Ebook: Soil microenvironment for bioremediation and polymer production

Applications of microorganisms in agriculture for nutrients availability / Fehmida Fasim and Bushra Uziar -- Native soil bacteria: potential agent for bioremediation / Ranjan Kumar Mohapatra, Haragobinda Srichandan, Snehasish Mishra and Pankaj Kumar Parhi -- Bacterial mediated remediation: a strategy to combat pesticide residues in agricultural soil / Atia Iqbal -- Study of plant microbial interaction in formation of cheese production: a vegan's delight / Sundaresan Bhavaniramya, Ramar Vanajothi, Selvaraju Vishnupriya and Dharmar Baskaran -- Microbial remediation of pesticide polluted soils / César Quintela and Cristiano Varrone -- Eco-friendly and economical method for detoxification of pesticides by microbes / Anjani Kumar Upadhyay, Abhik Mojumdar, Vishakha Raina and Lopamudra Ray -- Bioleaching: a bioremediation process to treat hazardous wastes / Haragobinda Srichandan, Ranjan K. Mohapatra, Pankaj K. Parhi and Snehasish Mishra -- Microbial bioremediation of azo dyes in textile industry effluent: a review on bioreactor-based studies / Shweta Agrawal, Devayani Tipre and Shailesh Dave -- Antibiofilm property of biosurfectant produced by Nesterenkonia sp. MCCB 225 against shrimp pathogen, Vibrio harveyi / Gopalakrishnan Menon, Issac Sarojini Bright Singh, Prasannan Geetha Preena and Sumitra Datta -- Role of Cr (VI) resistant Bacillus megaterium in phytoremediation / Rabia Faryad Khan and Rida Batool -- Conjugate magnetic nanoparticles and microbial remediation, a genuine technology to remediate radioactive waste / Bushra Uzair, Anum Shaukat, Fehmida Fasim, Sadaf Maqbool -- Microbial degradation of plastics: new plastic degraders, mixed cultures and engineering strategies / Samantha Jenkins, Alba Martínez i Quer, César Fonseca and Cristiano Varrone -- Fatty acids as novel building-blocks for biomaterial synthesis / Prasun Kumar -- Polyhydroxyalkanoates: resources, demands and sustainability / Binita Bhattacharyya, Himadri Tanaya Behera, Abhik Mojumdar, Vishakha Raina and Lopamudra Ray -- Polyhydroxyalkanoates synthesis by Bacillus aryabhattai C48 isolated from Cassava dumpsites in South-Western Nigeria / Fadipe Temitope O., Nazia Jamil and Lawal Adekunle K. -- Cellulose nanocrystals-based composites / Teboho Clement Mokhena, Maya Jacob John, Mokgaotsa Jonas Mochane, Asanda Mtibe, Teboho Simon Motsoeneng, Thabang Hendrica Mokhothu and Cyrus Alushavhiwi Tshifularo -- Progress on production of cellulose from bacteria / Tladi Gideon Mofokeng, Mokgaotsa Jonas Mochane, Vincent Ojijo, Suprakas Sinha Ray and Teboho Clement Mokhena -- Recent developments of cellulose-based biomaterials / Asanda Mtibe, Teboho Clement Mokhena, Thabang Hendrica Mokhothu and Mokgaotsa Jonas Mochane -- Insights of bacterial cellulose: bio and nano-polymer composites towards industrial application / Vishnupriya Selvaraju, Bhavaniramya Sundaresan, Baskaran Dharmar -- Biodegradable polymers reinforced with Lignin and Lignocellulosic materials / M.A. Sibeko, V.C. Agbakoba, T.C. Mokhena, P.S. Hlangothi -- Structure and properties of Lignin-based biopolymers in polymer production / Teboho Simon Motsoeneng, Mokgaotsa Jonas Mochane, Teboho Clement Mokhena and Maya Jacob John;"The book consists of 21 chapters by subject matter experts and is divided into four parts: Soil Microenvironment and Biotransformation Mechanisms; Synergistic effects between substrates and Microbes; Polyhydroxyalakanoates: Resources, Demands and Sustainability; and Cellulose based biomaterials: Benefits and challenges. Included in the chapters are classical bioremediation approaches and advances in the use of nanoparticles for removal of radioactive waste. The book also discusses the production of applied emerging biopolymers using diverse microorganisms. All chapters are supplemented with comprehensive illustrative diagrams and comparative tables"--