Microbial biotechnology: Role in Ecological sustainability and Research explains the role of microbial biotechnology in achieving environmental sustainability.

After a general introduction to microbial technology, it focuses on the removal of environmental pollutants including antibiotics, sustainable agriculture using microbial biocontrol agents and bio-fertilizers, microbial reduction of greenhouse gases, and other applications in research and technology.

Microbial biotechnology: Role in Ecological Sustainability and Research provides valuable insight for a broad audience of postgraduates & research scholars, scientists and professionals engaged in microbiology, biotechnology, environmental sciences, earth sciences, and microbial ecology.

Pankaj Chowdhary is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory in the Environmental Toxicology Group at the Indian Institute of Toxicology Research in Lucknow, India.

Sujata Mani is Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the Gramin Science College in Vishnupuri, Nanded, India.

Preeti Chaturvedi is Senior Scientist in the Environmental Toxicology Group at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research in Lucknow, India.

Section I: Microorganisms: An Introduction

1. Microbes and Environment: Recent Advancement in Environmental Biotechnology

2. Environmental and Industrial Applications of Biosurfactants

3. Synbiotic Effects of Human Milk on Neonatal Health: Probiotic Early Microflora and Prebiotic Oligosaccharides in Symphony

4. Metabolic Engineering of Microbes for the Production of Plant-based Compounds

5. Quorum Sensing and Environmental Sustainability

6. Endophytic Microbes: Potential Source of Antibiotic Production

7. The Role and Importance of Microorganisms in Environmental Sustainability

Section II: Environmental Management: Bioremediation Through Nexus Approach

8. Green Remediation Technology for Textile Dye Effluent Management

9. Exploitation of Soil Amendments to Remediate Heavy Metal Toxicity for Safe Cultivation of Cops

10. Microbial Proteomics: Understanding the Catabolic Pathways in Microorganisms tor Bioremediation of Hydrocarbon Pollutants

11. Bioremediation of Problematic Soil and Sustainability

12. Recent Advances in Biosensors for Rapid Identification of Antibiotics in Dairy Products

13. Application of Microbes in Dye Decolorization

14. Removal Potential of Microplastics in Organic Solid Wastes via Biological Treatment Approaches

15. Role of Microbes in Wastewater Treatment and Energy Generation Potential: A Sustainable Approach

16. Actinobacteria from Soils and Their Applications in Environmental Bioremediation

Section III: Current Trends and Future Possibilities

17. Current Opinion and Trends for Use of Biochar in Agriculture Sustainability

18. Environmentally Sustainable Elimination of Microbes Using Boron-doped Diamond Electrodes: From Water Treatment to Medical Applications

19. Enzymatic Intervention as an Eco-friendly Approach in Industries

20. The Potential of Sulfate-reducing Microorganisms for the Bioconversion of Dissolved Sulfates to Sulfides Precipitating Metals of a Mine Liquid Effluent

21. Human Microbiome: An Imminent Therapy for Mankind ?A Review

22. Insight into Soil Organic Pollutants: Microbial Bioremediation as a Sustainable Approach Towards Restoration of Agriculture Soil

23. Agro-Wastes for Cost Effective Production of Industrially Important Microbial Enzymes: An Overview