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

Microbial Products for Sustainable Ecosystem Services

  • 1st Edition - May 18, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • 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.

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. Microbial food products: A sustainable solution to alleviate hunger

2. Role of soil microbiome in transformation and reclamation of soil

3. Microorganisms as biocontrol agents for sustainable agriculture

4. Relationship between probiotics and living beings for sustainable life on land

5. Microbial adaptation to climate change and its impact on sustainable development

6. Earthworm Microbial Interaction for sustainable soil ecosystem and Crop productivity

7. Avenues of Sustainable Pollutant Bioremediation Using Microbial Biofilms

8. Endophytic bacteria in a biocontrol perspective

9. Microbiome stimulants and their applications in crop plants

10. Microbes: A sustainable tool for healthy and climate smart agriculture

11. Microbes as biocontrol agent: From crop protection till food security

12. Composting process: Fundamental and molecular aspects

13. Lichenized fungi, a primary bioindicator/ biomonitor for bio-mitigation of excessive ambient air nitrogen deposition worldwide

14. Molecular markers and genomics assisted breeding for improving crop plants

15. Nanoherbicides: a sustainable option for Field Applications

16. Coupling of photocatalysis and biodegradation (ICPB): A viable method for removing pesticides from contaminated sites

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 18, 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

JP

Joginder Singh Panwar

Joginder Singh Panwar is a Professor in the Department of Botany at Nagaland University, Lumami, India. His previous appointments include a professorship at the School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, and a Young Scientist position at the Microbial Biotechnology and Biofertilizer Laboratory at Jai Narain Vyas University, funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. He is an active 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 across books and journals, and he also regularly serves as a reviewer for numerous prestigious international journals He has published extensively with Elsevier and Springer both in journals and books. He serves as a reviewer for many prestigious journals. He actively participates and presents at national and international scientific conferences and events.

Affiliations and expertise
Nagaland University

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