This book highlights the efforts made by distinguished scientific researchers world-wide to meet two key challenges: i) the limited reserves of polluting fossil fuels, and ii) the ever-increasing amounts of waste being generated. These case studies have brought to the foreground certain innovative biological solutions to real-life problems we now face on a global scale: environmental pollution and its role in deteriorating human health. The book also highlights major advances in microbial metabolisms, which can be used to produce bioenergy, biopolymers, bioactive molecules, enzymes, etc. Around the world, countries like China, Germany, France, Sweden and the US are now implementing major national programs for the production of biofuels. The book provides information on how to meet the chief technical challenges – identifying an industrially robust microbe and cheap raw material as feed. Of the various possibilities for generating bioenergy, the most attractive is the microbial production of biohydrogen, which has recently gained significant recognition worldwide, due to its high efficiency and eco-friendly nature. Further, the book highlights factors that can make these bioprocesses more economical, especially the cost of the feed. The anaerobic digestion (AD) process is more advantageous in comparison to aerobic processes for stabilizing biowastes and producing biofuels (hydrogen, biodiesel, 1,3-propanediol, methane, electricity), biopolymers (polyhydroxyalkanoates, cellulose, exopolysaccharides) and bioactive molecules (such as enzymes, volatile fatty acids, sugars, toxins, etc.) for biotechnological and medical applications. Information is provided on how the advent of molecular biological techniques can provide greater insights into novel microbial lineages. Bioinformatic tools and metagenomic techniques have extended the limits to which these biological processes can be exploited to improve human welfare. A new dimension to these scientific works has been added by the emergence of synthetic biology. The Big Question is: How can these Microbial Factories be improved through metabolic engineering and what cost targets need to be met?

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Kalia, Vipin Chandra

Springer, India, Private Ltd

Springer London, Limited

Place of publication not identified] :, 2015

Springer Nature, New Delhi, 2015

1st ed. 2015, 2016

New Delhi, 2016

2015, US, 2016

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Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Microbes: Factories for Bioproducts....Pages 1-5
Exploration of Microbial Cells: The Storehouse of Bio-wealth Through Metagenomics and Metatranscriptomics....Pages 7-27
Ecobiotechnological Approaches: Enrichment Strategy for Improvement of H2 Production....Pages 29-45
Megasphaera as Lactate-Utilizing Hydrogen-Producing Bacteria....Pages 47-71
Integrative Approach for Biohydrogen and Polyhydroxyalkanoate Production....Pages 73-85
Recent Advances in Feedstocks and Enzyme-Immobilised Technology for Effective Transesterification of Lipids into Biodiesel....Pages 87-103
Biotechnology in Aid of Biodiesel Industry Effluent (Glycerol): Biofuels and Bioplastics....Pages 105-119
Recent Achievements in the Production of Biobased 1,3-Propanediol....Pages 121-134
Role of Microorganisms in Microbial Fuel Cells for Bioelectricity Production....Pages 135-154
Biological Electricity Production from Wastes and Wastewaters....Pages 155-183
Regulation of Lignin Biosynthesis Through RNAi in Aid of Biofuel Production....Pages 185-201
Microbial Cellulose Synthesis....Pages 203-216
Technological Advances for Treating Municipal Waste....Pages 217-229
Waste Remediation Integrating with Value Addition: Biorefinery Approach Towards Sustainable Bio-based Technologies....Pages 231-256
Renewable Energy Derived from Food Waste and Co-digestion of Food Waste with Waste-Activated Sludge....Pages 257-278
Metabolism of Long-Chain Fatty Acids (LCFAs) in Methanogenesis....Pages 279-291
Bioremediation of Pesticide-Contaminated Soil: Emerging Options....Pages 293-313
Biotransformation of Arsenic in Environment Mediated by Microorganisms....Pages 315-332
Bio-Methane Production from Wastes: Focus on Feedstock Sources and Microbial Communities....Pages 333-353

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