Enzyme Biotechnology for Environmental Sustainability discusses recent applications of enzyme biotechnology in various industrial sectors and state-of-the-art information on novel microbial enzyme technologies for a sustainable environment. The book describes in detail the latest developments and modern methods in microbial enzyme biotechnology for wider application in bioremediation, cleaner technology for industries and waste management, green chemistry and pharmaceutical biotechnology, sustainable textiles, food production and biodegradation, and other industries. The chapters cover topics such as genetic engineering, protein engineering, nanotechnological advances of microbial enzymes, computational tools for engineering enzymes, and health risk assessment of enzymes in different sectors. With contributors from an array of experts in the field, Enzyme Biotechnology for Environmental Sustainability is an informative reference for researchers, biotechnologists, microbiologists, environmental scientists, graduate and post-graduate students working in the area of enzyme technology and their biomedical, environmental, and industrial applications.
Table of Contents
1. Technological Advancements in Enzymes and their Applications 2. Microbial Enzymes in Laundry Detergents: Recent advances, Future Prospects and Risk Assessment 3. Enzyme Biotechnology towards Cleaner Production in Industry 4. Crude oil Bioremediation by Microbial Enzymes 5. Bioproducts: New Hope for Environmental Sustainability 6. Recent Advances in Enzyme Biotechnology for Sustainable Textiles 7. Recent Advances in Enzyme Technology for Sustainable Industrial 8. Thermophilic Enzymes: Sources and Applications of novel Enzyme for Industrial Biotechnology 9: Enzyme Biotechnology for Potential Applications in Green Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 10. Recent Advances in Enzyme Biotechnology for Pollution Control and Remediation 11. Role of Microbial Enzymes in Wastewater Processing and Treatments 12. Enzyme Biotechnology in Solid Waste Management 13. Bio-catalysis in Organic Synthesis using Microbial Enzymes -Latest Developments 14. Genetically Engineered Enzymes for Sustainable Environment Applications 15. Health Risk Assessment of Enzymes in Different Sectors 16. Immobilized Enzymes and their Applications in Environmental Sustainability of Food Production and Biodegradation 17. Protein Engineering- Methodology and Applications in Environment Sustainability 18. Enzyme Based Bioreactors and their Biotechnological Applications 19. Nanotechnological Advances in Microbial Enzymes for Biosensor Development 20. Computational Tools for Engineering Enzymes: Progress and Challenges 21. Commercialization and Economic perspectives of Enzyme-based Catalytic Material for Environmental Applications 22. Enzyme Engineering: Latest Trends and Future Perspectives
Authors
Praveen Dahiya Associate Professor, Centre for Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. Dr. Praveen Dahiya is currently an Associate Professor at the Centre for Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, the Amity Institute of Biotechnology in Uttar Pradesh (Noida), India. She received her PhD in Biotechnology from the Guru Jambheshwar University of S&T, Hisar (Haryana), India. Her research interests include enzyme technology, industrial biotechnology, fermentation technology, solid waste management, bioremediation, antimicrobials and antioxidants. She has published research papers in journals of national and international repute. She has submitted five Indian patents for the grant on subject areas enzyme technology and antimicrobial plant products and received one patent grant in 2019 with other in process. She is the editor of two books and has served as an editorial board member and reviewer in several journals of repute. Joginder Singh Panwar Professor, Department of Botany, Nagaland University, Nagaland, India. Prof. Joginder Singh is a Professor in the Department of Botany at Nagaland University in India. Previously, he has worked as Young Scientist at Microbial Biotechnology and Biofertilizer Laboratory, Department of Botany, Jai Narain Vyas University in Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. He is an active member of various scientific societies and organizations including, Association of Microbiologists of India, Indian Society of Salinity Research Scientists, Indian Society for Radiation Biology, and European Federation of Biotechnology. He has published extensively, including both journal papers and book chapters. He serves as a reviewer for many prestigious journals, including Current Research in Engineering, Science and Technology, Journal of Cleaner Production, Science of the Total Environment, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Pedosphere, Soil and Sediment Contamination, Symbiosis, International Journal of Phytoremediation, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Annals of Agricultural Sciences, Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and many more. Ajay Kumar Amity Institute of Biotechnology.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 200 research, review articles, and book chapters in international and national journals. He serves as an associate editor for Frontiers in Microbiology, BMC Microbiology and as guest editor for various journals such as Plants, Microorganisms, and Sustainability. Dr. Kumar has also edited more than 40 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
