- Schizophyllan and its source
- Silk fibroin
- Conclusion
- Chapter 4. The structure, function, and utility of the rhizosphere microbiome of cereal crops
- Introduction
- Rhizosphere
- Plant growth–promoting rhizobacteria and their importance
- Action mechanism of PGPRs
- Structure of rhizosphere microbiome of different cereals crops
- Factors that shape the structure of rhizosphere microbiome in different cereals crops
- Functions insights and application of rhizosphere microbes in plant growth promotion of cereal crops
- Chapter 5. Importance of diverse soil microbial community in crop rotation for sustainable agriculture
- Introduction
- Importance of crop rotation on increased microbiota
- Soil microbial community and their importance in sustainable agriculture
- Methods to determine diversity of microbial community in soil
- Impact of crop rotation and cropping sequence on diversity of soil microbial community
- Impact of tillage and management practices on soil microbial community
- Factors affecting diversity of soil microbial community under crop rotation
- Effect of crop rotation on soil-borne diseases
- Conclusion
- Chapter 6. Impact of pertinent endophytic fungal communities and their secondary metabolites on crops
- Introduction
- Fungal endophytes and their secondary metabolites
- Crops and fungal endophytes
- Conclusion and perspectives
- Chapter 7. Microbial technologies for acetic acid production using fruit waste
- Introduction
- Uses of fruit waste as potential source for vinegar fermentation
- Vinegar production
- Raw material for vinegar production
- Microorganisms for vinegar production
- Vinegar production
- Conclusions
- Chapter 8. Lignocellulose breakdown through metabolic interaction network of gut microbiota in termite
- Introduction
- Association of termites with microbes
- Role of termites in the soil
- Biology and behavior of termites
- Systematics, distribution, and diversity
- Termite–gut microbiota
- The gut of the termite
- Feeding groups of termites
- Fauna existing in termites group
- Cellulolytic enzymes
- Biotic and abiotic factors
- Lignin degradation
- Economic importance
- Potential industrial applications and future perspectives
- Conclusions
- Chapter 9. Biomethane: a sustainable bioenergy source from potential waste effluents
- Introduction
- Potential wastes and effluents
- Methane, a source of bioenergy
- Microbial consortium/consortia
- Microbial consortium for biogas/biomethane production
- Conclusion and future scope
- Chapter 10. Microbial symbiotic implications in exploring novel antibiotics
- Introduction
- Microbe–invertebrates symbiotic association
- Animal–microbe symbioses
- Plant–microbe symbioses
- Fungal–microbe symbioses
- Marine microbiomes
- Conclusion and prospects
- Chapter 11. Advancement in the use of microbes as primers for monitoring water quality
- Introduction
- Criteria for selection of microbial system for water quality monitoring
- Different microbial primer systems across the world
- General microbes used as primers for assessment of water quality
- Advanced techniques for monitoring water quality using microbial primer
- Conclusion and future scope
- Chapter 12. Microbial resources for bioconversion of lignocellulose to ethanol
- Introduction
- Lignocellulose: composition and structure
- Ethanol from lignocellulose
- Role of microorganisms in cellulosic ethanol production
- Ethanologenic fungi/yeast
- Ethanologenic bacteria
- Chapter 13. Biological synthesis of metal nanoparticles by microorganisms: a sustainable approach
- Introduction
- Properties of nanomaterials
- Metal nanoparticles
- Classification of nanoparticles
- Metal nanoparticles synthesis
- Characterization of nanoparticles
- Microorganisms as a mediator of metal nanoparticles synthesis
- Types of metal nanoparticles synthesis using microorganisms
- Advantages of microorganisms-mediated synthesis of nanoparticles
- Limitations of microorganisms-mediated synthesis of nanoparticles
- Nanoparticles and SDG
- Conclusion
- Chapter 14. Microbial technologies for sustainable food additives production
- Introduction
- Food additives
- Bacteriocins and other bacterial preservatives
- Nisin
- Pediocin
- Mannitol
- Food coloring additives from microorganisms
- Food flavorings from microbial cultures
- Conclusion
- Chapter 15. Bioactive peptides production using microbial resources
- Introduction
- Microbial fermentation
- Selection of microorganisms for the production of bioactive peptides
- Mechanism of proteolysis
- Production of bioactive peptides through microbial fermentation
- Sources of bioactive peptides
- Marine
- Plant sources
- Functional properties of peptides
- Limitations of bioactive peptides
- Future prospects
- Conclusion
- Chapter 16. Soil health sustenance through varied fertility management approaches for increasing microbial load under temperate climatic conditions: a practical approach
- Introduction
- Integrated nutrient management
- Isolation of bacterial endophytes
- Results
- Isolation and identification of mycorrhizal fungal spores and bacterial endophytes
- Conclusion
- Chapter 17. Microbial biodesulfurization: a sustainable technology for refining fossil fuels
- Introduction
- Biodesulfurization and mechanisms
- Structural organization of BDS operon
- Bacteria used for biodesulfurization of fossil fuels
- Recombinant technology for enhancing biodesulfurization process
- Factors affecting biodesulfurization rate
- Future prospects
- Chapter 18. Fungal cellulases: overview and applications
- Introduction
- Conclusion
- Chapter 19. Hybrid nano and microbial consortium technologies to harvest biofuel (biomethane) from organic and agri waste
- Introduction
- Anaerobic digesters
- Use of nanoparticles for biomethane production
- Biogas production
- Conclusions
- Chapter 20. Electrochemically active bacteria as platform technology in microbial electrochemical system
- Introduction
- Microbial extracellular electron transfer
- Conclusion and perspectives
- Chapter 21. Microbes enhancing assimilation and utilization of minerals promoting plant health and production
- Introduction
- Microbial diversity in the environment
- Interaction between soil microbes and plant
- Contribution of microorganisms in plant development
- Bioavailability of nutrients for plant growth
- Molecular biology of microbes in nutrient transport
- Concluding remarks
- Chapter 22. Microbial chromium removal as sustainable water treatment strategy
- Introduction
- Bacteria-mediated chromium removal
- Fungi-mediated chromium removal
- Conclusions and future prospects
- Chapter 23. Improvement of ecological sustainability of in situ bioremediation through coordinated approaches
- Introduction
- Ecologically sustainability of in situ bioremediation
- Analytical approaches for assessment of in situ bioremediation
- Conclusion
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 24, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 492
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323905909
- eBook ISBN: 9780323913263
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Joginder Singh Panwar
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