Microbial Biomolecules. Emerging Approach in Agriculture, Pharmaceuticals and Environment Management. Developments in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Table of Contents

1. Microbial biomolecules: Applications in sustainable agriculture an overview
2. Microbial biomolecules Applications: An overview
3. Microbial production of extremolytes aspect in nutrition, health care, and well-being
4. Microbial synthesized nanoparticles: Application in healthcare management
5. Microbial Biofilm approaches in phytopathogen management
6. Microbial synthesized antibiotics approaches in healthcare management
7. Fungi/ Actinomycetes/cyanobacteria:�A rich source of bioactive compounds
8. Bioactive components from endophytic microorganisms
9. Microbial metabolites in plant disease management
10. Secondary metabolites from marine microbes: Current status and application
11. Microbial surfactants approaches in environmental contamination management
12. Microbial enzymes as a robust process to mitigate pollutants of environmental concern
13. Tailoring enzyme microenvironment: State-of-the-art strategy to fulfill the quest for efficient bio-catalysis
14. Environmental threatening concern and efficient removal of pharmaceutically active compounds
15. Protease A Versatile and Ecofriendly Biocatalyst with Multi-Industrial Applications
16. Laccases and peroxidases: The smart, greener and futuristic biocatalytic tools to mitigate recalcitrant emerging pollutants
17. Enhancing Lipase Biosynthesis and its Biocatalytic Potential in environment management

Authors

Ajay Kumar Assistant Professor, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, India. Dr. Ajay Kumar is currently working as an assistant professor at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, India. Dr. Kumar recently completed his tenure as a visiting scientist from Agriculture Research Organization, Volcani Center, Israel. He has published more than 175 research, review articles, and book chapters in international and national journals. He serves as an associate editor for Frontiers in Microbiology and as guest editor for various journals such as Plants, Microorganisms, and Sustainability. Dr. Kumar has also edited more than 32 books with the leading publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley. Dr. Kumar's research experience is in the field of plant-microbe interactions, postharvest management, cyanobacterial biology, and so on. Muhammad Bilal Associate Professor, Department of Sanitary Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland. Muhammad Bilal is an associate professor at the Department of Sanitary Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland. He has published more than 350 research papers in leading international journals and also serves as an Associate Editor for several of these journals. Luiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira Associate Professor, Universidade Tiradentes (UNIT)/ Tiradentes University, Brazil. Associate professor with a CNPq Research Productivity Scholarship - Level 2. Scopus Author ID 37067328300. ORCID 0000-0002-5438-7795. ResearcherID: T-5594-2018. He completed his graduation in Biological Sciences (Bachelor's and Licentiate) at UFAL (Federal University of Alagoas - Brazil) in 2003; the master's and doctorate in Agricultural Microbiology from the Luiz de Queiroz Higher School of Agriculture of the University of S�o Paulo (ESALQ/USP - 2005 and 2009); Post-Doctorate by the Institute of Technology and Research in Aracaju/SE (2010-2011); Business Post-Doctorate at Algae Biotecnologia (2012); University of S�o Paulo (CENA/USP) (2013). He is currently a PPG I-1 professor at Tiradentes University (UNIT) and a researcher at the Institute of Technology and Research (ITP), located at UNIT. He is accredited as a Permanent Professor in the Graduate Program in Process Engineering (PEP) at Tiradentes University (CAPES Concept 5) since 2014. He participates in the CNPQ research groups "Water Resources, Ecotoxicology, and Environmental Technologies", "BIOMAFARTEC- Bioprospection of molecules with pharmacological and technological activities", "Energy, Materials and Catalytic Processes", and "Advanced Oxidative Processes". He had a brief experience as a visiting researcher in the Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering at the University of Hawaii at Manoa with Professor Samir Kumar Khanal. He serves as an editorial board member for the World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology as well as a Review Editor for the journal Frontiers in Microbiology. He is a member of the Research Advisory Committee of the Funda��o de Amparo � Pesquisa e Inova��o Tecnol�gica do Estado de Sergipe [FAPITEC/SE] and reviewer of development projects of several research foundations in Brazil (FAPESP, CNPq, and FAPITEC), as well as foundations of international research institutions such as the International Foundation for Science. He has published 90 articles in specialized journals, 20 book chapters published between national and international publishers, and has 7 patent filings. It has an H index = 16, with more than 850 citations (Scopus base). He supervised 11 master's dissertations, 3 doctoral thesis, 17 scientific initiation works, 2-course conclusion works, and 1 monograph of a lato sensu specialization course. He has been working as a reviewer for 50 international journals and 5 national. Between 2010 and 2022 he participated in 15 research projects, of which he coordinated 3. He currently participates in 3 research projects. He works in the Environmental Engineering/Microbiology/Ecotoxicology area, with an emphasis on Bioengineering; Biotechnology/Environmental Engineering; Bioremediation; Biocatalysis; enzymes; immobilization; Green Chemistry; Biomaterials; Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Bioreactors. In his professional activities, he interacted with 150 collaborators in co-authorship of scientific works. He is currently developing research projects with International Universities and/or research institutions in China (Huaiyin Institute of Technology), Mexico (School of Engineering and Sciences, Campus Monterrey), Israel (Agriculture Research Organization, Volcani center), South Korea (Dongguk University), United States (the University of Hawaii at Manoa), Austria (Medizinische Universit�t Innsbruck), United Kingdom (Coventry University UK), India (Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Jaypee University of Information Technology), among others. Kumari Madhuree Indian Institute of Science, CV Raman Rd, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. Dr. Madhuree Kumari is a researcher at the Indian Institute of Science, in India. Her work focuses on nano-biotechnology and related fields. She has published more than 21 research articles and book chapters in leading scientific journals. Dr. Kumari is also a reviewer in several leading scientific journals like 3Biotech and PLOS One.