Contributors xvii Preface xxiii About the Editors xxv Part I: Microorganism: An Introduction 1 Microbes and Environment: Recent Advancement in Environmental Biotechnology 3 Pankaj Chowdhary, Sujata Mani, Parul Shukla, and Abhay Raj 2 Environmental and Industrial Applications of Biosurfactants 29 Sandhya Mishra, Shaohua Chen, and Ram Naresh Bharagava 3 Synbiotic Effects of Human Milk on Neonatal Health: Probiotic Early Microflora and Prebiotic Oligosaccharides in Symphony 43 Swati Shukla, Ramesh C. Dubey, and Jyoti Choudhary 4 Metabolic Engineering of Microbes for the Production of Plant-Based Compounds 59 Subir K. Bose, Swati Upadhyay, and Yashdeep Srivastava 5 Quorum Sensing and Environmental Sustainability 75 Arnab Banerjee, Manoj Kumar Jhariya, Abhishek Raj, and Nahid Khan 6 Endophytic Microbes: Potential Source of Antibiotic Production 89 Jyoti Choudhary, Sarad Kumar Mishra, Zainab Rao, and Swati Shukla 7 The Role and Importance of Microorganisms in Environmental Sustainability 107 Barbara Sawicka, Piotr Pszczółkowski, Piotr Barbaś, Dominika Skiba, and Bernadetta Bienia Part II: Environmental Management: Bioremediation through Nexus Approach 8 Application of Green Remediation Technology in Field of Dye Effluent Management 137 Suhas Kadam, Rahul Khandare, and Sanjay Govindwar 9 Exploitation of Soil Amendments to Remediate Heavy Metal Toxicity for Safe Cultivation of Crops 175 Anandkumar Naorem, Abhishek Patel, and Shiva Kumar Udayana 10 Microbial Proteomics: Understanding Metabolic Pathways in Microorganisms for Bioremediation of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Pollutants 189 Bhargab Kalita 11 Bioremediation of Problematic Soil for Sustainability 201 Abhishek Raj, Manoj Kumar Jhariya, Nahid Khan, and Arnab Banerjee 12 Recent Advances in Biosensors for Rapid Identification of Antibiotics in Dairy Products 225 Shraddha Chauhan, Vikas Sharma, Digvijay Dahiya, and Preeti Chaturvedi Bharagava 13 Application of Microbes in Dye Decolorization 237 Kuruvalli Gouthami, Lavanya Lakshminarayana, Vadamalai Veeraraghavan, Muhammad Bilal, Ram N. Bharagava, Luiz F. R. Ferreira, Abbas Rahdar, Paul O. Bankole, Juliana H-P Américo-Pinheiro, and Sikandar I. Mulla 14 Removal Potential of Microplastics in Organic Solid Wastes via Biological Treatment Approaches 255 Sartaj A. Bhat, Guangyu Cui, Naik Yaseera, Xuyang Lei, Fuad Ameen, and Fusheng li 15 Role of Microbes in Wastewater Treatment and Energy Generation Potential: A Sustainable Approach 265 Ashish Kumar, Tania Chalotra, Atin K. Pathak, and Neelu Raina 16 Actinobacteria from Soils and their Applications in Environmental Bioremediation 313 Nurul H. Adenan and Adeline S-Y Ting Part III: Current Trends and Future Possibilities 17 Current Opinion and Trends for Use of Biochar in Agriculture Sustainability 337 Anuradha Singh and Preeti Chaturvedi Bharagava 18 Environmentally Sustainable Elimination of Microbes Using Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes: From Water Treatment to Medical Applications 355 Maximilian Koch, Stefan Rosiwal, and Andreas Burkovski 19 Enzymatic Intervention as an Ecofriendly Approach in Industries: An Update 365 Supriya Gupta, Shruti Dwivedi, Kanchan Yadav, Aiman Tanveer, Sangeeta Yadav, and Dinesh Yadav 20 The Potential of Sulfate-Reducing Microorganisms for the Bioconversion of Dissolved Sulfates to Sulfides Precipitating Metals of a Mine Liquid Effluent 389 Manuel J. Leal-Gutiérrez, Marisela Bernal-González, Ángel E. Chávez-Castellanos, Julio A. Solís-Fuentes, Enrique R. Bazúa-Rueda, and María-del-Carmen Durán-Domínguez-de-Bazúa 21 The Human Microbiome: An Imminent Therapy for Mankind – A Review 399 Immanuel Suresh, Iswareya Lakshimi, and Abinaya Lakshmi 22 Insight into Soil Organic Pollutants: Microbial Bioremediation as a Sustainable Approach Toward Restoration of Agriculture Soil 421 Amarnath Mishra, Shrutika Singla, Sourabh Kumar Singh, and Akanksha Behl 23 Agro-Wastes for Cost Effective Production of Industrially Important Microbial Enzymes: An Overview 435 Shruti Dwivedi, Aiman Tanveer, Sangeeta Yadav, Gautam Anand, and Dinesh Yadav Index 461