Microbiome Under Changing Climate

Implications and Solutions

1st Edition - January 21, 2022
Editors: Ajay Kumar, Joginder Singh Panwar, Luiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira
Language: English
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Microbiome Under Changing Climate: Implications and Solutions presents the latest biotechnological interventions for the judicious use of microbes to ensure optimal agricultural yield. Summarizing aspects of vulnerability, adaptation and amelioration of climate impact, this book provides an important resource for understanding microbes, plants and soil in pursuit of sustainable agriculture and improved food security. It emphasizes the interaction between climate and soil microbes and their potential role in promoting advanced sustainable agricultural solutions, focusing on current research designed to use beneficial microbes such as plant growth promoting microorganisms, fungi, endophytic microbes, and more.

Changes in climatic conditions influence all factors of the agricultural ecosystem, including adversely impacting yield both in terms of quantity and nutritional quality. In order to develop resilience against climatic changes, it is increasingly important to understand the effect on the native micro-flora, including the distribution of methanogens and methanotrophs, nutrient content and microbial biomass, among others.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
List of Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1. Microbes in thawing permafrost: contributions to climate change
Abstract
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Permafrost
1.3 Permafrost microbiome
1.4 Future challenges and perspectives
References
Further reading
Chapter 2. Role of beneficial soil microbes in alleviating climatic stresses in plants
Abstract
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Beneficial soil microorganisms
2.3 Role of BSMs in alleviating of climate stress
2.4 Types of climatic abiotic stresses
2.5 Concluding remarks
References
Further reading
Chapter 3. Soil microbe contributions in the regulation of the global carbon cycle
Abstract
3.1 Biogeochemistry and interference in the global carbon
3.2 Soil microbes in a changing climate
3.3 Soil organic carbon
3.4 Factors and microbial contributions that affect the flow of soil organic carbon
3.5 Soil microbes that stimulate C sequestration and storage
3.6 Soil microbes and C gas emissions
3.7 Conclusion
References
Chapter 4. Benefits of plant growth-promoting symbiotic microbes in climate change era
Abstract
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and climate change
4.3 Effects of high atmospheric CO2 levels on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
4.4 Effects of temperature rise on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
4.5 Effects of drought (water stress) and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
4.6 Endophytic fungi
4.7 Effects of high levels of atmospheric CO2 on endophytic fungi
4.8 Effects of temperature rise on endophytic fungi
4.9 Effects of drought (water stress), salinization on endophytic fungi
4.10 Effects of high levels of atmospheric CO2 on plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria
4.11 Effects of temperature rise on plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria
4.12 Effects of drought on plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria
4.13 Conclusion and prospects
References
Chapter 5. Contribution of agriculturally important microbes in potentiating the crops to cope with climatic changes
Abstract
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Water stress
5.3 Salinity stress
5.4 Heavy metal stress
5.5 Temperature stress
5.6 Mechanism of action of plant growth–promoting rhizobacteria
5.7 Conclusion
References
Chapter 6. Flattening the food insecurity curve through agroforestry: a case study of agrosilviculture community growers in Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces, South Africa
Abstract
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Methodology
6.3 Results and discussions
6.4 Selected photos from the agroforestry sites in Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces
6.5 Conclusion and recommendations
References
Chapter 7. Impact of climate change on microbial endophytes: novel nanoscale cell factories
Abstract
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Role of abiotic factors on host-endophyte interactions
7.3 Applications of endophytes
7.4 Effect of global changing conditions on endophytes
7.5 Conclusions and future perspectives
References
Chapter 8. Impacts of bioenergy for the diminution of an ascending global variability and change in the climate
Abstract
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Rise of biofuels
8.3 Classification of biofuels
8.4 Nanocatalysts and biofuels
8.5 Plant synthetic biology for driving a revolution in biofuels
8.6 Ethics of biofuels
8.7 Summary
References
Chapter 9. Microbial impact on climate-smart agricultural practices
Abstract
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Climate-smart agriculture: definition and concept
9.3 Sources of climate impacting gases
9.4 Soil agroecosystem and microbial communities as engines of ecosystem function
9.5 Beneficial soil microorganisms for CSA
9.6 Biological control mechanisms
9.7 Agricultural management practices and mitigation
9.8 Conclusion
References
Further reading
Chapter 10. Extremofuels: production of biofuels by extremophile microbes as an alternative to avoid climate change effects
Abstract
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Hydrocarbons as a renewable fuel source
10.3 Lipids as a renewable fuel source: dry, hot, salt, and cold environments
10.4 Methane produced by microbial cells from extreme environments
10.5 Electricity and hydrogen from extreme environment
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 11. Role of endophytic plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria bacteria in sustaining plant health under changing climate
