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Relationship Between Microbes and the Environment for Sustainable Ecosystem Services, Volume 3

Microbial Tools for Sustainable Ecosystem Services

  • 1st Edition - November 23, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Jastin Samuel, Ajay Kumar, Joginder Singh Panwar
  • Language: English

Relationship Between Microbes and Environment for Sustainable Ecosystem Services, Volume Three: Microbial Tools for Sustainable Ecosystem Services promotes advances in sustainab… Read more

Description

Relationship Between Microbes and Environment for Sustainable Ecosystem Services, Volume Three: Microbial Tools 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 developments in the use of microbes for sustainable development. Volume Three includes concepts and applications of microbes in ecosystem services, with a focus on sustainable practices. The book will include case studies and utility of microbes on both geographical and production system-wide considerations.

This book provides reference information ranging from the description of various microbial applications for the sustainability in different aspects of food, energy, environment industry and social development. This book will be helpful to environmental biotechnology scientists, industrial professionals and experts working in the field of microbiology.

Key features

  • Covers the latest developments, recent applications and future research avenues in microbial biotechnology for sustainable development
  • Includes expressive tables and figures with concise information about sustainable ecosystem services
  • Provides a wide variety of applications and modern practices of harnessing the potential of microbes in the environment

Readership

Scientists, experts and industrial professionals working in the field of microbe-based products

Table of contents

1. Clean energy production by microorganisms: A sustainable approach

2. Prospects of clean energy from bacteria, fungus and algae

3. Microbiology of biofuels: cultivating the future

4. Role of Microbial Xylanases in bio-refinery platform and it's impact on ecosystem services

5. Microbial filters for Air Treatment: A Sustainable Approach

6. Cyanobacteria: A Pro-pollution Indicator For Environmental Hazards

7. Microorganism in waste valorization and its impact on the environment and economy.

8. Eco-friendly biopolymers and bioadsorbants from algae to combat pollution

9. Role of Algae in controlling and biomonitoring pollutants in aquatic ecosystem

10. Bioremediation of chlorophenols for the production of biogas: a green alternative

11. Microbial surfactants: approaches in environmental contamination management

12. Role of beneficial microbes in biotic and abiotic stress

13. Application of microbial antagonists for the preservation of fruits from postharvest diseases of fruits

14. Microbial Fuel Cell: A State-of-the-Art Technology for Bioelectricity Generation

15. Lactococcus lactis: A Potent Metabolite to design Natural Health Promoting Biofunctional Foods

16. Microbial enzymes: a new approach for contamination management

17. Effect of Bio-Additives and Kinetic Studies of Saccharomyces cerevisiae on High Purity Alcohol Production Suitable for Medicinal Use

18. Second-generation biofuels: Facts and future

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 23, 2022
  • Language: English

About the editors

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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

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Ajay Kumar

Ajay Kumar is currently an Assistant Professor at the Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, India. He previously served as a Visiting Scientist at the Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Israel (2018–2022), and completed his doctoral research at the Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, focusing on plant–microbe interactions. Dr. Kumar’s research expertise spans plant–microbe interactions, microbial biocontrol, postharvest fruit disease management, microbial endophytes of medicinal plants, and cyanobacteria–pesticide interactions. He is a prolific author in leading international journals and is also actively engaged in academic editing with major publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, CRC Press, and Wiley. Dr. Kumar currently serves as an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Microbiology and BMC Microbiology, a Guest Editor for Microorganisms and Plants (MDPI), and a Series Editor for Plant and Soil Microbiome (Elsevier).
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Joginder Singh Panwar

Dr. Joginder Singh is a Professor in the Department of Botany at Nagaland University, Lumami, India. His previous positions include a professorship at Lovely Professional University's School of Bioengineering and Biosciences and a Young Scientist role at Jai Narain Vyas University's Microbial Biotechnology and Biofertilizer Laboratory (funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India). He is a member of several scientific societies, including the Association of Microbiologists of India and the European Federation of Biotechnology. Dr. Singh has an extensive publication record, with over 250 research and review articles, 35 edited books (with publishers like Elsevier and Springer), and 125 book chapters. He is a reviewer for numerous prestigious journals. He has actively participated in and presented at numerous national and international scientific events.

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Botany, Nagaland University, Nagaland, 798627, India

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