Relationship Between Microbes and the Environment for Sustainable Ecosystem Services, Volume 1

Microbial Products for Sustainable Ecosystem Services

1st Edition - May 18, 2022
Editors: Jastin Samuel, Ajay Kumar, Joginder Singh Panwar
Language: English
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Relationship Between Microbes and Environment for Sustainable Ecosystem Services, Volume One: Microbial Products for Sustainable Ecosystem Services promotes advances in sustainable solutions, value-added products, and fundamental research in microbes and the environment. Topics include advanced and recent discoveries in the use of microbes for sustainable development. Users will find reference information ranging from the description of various microbial applications for sustainability in different aspects of food, energy, the environment and social development. Volume One includes the direct and indirect role of bacteria, fungi, actinomycetes, viruses, mycoplasma and protozoans in the development of products contributing towards sustainable.

The book provides a holistic approach to the most recent advances in the application of various microbes as a biotechnological tool for a vast range of sustainable applications, modern practices, exploring futuristic strategies to harness its full potential.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
About the editors
Preface
Chapter 1: Microbial food products: A sustainable solution to alleviate hunger
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: General aspects of edible microbial biomass safety
3: Safety of edible microbial biomass
4: Microorganisms of potential use as food and possible routes to produce edible microbial biomass
5: Production of edible microbial biomass
6: Biotechnological tools involved in the generation of microbial food products
References
Chapter 2: Role of microorganisms in climate-smart agriculture
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Effect of pollution on soil and its quality
3: Soil pollution and its effects on the quality of soil
4: Role of soil microbiome in regulating soil health and plant fertility; A plant-soil-microbial interactions
5: Physiology of plant-growth promoting rhizobacteria
6: Microbial influence on biogeochemical cycles and its applications
7: Role of microbes and enzymes in the restoration and reclamation of soil
References
Chapter 3: Microorganisms as biocontrol agents for sustainable agriculture
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Bacteria and fungi as biocontrol agents
3: Production of desired product
4: Mechanisms of biocontrol agents
5: Conclusions
References
Chapter 4: Relationship between probiotics and living beings for sustainable life on land
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Importance of probiotics in animal health
3: Feed antibiotics to probiotics like a viable substitute
4: Risk assessment protocol established due to probiotics
5: Adverse effects because of application for probiotics
6: Principle of selection of probiotics
7: Competitive exclusion
8: Mechanisms of actions of probiotics
9: Nutrients and enzymatic attributed to digestion
10: Certain impact toward water quality
11: Improvement to immune response
12: Antiviral effects
13: Separation of probiotics
14: Method of separation
15: Applications of probiotics in aquaculture
References
Chapter 5: Microbial adaptation to climate change and its impact on sustainable development
Abstract
Acknowledgments
1: Introduction
2: Climatic factors
3: Future prospective and applications
4: Conclusion
References
Further reading
Chapter 6: Earthworm-microorganisms interactions for sustainable soil ecosystem and crop productivity
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Earthworms—Nature's ploughman
3: Vermicompost as biofertilizer
4: Vermicompost on crop growth and productivity
5: Effect of vermicompost on nutrient uptake
6: Effect of vermicompost on soil physical, chemical and biological properties
7: Vermitechnology for co-treatment of OFMSW and wastewater
8: Conclusions
References
Chapter 7: Avenues of sustainable pollutant bioremediation using microbial biofilms
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Environmental pollution
3: Biofilms (remarkable biological communities)
4: Biofilms and bioremediation
5: Applications of biofilms in bioremediation of different pollutants
6: Conclusions
References
Chapter 8: Endophytic bacteria in a biocontrol perspective
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Biocontrol activity of endophytes
3: Mechanisms of biocontrol
4: Strategies to enhance biocontrol efficiency
5: Genetic engineering
6: Future research prospects
References
Chapter 9: Microbiome stimulants and their applications in crop plants
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Plant microbiome
3: Microbiome: A stimulant in crop plants
4: Microbiome stimulants in major crops
