Microbial Factories Biofuels, Waste treatment: Volume 1 / edited by Vipin Chandra Kalia.

This book highlights the efforts made by distinguished scientific researchers world-wide to meet two key challenges: i) the limited reserves of polluting fossil fuels, and ii) the ever-increasing amounts of waste being generated. These case studies have brought to the foreground certain innovative b...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kalia, Vipin Chandra (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Microbes: Factories for Bioproducts
  • 2. Exploration of Microbial Cells - The Storehouse of Bio-Wealth Through Metagenomics and Metatranscriptomics
  • 3. Ecobiotechnological Approaches: Enrichment Strategy for Improvement of H2 Production
  • 4. Microbial Cellulose Synthesis
  • 5. Megasphaera as Lactate Utilizing-Hydrogen Producing Bacteria
  • 6. Integrative Approach for Biohydrogen and Polyhydroxyalkanoate Production
  • 7. Recent Advances in Feedstocks and Enzyme Immobilised Technology for Effective Transesterification of Lipids into Biodiesel
  • 8. Biotechnology in Aid of Biodiesel Industry Effluent (Glycerol): Biofuels and Bioplastics
  • 9. Recent Achievements in the Production of Biobased 1, 3-Propanediol
  • 10. Role of Microorganisms in Microbial Fuel Cells for Bioelectricity Production
  • 11. Biological Electricity Production from Wastes and Wastewaters
  • 12. Regulation of Lignin Biosynthesis Through RNAi in Aid of Biofuel Production
  • 13. Microbial Cellulose Synthesis
  • 14. Technological Advances for Treating Municipal waste
  • 15. Waste Remediation Integrating with Value Addition: Biorefinery Approach Towards Sustainable Biobased Technologies
  • 16. Renewable Energy Derived from Food Waste and Co-digestion of Food Waste with Waste Activated Sludge
  • 17. Metabolism of Long Chain Fatty Acids (LCFAs) in Methanogenesis
  • 18. Bioremediation of Pesticide Contaminated Soil: Emerging Options
  • 19. Microbial Biotransformation of Arsenic in Environment
  • 20. Bio-methane production from wastes: focus on feedstock sources and microbial communities.