Abstract
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Rhizosphere and rhizobacteria (PGPR) interaction
11.3 Biocontrol efficacy of PGPR with special reference to Pseudomonas and Bacillus
11.4 Strategies for improvement of rhizosphere colonization by PGPR
11.5 Conclusion and future prospectus
References
Chapter 12. Impacts of UV radiation and interactions with climate change
Abstract
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Combined effects of solar UV radiation and climate change on contaminants in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
12.3 Conclusion
References
Chapter 13. Biochar and microbes for sustainable soil quality management
Abstract
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Beneficial microorganisms and crop production
13.3 Biochar production and properties
13.4 Interactive effects of biochar and soil microorganisms on crop growth
13.5 Interaction of biochar with soil microorganisms
13.6 Biochar–microbe nexus for crop production and soil quality
13.7 Conclusions
References
Chapter 14. Utilization of beneficial fungal strain/bacterial strains in climate-resilient agriculture
Abstract
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Approaches for climate change adaptation
14.3 Climate-resilient agriculture practices
14.4 Plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria for climate-resilient agriculture
14.5 Endophytic bacteria and fungi for climate-resilient agriculture
14.6 Phytohormone signaling for climate-resilient agriculture
14.7 Climate change mitigation and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for climate-resilient agriculture
References
Chapter 15. Understanding the molecular and genetics determinants of microbial adaptation in changing environment
Abstract
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Exploring the ecological and evolutionary response mechanisms in microbial communities
15.3 Microbial response to multifactorial climate change: temperature and moisture
15.4 Microbial control of greenhouse gas emissions
15.5 Cry for help: use of native extreme microbiome to counteract the climate change effects
15.6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 16. Exploring the role of soil microbiome in global climatic changes
Abstract
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Current status and knowledge gaps about soil microbiome and climate change
16.3 Role of soil microbiome to improve soil health under changing climate
16.4 The association between plant, microbe, and climate change
16.5 Impacts of climate change
16.6 Microbial communities and emerging mitigation strategies
16.7 Microbes for soil health, plant growth, and disease control
16.8 Soil microbiome from a metagenomics perspective
16.9 Conclusion
References
Chapter 17. Carbon cycle feedbacks and global warming: a microbial perspective
Abstract
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Climatic changes versus global warming
17.3 Microbial perspective in combating global warming
17.4 Direct and indirect feedback of microbial activity on climatic change
17.5 Role of autotrophic and heterotrophic microorganisms in terrestrial ecosystem
17.6 Effect of high atmospheric CO2 level in crop productivity
17.7 Role of RuBisCO in photosynthesis
17.8 Ocean carbon cycle and mitigation strategies
17.9 Future of carbon cycle in changing climate
17.10 Conclusion
References
Chapter 18. Introduction to the impact of microbes on climate: an ocean of opportunities
Abstract
18.1 Introduction
18.2 Biogeochemical process
18.3 Terrestrial polar region
18.4 Soil agriculture and freshwater
18.5 Ocean
18.6 Effect of climate change on microbiomes
18.7 Conclusion
References
Chapter 19. Climate change and their impact on global food production
Abstract
19.1 Introduction
19.2 Broad classification of factors influencing crop production
19.3 Heat stress and crop productivity
19.4 Cold stress and crop productivity
19.5 Drought stress
19.6 Waterlogging
19.7 Conclusion
Acknowledgment
References
Chapter 20. Effect of climate change and soil dynamics on soil microbes and fertility of soil
Abstract
20.1 Introduction
20.2 Role of soil microbiome
20.3 Climate change and soil dynamics
20.4 Advanced technologies for understanding soil microbial dynamics under climate change
20.5 Climate change microbiology
20.6 Enhancing climate change resistance: microbiome engineering and biotechnology
20.7 Conclusion and future prospects
References
Further reading
Chapter 21. Impact of bioenergy for the diminution of an ascending global variability and change in the climate
Abstract
21.1 Introduction
21.2 Change in global variability
21.3 Ecological changes in climate
21.4 Maintaining the tropic chains
21.5 Components of ecosystem
21.6 Causes of global climate change
21.7 Effects of global climate change on microorganisms
21.8 Mechanisms used in global climate change
21.9 Microbial communities and carbon cycle
21.10 Energy pyramids
21.11 Ecological succession due to global variability
21.12 Conclusion
References
Chapter 22. Role of microbes in methane emission from constructed wetlands
Abstract
22.1 Introduction
22.2 Mechanism of constructed treatment wetlands
22.3 Microbial diversity in constructed wetlands
22.4 Methane emission in constructed wetlands
22.5 Influence of wetland media on the microbes
22.6 Facilitated methane emission by microbes
22.7 Methane oxidation in the constructed wetlands
22.8 Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 23. Adapting the changing environment: microbial way of life
Abstract
23.1 Introduction
23.2 Effects of climate change on microorganisms
23.3 Microbes responsible for carbon cycle
23.4 Microbes responsible for methane cycle
23.5 Microbes responsible for nitrogen cycle
23.6 How microbes deal with climate change?
23.7 Impacts of climate change on cyanobacteria in aquatic environments
23.8 Climate change effects on planktonic bacterial communities in the ocean
23.9 Impact of climate change on aquatic hypho- and terrestrial macromycetes
23.10 Conclusion
References
Index

