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This contributed volume sheds new light on waste management and the production of biofuels. The authors share insights into microbial applications to meet the challenges of environmental pollution and the ever- growing need for renewable energy. They also explain how healthy and balanced ecosystems can be created and maintained using strategies ranging from oil biodegration and detoxification of azo dyes to biofouling. In addition, the book illustrates how the metabolic abilities of microorganisms can be used in microbial fuel-cell technologies or for the production of biohydrogen. It inspires young researchers and experienced scientists in the field of microbiology to explore the application of green biotechnology for bioremediation and the production of energy, which will be one of the central topics for future generations.

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Author:   Vipin Chandra Kalia ,  Prasun Kumar
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   6.387kg
ISBN:  

9783319526652

ISBN 10:   3319526650
Pages:   331
Publication Date:   10 April 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

A. Bioremediation 1) Phycoremediation: An eco-friendly approach to solve water pollution problem Bala Kiran*, Kratika Pathak, Ritunesh Kumar, and Devendra Deshmukh 2) Microbial conversion of waste and surplus materials into high-value added products: The case of biosurfactants Constantina Kourmentza*, Filomena Freitas, Vitor Alves, and Maria A.M. Reis 3) Oil biodegradation Bhagwan Rekadwad, and Chandrahasya Khobragade 4) Bacterial decolourization, degradation and detoxification of azo dyes: an ecofriendly approach Shweta Agrawal, Devayani Tipre, Bhavesh Patel and Shailesh Dave 5) Biological significance of degradation of polyhydroxyalkanoates Subhashree Ray*, Vipin Chandra Kalia 6) Microbial Biofouling: A possible solution to treat harmful microorganisms in ship ballast water Bhagwan Rekadwad*, and Chandrahas Khobragade B. Bioenergy 7) Xylanase- from paper to fuel Gopalakrishnan Menon and Sumitra Datta 8) Microbial Fuel Cell technology: Technical challenges and Economic fusibility Soumya Pandit, Kuppam Chandrasekhar*, Ramesh Kakarla, Abudukeremu Kadier, and Velpuri Jeevitha  9) Biohydrogen production: Integrated approaches to improve the process efficiency Kuppam Chandrasekhar*, Soumya Pandit, Abudukeremu Kadier, Dasagrandhi Chakradhar, and Velpuri Jeevitha 10) Valorization of olive mill by-products towards sustainable biofuels and bio-based products Constantina Kourmentza*, Eleni Koutra, Nikolaos Venetsaneas, and Michael Kornaros 11) Algal biotechnology: the potential future fuel and prospects Ramesh Kakarla, Kuppam Chandrasekhar* Soumya Pandit, Abudukeremu Kadier, and Velpuri Jeevitha C. Future perspectives 12) New Generation DNA Sequencing (NGS): Mining for genes and the potential of extremophiles  Bhagwan Rekadwad, Juan M Gonzalez*13) Impact of Next Generation Sequencing technology in plant microbe interaction study  Archana Kumari*, Samson Sumer, Bharati Jalan, Pyniarlang Lyngdoh Nongbri, and Mostaque Ahmed Laskar 14) An overview of Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies to study the Molecular Diversity of Genome Mohinudeen c, Manoharan Melvin Joe*, Abitha Benson, Sa Tongmin 15) Marine polyextremophiles and their biotechnological applications Bhagwan Rekadwad, Chandrahasya Khobragade  

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Dr. Vipin Chandra Kalia is presently working as Chief Scientist at Microbial Biotechnology and Genomics, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi. He is a Professor of Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Delhi. He obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Genetics from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. He has been elected as: (1) Fellow of the Association of Microbiologists of India (FAMI), (2) Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (FNASc), and (3) Fellow of National Academy of agricultural Sciences (FNAAS). His main areas of research are microbial biodiversity, genomics,  and evolution, bioenergy, biopolymers, antimicrobials, quorum sensing, and quorum quenching. He has published 101 papers in scientific journals such as (1) Nature Biotechnology, (2) Biotechnology Advances, (3) Trends in Biotechnology, (4) Critical Reviews in Microbiology, (5) Bioresource Technology, (6) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, (7) PLoS ONE, (8) BMC Genomics, (9) Gene, and (10) Annual Review of Microbiology. His works have been cited 3558 times with a h index of 31 and an i10 index of 66. He has edited 3 books: Quorum sensing versus quorum quenching: A battle with no end in sight (2015, Springer India), Microbial Factories Vol 1 and 2 (2015). He is presently the editor in chief of the Indian Journal of Microbiology and Editor of (1) PLoS ONE, (2)Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology (Korea), (3) Applied Biochemistry & Biotechnology (USA), (4) International Scholarly Research Notices (Energy), (5) Dataset Papers in Science (Microbiology), and (6) Journal of Molecular and Genetic Medicine. He is a life member of the following scientific societies: (1) Society of Biological Chemists of India (2) Society for Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, India; (3) Association of Microbiologists of India; (4) Indian Science Congress Association; (5) BioEnergy Society of India, and (6) the Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI). He is also a member of the American Society for Microbiology. Dr. Prasun Kumar is a Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Savitribai Phule Pune University, Maharashtra, INDIA. He has worked as a Research Fellow at Microbial Biotechnology and Genomics, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi. His main areas of research are Microbial biodiversity, Bioenergy, and Biopolymers. He has published 19 papers in Scientific journals such as (1) Biotechnology Advances, (2) Bioresource Technology, (3) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, and (4)  Microbial Ecology. He has authored 4 book chapters. His works have been cited 490 times with an h index of 14 and an i10 index of 17. He is a life member of the following Scientific societies: (1) Association of Microbiologists of India; and (2) Indian Science Congress Association. He is serving as Editor to: (1) International Journal of Clinical & Medical Allergy (IJCMA) [US] and (2) Insight Medical Publishing Journals [UK].  

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