Microbial Ecology of Wastewater Treatment Plants

Table of Contents

1. Structure and function of microbial communities2. Microbial community genetics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics3. Microbial interaction4. Microbial communication5. Microbial ecology6. Microbial population biology7. Biogeochemical processes (C, N, P, S-cycles)8. Microbial life in extreme environments9. Evolutionary processes of microbial communities10. Biofilm formation and surface microbes11. Metabolic flux analysis and stable isotope probing (DNA, RNA and protein)12. Microbiome biology of environmental habitats13. Microbial treatment14. Microbial pollution: pathogenic microorganisms in the environment (water/soil/air/food); microbial metabolism and environmental pollution (e.g., microbial toxin)15. Microbiological monitoring: testing methods and monitoring techniques development16. Microbial Degradation of Xenobiotics17. Microbiological Wastewater Treatment18. Genetics and Physiology of Anaerobic Hydrocarbon-Degrading Microorganisms19. Bioremediation The Natural Solution20. Molecular Ecology and Genetic Diversity of Marine Microorganisms

Authors

Maulin P. Shah Chief Scientist and Head, Industrial Waste Water Research Lab, Division of Applied and Environmental Microbiology Lab at Enviro Technology Ltd., Ankleshwar, Gujarat, India.

Dr. Maulin P. Shah is Chief Scientist and Head of the Industrial Waste Water Research Lab, Division of Applied and Environmental Microbiology Lab at Enviro Technology Ltd., Ankleshwar, Gujarat, India. His work focuses on the impact of industrial pollution on the microbial diversity of wastewater following cultivation-dependent and cultivation-independent analysis. His major work involves isolation, screening, identification, and genetically engineering high-impact microbes for the degradation of hazardous materials. His research interests include biological wastewater treatment, environmental microbiology, biodegradation, bioremediation, and phytoremediation of environmental pollutants from industrial wastewaters.

Susana Rodriguez-Couto Full Professor (Biological Water Treatment), Department of Separation Science, LUT School of Engineering Science, LUT University, Finland. Susana Rodr�guez-Couto (female) got her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chemistry (Industrial Chemistry) from the University of Santiago de Compostela in 1992 and her Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1999 from the University of Vigo, obtaining the maximal grade (magna cum laude) and, in addition, she was awarded with the Extraordinary Prize for Doctoral Thesis in Chemistry. She worked as an Associate Professor and an Isidro Parga Pondal Senior Researcher at the University of Vigo (2000-2004), as a Ram�n y Cajal Senior Researcher at Rovira i Virgili University (2004-2008) and as an Ikerbasque Research Professor (2009-2019). She has also worked as an Invited Researcher at the Institute from Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology (Austria) and at the Department of Biological Engineering, University of Minho (Portugal). In 2008, she received the I3 Professor from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education to the recognition of an outstanding research activity. In March 2021 she is joining LUT School of Engineering Science at Mikkeli, Finland, as a Full Professor in biological water treatment. She has published more than 140 articles in highly reputed international journals (h index 42). She is editor of several journals (3Biotech, Frontiers) and 14 Elsevier books.