Ajay Kumar

Dr. Ajay Kumar is currently working as an assistant professor at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, India. Dr. Kumar recently completed his tenure as a visiting scientist from Agriculture Research Organization, Volcani Center, Israel. He has published more than 175 research, review articles, and book chapters in international and national journals. He serves as an associate editor for Frontiers in Microbiology and as guest editor for various journals such as Plants, Microorganisms, and Sustainability. Dr. Kumar has also edited more than 32 books with the leading publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley. Dr. Kumar’s research experience is in the field of plant–microbe interactions, postharvest management, cyanobacterial biology, and so on.

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Assistant Professor, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, India

Joginder Singh Panwar

Prof. Joginder Singh is a Professor at the Department of Botany, Nagaland University, Lumami, Nagaland, India. Previously, he worked as a Professor in the School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University and also as a Young Scientist at Microbial Biotechnology and Biofertilizer Laboratory, Department of Botany, Jai Narain Vyas University on a research project funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. He is an active member of various scientific societies and organizations, including the Association of Microbiologists of India, the Indian Society of Salinity Research Scientists, the Indian Society for Radiation Biology, and the European Federation of Biotechnology. He has published extensively with Elsevier and Springer both in journals and books. He serves as a reviewer for many prestigious journals, including Current Research in Engineering, Science and Technology; Journal of Cleaner Production; Science of the Total Environment; Environmental Monitoring and Assessment; Pedosphere; Soil and Sediment Contamination; Symbiosis; International Journal of Phytoremediation; Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety; Annals of Agricultural Sciences; and Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.

Affiliations and expertise

Professor, Department of Botany, Nagaland University, Nagaland, India

Luiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira

Associate professor with a CNPq Research Productivity Scholarship - Level 2. Scopus Author ID 37067328300. ORCID 0000-0002-5438-7795. ResearcherID: T-5594-2018. He completed his graduation in Biological Sciences (Bachelor's and Licentiate) at UFAL (Federal University of Alagoas - Brazil) in 2003; the master's and doctorate in Agricultural Microbiology from the Luiz de Queiroz Higher School of Agriculture of the University of São Paulo (ESALQ/USP - 2005 and 2009); Post-Doctorate by the Institute of Technology and Research in Aracaju/SE (2010-2011); Business Post-Doctorate at Algae Biotecnologia (2012); University of São Paulo (CENA/USP) (2013). He is currently a PPG I-1 professor at Tiradentes University (UNIT) and a researcher at the Institute of Technology and Research (ITP), located at UNIT. He is accredited as a Permanent Professor in the Graduate Program in Process Engineering (PEP) at Tiradentes University (CAPES Concept 5) since 2014. He participates in the CNPQ research groups "Water Resources, Ecotoxicology, and Environmental Technologies", "BIOMAFARTEC- Bioprospection of molecules with pharmacological and technological activities", "Energy, Materials and Catalytic Processes", and "Advanced Oxidative Processes". He had a brief experience as a visiting researcher in the Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering at the University of Hawaii at Manoa with Professor Samir Kumar Khanal. He serves as an editorial board member for the World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology as well as a Review Editor for the journal Frontiers in Microbiology. He is a member of the Research Advisory Committee of the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e Inovação Tecnológica do Estado de Sergipe [FAPITEC/SE] and reviewer of development projects of several research foundations in Brazil (FAPESP, CNPq, and FAPITEC), as well as foundations of international research institutions such as the International Foundation for Science. He has published 90 articles in specialized journals, 20 book chapters published between national and international publishers, and has 7 patent filings. It has an H index = 16, with more than 850 citations (Scopus base). He supervised 11 master's dissertations, 3 doctoral thesis, 17 scientific initiation works, 2-course conclusion works, and 1 monograph of a lato sensu specialization course. He has been working as a reviewer for 50 international journals and 5 national. Between 2010 and 2022 he participated in 15 research projects, of which he coordinated 3. He currently participates in 3 research projects. He works in the Environmental Engineering/Microbiology/Ecotoxicology area, with an emphasis on Bioengineering; Biotechnology/Environmental Engineering; Bioremediation; Biocatalysis; enzymes; immobilization; Green Chemistry; Biomaterials; Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Bioreactors. In his professional activities, he interacted with 150 collaborators in co-authorship of scientific works. He is currently developing research projects with International Universities and/or research institutions in China (Huaiyin Institute of Technology), Mexico (School of Engineering and Sciences, Campus Monterrey), Israel (Agriculture Research Organization, Volcani center), South Korea (Dongguk University), United States (the University of Hawaii at Manoa), Austria (Medizinische Universität Innsbruck), United Kingdom (Coventry University UK), India (Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Jaypee University of Information Technology), among others.

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