Pankaj Chowdhary is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory in the Environmental Toxicology Group at the Indian Institute of Toxicology Research in Lucknow, India. Sujata Mani is Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the Gramin Science College in Vishnupuri, Nanded, India. Preeti Chaturvedi is Senior Scientist in the Environmental Toxicology Group at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research in Lucknow, India.

• Contributors xviiPreface xxiiiAbout the Editors xxvPart I: Microorganism: An Introduction1 Microbes and Environment: Recent Advancement in Environmental Biotechnology 3Pankaj Chowdhary, Sujata Mani, Parul Shukla, and Abhay Raj2 Environmental and Industrial Applications of Biosurfactants 29Sandhya Mishra, Shaohua Chen, and Ram Naresh Bharagava3 Synbiotic Effects of Human Milk on Neonatal Health: Probiotic Early Microflora and Prebiotic Oligosaccharides in Symphony 43Swati Shukla, Ramesh C. Dubey, and Jyoti Choudhary4 Metabolic Engineering of Microbes for the Production of Plant-Based Compounds 59Subir K. Bose, Swati Upadhyay, and Yashdeep Srivastava5 Quorum Sensing and Environmental Sustainability 75Arnab Banerjee, Manoj Kumar Jhariya, Abhishek Raj, and Nahid Khan6 Endophytic Microbes: Potential Source of Antibiotic Production 89Jyoti Choudhary, Sarad Kumar Mishra, Zainab Rao, and Swati Shukla7 The Role and Importance of Microorganisms in Environmental Sustainability 107Barbara Sawicka, Piotr Pszczółkowski, Piotr Barbaś, Dominika Skiba, and Bernadetta BieniaPart II: Environmental Management: Bioremediation through Nexus Approach8 Application of Green Remediation Technology in Field of Dye Effluent Management 137Suhas Kadam, Rahul Khandare, and Sanjay Govindwar9 Exploitation of Soil Amendments to Remediate Heavy Metal Toxicity for Safe Cultivation of Crops 175Anandkumar Naorem, Abhishek Patel, and Shiva Kumar Udayana10 Microbial Proteomics: Understanding Metabolic Pathways in Microorganisms for Bioremediation of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Pollutants 189Bhargab Kalita11 Bioremediation of Problematic Soil for Sustainability 201Abhishek Raj, Manoj Kumar Jhariya, Nahid Khan, and Arnab Banerjee12 Recent Advances in Biosensors for Rapid Identification of Antibiotics in Dairy Products 225Shraddha Chauhan, Vikas Sharma, Digvijay Dahiya, and Preeti Chaturvedi Bharagava13 Application of Microbes in Dye Decolorization 237Kuruvalli 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. Mulla14 Removal Potential of Microplastics in Organic Solid Wastes via Biological Treatment Approaches 255Sartaj A. Bhat, Guangyu Cui, Naik Yaseera, Xuyang Lei, Fuad Ameen, and Fusheng li15 Role of Microbes in Wastewater Treatment and Energy Generation Potential: A Sustainable Approach 265Ashish Kumar, Tania Chalotra, Atin K. Pathak, and Neelu Raina16 Actinobacteria from Soils and their Applications in Environmental Bioremediation 313Nurul H. Adenan and Adeline S-Y TingPart III: Current Trends and Future Possibilities17 Current Opinion and Trends for Use of Biochar in Agriculture Sustainability 337Anuradha Singh and Preeti Chaturvedi Bharagava18 Environmentally Sustainable Elimination of Microbes Using Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes: From Water Treatment to Medical Applications 355Maximilian Koch, Stefan Rosiwal, and Andreas Burkovski19 Enzymatic Intervention as an Ecofriendly Approach in Industries: An Update 365Supriya Gupta, Shruti Dwivedi, Kanchan Yadav, Aiman Tanveer, Sangeeta Yadav, and Dinesh Yadav20 The Potential of Sulfate-Reducing Microorganisms for the Bioconversion of Dissolved Sulfates to Sulfides Precipitating Metals of a Mine Liquid Effluent 389Manuel 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-Bazúa21 The Human Microbiome: An Imminent Therapy for Mankind – A Review 399Immanuel Suresh, Iswareya Lakshimi, and Abinaya Lakshmi22 Insight into Soil Organic Pollutants: Microbial Bioremediation as a Sustainable Approach Toward Restoration of Agriculture Soil 421Amarnath Mishra, Shrutika Singla, Sourabh Kumar Singh, and Akanksha Behl23 Agro-Wastes for Cost Effective Production of Industrially Important Microbial Enzymes: An Overview 435Shruti Dwivedi, Aiman Tanveer, Sangeeta Yadav, Gautam Anand, and Dinesh YadavIndex 461