Main description:

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.

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