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<p>Contributors xvii</p> <p>Preface xxiii</p> <p>About the Editors xxv</p> <p>Part I: Microorganism: An Introduction</p> <p><b>1 Microbes and Environment: Recent Advancement in Environmental Biotechnology 3<br /> </b><i>Pankaj Chowdhary, Sujata Mani, Parul Shukla, and Abhay Raj</i></p> <p><b>2 Environmental and Industrial Applications of Biosurfactants 29<br /> </b><i>Sandhya Mishra, Shaohua Chen, and Ram Naresh Bharagava</i></p> <p><b>3 Synbiotic Effects of Human Milk on Neonatal Health: Probiotic Early Microflora and Prebiotic Oligosaccharides in Symphony 43<br /> </b><i>Swati Shukla, Ramesh C. Dubey, and Jyoti Choudhary</i></p> <p><b>4 Metabolic Engineering of Microbes for the Production of Plant-Based Compounds 59<br /> </b><i>Subir K. Bose, Swati Upadhyay, and Yashdeep Srivastava</i></p> <p><b>5 Quorum Sensing and Environmental Sustainability 75<br /> </b><i>Arnab Banerjee, Manoj Kumar Jhariya, Abhishek Raj, and Nahid Khan</i></p> <p><b>6 Endophytic Microbes: Potential Source of Antibiotic Production 89<br /> </b><i>Jyoti Choudhary, Sarad Kumar Mishra, Zainab Rao, and Swati Shukla</i></p> <p><b>7 The Role and Importance of Microorganisms in Environmental Sustainability 107<br /> </b><i>Barbara Sawicka, Piotr Pszczółkowski, Piotr Barbaś, Dominika Skiba, and Bernadetta Bienia</i></p> <p>Part II: Environmental Management: Bioremediation through Nexus Approach</p> <p><b>8 Application of Green Remediation Technology in Field of Dye Effluent Management 137<br /> </b><i>Suhas Kadam, Rahul Khandare, and Sanjay Govindwar</i></p> <p><b>9 Exploitation of Soil Amendments to Remediate Heavy Metal Toxicity for Safe Cultivation of Crops 175<br /> </b><i>Anandkumar Naorem, Abhishek Patel, and Shiva Kumar Udayana</i></p> <p><b>10 Microbial Proteomics: Understanding Metabolic Pathways in Microorganisms for Bioremediation of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Pollutants 189<br /> </b><i>Bhargab Kalita</i></p> <p><b>11 Bioremediation of Problematic Soil for Sustainability 201<br /> </b><i>Abhishek Raj, Manoj Kumar Jhariya, Nahid Khan, and Arnab Banerjee</i></p> <p><b>12 Recent Advances in Biosensors for Rapid Identification of Antibiotics in Dairy Products 225<br /> </b><i>Shraddha Chauhan, Vikas Sharma, Digvijay Dahiya, and Preeti Chaturvedi Bharagava</i></p> <p><b>13 Application of Microbes in Dye Decolorization 237<br /> </b><i>Kuruvalli Gouthami, Lavanya Lakshminarayana, Vadamalai Veeraraghavan, Muhammad Bilal, Ram N. Bharagava, Luiz F. R. Ferreira, Abbas Rahdar, Paul O. Bankole, Juliana H-P Américo-Pinheiro, and Sikandar I. Mulla</i></p> <p><b>14 Removal Potential of Microplastics in Organic Solid Wastes via Biological Treatment Approaches 255<br /> </b><i>Sartaj A. Bhat, Guangyu Cui, Naik Yaseera, Xuyang Lei, Fuad Ameen, and Fusheng li</i></p> <p><b>15 Role of Microbes in Wastewater Treatment and Energy Generation Potential: A Sustainable Approach 265<br /> </b><i>Ashish Kumar, Tania Chalotra, Atin K. Pathak, and Neelu Raina</i></p> <p><b>16 Actinobacteria from Soils and their Applications in Environmental Bioremediation 313<br /> </b><i>Nurul H. Adenan and Adeline S-Y Ting</i></p> <p>Part III: Current Trends and Future Possibilities</p> <p><b>17 Current Opinion and Trends for Use of Biochar in Agriculture Sustainability 337<br /> </b><i>Anuradha Singh and Preeti Chaturvedi Bharagava</i></p> <p><b>18 Environmentally Sustainable Elimination of Microbes Using Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes: From Water Treatment to Medical Applications 355<br /> </b><i>Maximilian Koch, Stefan Rosiwal, and Andreas Burkovski</i></p> <p><b>19 Enzymatic Intervention as an Ecofriendly Approach in Industries: An Update 365<br /> </b><i>Supriya Gupta, Shruti Dwivedi, Kanchan Yadav, Aiman Tanveer, Sangeeta Yadav, and Dinesh Yadav</i></p> <p><b>20 The Potential of Sulfate-Reducing Microorganisms for the Bioconversion of Dissolved Sulfates to Sulfides Precipitating Metals of a Mine Liquid Effluent 389<br /> </b><i>Manuel J. Leal-Gutiérrez, Marisela Bernal-González, Ángel E. Chávez-Castellanos, Julio A. Solís-Fuentes, Enrique R. Bazúa-Rueda, and María-del-Carmen Durán-Domínguez-de-Bazúa</i></p> <p><b>21 The Human Microbiome: An Imminent Therapy for Mankind – A Review 399<br /> </b><i>Immanuel Suresh, Iswareya Lakshimi, and Abinaya Lakshmi</i></p> <p><b>22 Insight into Soil Organic Pollutants: Microbial Bioremediation as a Sustainable Approach Toward Restoration of Agriculture Soil 421<br /> </b><i>Amarnath Mishra, Shrutika Singla, Sourabh Kumar Singh, and Akanksha Behl</i></p> <p><b>23 Agro-Wastes for Cost Effective Production of Industrially Important Microbial Enzymes: An Overview 435<br /> </b><i>Shruti Dwivedi, Aiman Tanveer, Sangeeta Yadav, Gautam Anand, and Dinesh Yadav</i></p> <p>Index 461</p>

<p><b>Pankaj Chowdhary </b>is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory in the Environmental Toxicology Group at the Indian Institute of Toxicology Research in Lucknow, India. <p><b>Sujata Mani </b>is Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the Gramin Science College in Vishnupuri, Nanded, India. <p><b>Preeti Chaturvedi</b> is Senior Scientist in the Environmental Toxicology Group at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research in Lucknow, India.

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