5: Microbiome stimulants and their application process
6: Reduce pathogen infection
7: Conclusion
References
Chapter 10: Microbes: A sustainable tool for healthy and climate smart agriculture
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Important role of microbes in agriculture
3: Combating climate change by microbes
4: Conclusions
References
Chapter 11: Microbes as biocontrol agent: From crop protection till food security
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Microbes as biocontrol agents
3: Microbial biocontrol for crop protection and food security
4: Microbiol biocontrol for postharvest management
5: Mechanism of microbial control activity
6: Emerging biocontrol strategies
7: Conclusion and future prospects
References
Chapter 12: Composting process: Fundamental and molecular aspects
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Composting: Fundamental aspects
3: Types of the composting process (aerobic and anaerobic)
4: Phases of composting
5: Determination of compost maturity
6: Taxonomic and metabolic microbial diversity during composting
7: Techniques to analyze microbial diversity in composting
8: Role of metagenomics in evaluating microbial diversity in compost
9: Conclusion and future outlook
References
Chapter 13: Lichenized fungi, a primary bioindicator/biomonitor for bio-mitigation of excessive ambient air nitrogen deposition worldwide
Abstract
Acknowledgments
1: Introduction
2: Nitrogen assimilation in lichens
3: Nitrogen tolerance in lichens: Probable mechanisms
4: Lichens are indicators of excessive nitrogen (N) deposition along with multiple scales of diversity dynamics, biochemistry, and ecophysiology
5: Lichens, the critical load assessor of N eutrophication
6: Long-term lichen air N deposition monitoring: Change in pollution regime
7: Stable nitrogen isotope ratio (δ15N in) lichens function of nitrogen source and their spatial distribution at the landscape level
8: Effect of excessive N deposition on lichen food webs of endangered wildlife
9: Lichen as a sink for nitrogen in the region of excessive deposition
References
Further reading
Chapter 14: Molecular markers and genomics assisted breeding for improving crop plants
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Trait choice for MAS
3: Selection of marker type for better results through MAS
4: Types of markers and their utility in plant breeding
5: Types of selection and their procedure
6: Success stories of MAS and perspectives
References
Chapter 15: Nanoherbicides: A sustainable option for field applications
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Weed management
3: Herbicides
4: Nanoherbicides
5: Nanotechnology and its implications in weed management
6: Weeds and nanotechnology
7: Nano-herbicides and possible actions
8: Nanomaterial used in the synthesis
9: Nanoherbicides formulations
10: Applications of nano-herbicides in farming/agriculture
11: Conclusions and future perspectives
References
Chapter 16: Intimate coupling of photocatalysis and biodegradation (ICPB): A viable method for removing pesticides from contaminated sites
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Environmental distribution of pesticides
3: Toxicity of pesticides
4: Ecological effect of pesticides
5: Pesticides hazardous effects on human health
6: Coupling of photocatalysis and biodegradation (ICPB): A new approach
7: Mechanism of ICPB
8: Different types of photocatalyst used in ICPB
9: Different porous carrier materials
10: Microorganisms
11: Reactors
12: Applications of ICPB
13: Conclusion
References
Index

Jastin Samuel

Dr. Jastin Samuel (PhD) is working as Assistant Professor leading waste valorization research lab at Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India. He has more than a decade experience in R&D. He has been an active part of DST, EU-DBT, and CSIR-funded projects. He was awarded the prestigious CSIR-SRF fellowship in Engineering (ENG42) in 2013. Along with his team, he has developed lab-scale mine wastewater treatment system for opencast mines at Orissa, India; established ETP tertiary treatment facility for two industries (sugar industry and distillery industry) with reuse and business proposition in Andhra Pradesh, India, that is, approved by CPCB; established a water treatment facility at Pondicherry in PPP mode with the State Government. He is presently working on pathway assessment and mitigation of Micro and Nano-plastics. He has been a member of review boards of various journals and conferences in India and abroad.

Affiliations and expertise

Assistant Professor at the Department of Microbiology, and leads the Waste Valorization Research Lab, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India

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.

Affiliations and expertise

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

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