Frontiers in Soil and Environmental Microbiology

Soil harbours a wide range of microorganisms with biotic potentials which can be explored for social benefits. The book Frontiers in Soil and Environmental Microbiology comprises an overview of the complex inter-relationship between beneficial soil microbes and crop plants, and highlights the potential for utilisation to enhance crop productivity, bioremediation and soil health. The book focusses on important areas of research such as biocide production, pesticide degradation and detoxification, microbial decay processes, remediation of soils contaminated with toxic metals, industrial wastes, and hydrocarbon pollutants. Features Presents the state of the art of microbial research in environmental and soil microbiology Discusses an integrated and systematic compilation of microbes in the soil environment and its role in agriculture and plant growth and productivity Elucidates microbial application in environmental remediation Explores advanced genomics topics for uncultivable microbes of soil

1Role of additives in improving efficiency of bioformulation for plant growth and developmentBrahmaprakash G.P., Pramod Kumar Sahu, Lavanya G, Amrita Gupta, Sneha S Nair and Vijaykumar Gangaraddi 2Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonization of Spartidium saharae and their impact on soil microbiological properties Mahdhi Mosbah, Mahmoudi Neji and Mars Mohamed 3Beneficial Role of Aspergillus sp. in agricultural soil and environmentShubhransu Nayak, Soma Samanta and Arup Kumar Mukherjee4Verrucomicrobia in soil: An agricultural prospectiveByomkesh Dash, Swapnarani Nayak, Avishek Pahari and Suraja Kumar Nayak5Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria: Prospects and ApplicationAvishek Pahari, Alisha Pradhan, Suraja Kumar Nayak and Bibhuti Bhusan Mishra6Potential Use of Soil Enzymes as Soil Quality Indicators in AgricultureAdewole Tomiwa Adetunji, Bongani Ncube, Reckson Mulidzi, Francis Bayo Lewu7Microorganisms for the imperishable growth of agricultureAwanish Kumar8Mycorrhizae and its Scope in AgriculturePratima Ray9Industrial applications of novel compounds from Bacillus sp.Estibaliz Sansinenea10Expanding role of microbial products in pharmaceutical development: a concise reviewDibyajyoti Samantaray, Swagat Kumar Das, Hrudayanath Thatoi11Thermophilic bacteria- environmental and industrial applicationsBalsam T. Mohammad and Punyasloke Bhadury12Metagenomics: The Approach and Techniques in Finding New Bioactive CompoundsBighneswar Baliyarsingh13Synthesis of biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoates from soil bacteriaCatherine A. Kelly, Tim W. Overton and Mike J. Jenkins14Fish processing waste as a beneficial substrate for microbial enzyme production: An overviewSupriya Dash, Soumyashree Barik and Anupama Baral15Soil yeasts and its application in biorefineries - second-generation ethanolDisney Ribeiro Dias, Angélica Cristina de Souza, Luara Aparecida Simões, and Rosane Freitas Schwan16Renewable Hydrocarbon from Biomass: Thermo-Chemical, Chemical and Biochemical PerspectivesTripti Sharma, Diptarka Dasgupta, Preeti Sagar, Arijit Jana, Neeraj Atray, Siddharth S Ray, Saugata Hazra and Debashish Ghosh17Prospect of microbes in the future fuelling Arpan Das, Priyanka Ghosh, Uma Ghosh and Keshab Chandra Mondal18Lignolytic enzymes from fungus: A consolidated bioprocessing approach for bioethanol productionSonali Mohapatra, Suruchee Samparnna Mishra, Manish Paul and Hrudayanath Thatoi19Microbial biofuels: Renewable source of energyEkta Narwal, Jairam Choudhary, Surender Singh, Lata Nain, Sandeep Kumar, Mohan Lal Dotaniya, Azad Singh Panwar, R.P. Mishra, Prakash Chand Ghasal, Lalit Krishan Meena, Amit Kumar, and Sunil Kumar20Sustainable Bioenergy Options in India: Potential for Microalgal BiofuelsDebesh Chandra Bhattacharya21Production of biofuels by anaerobic bacteriaDisney Ribeiro Dias, Maysa Lima Parente, Roberta Hilsdorf Piccoli and Rosane Freitas Schwan22Microbial cell factories as a source of bioenergy and biopolymersPrasun Kumar23Production and future scenarios of advanced biofuels from microbesSwagatika Rout24Soil yeasts and their application in biorefineries - Prospects for biodiesel productionDisney Ribeiro Dias, Luara Aparecida Simões, Angélica Cristina de Souza and Rosane Freitas Schwan25Production of Biodegradable Polymers (PHAs) by Soil Microbes Utilizing Waste Materials as Carbon SourceSwati Mohapatra, Niteesh Pandey, Saikat Dey, Diptarka Dasgupta, Parsenjit Mondal, Debashish Ghosh and Saugata Hazra26Microbial metagenomics: Current advances in investigating microbial ecology and population dynamicsShreya Ghosh and Alok Prasad Das27Effect of Soil Pollution on Soil Microbial DiversityMohan Lal Dotaniya, K Aparna, Jairam Choudhary, Chetan Kumar Dotaniya, Praveen Solanki, Ekta Narwal, Kuldeep Kumar, RK Doutaniya, Roshan Lal, Babu L Meena, Manju Lata, Mahendra Singh and Udal Singh28Polyhydroxyalkanoates: The Green PolymerSwati Mohapatra, Sudipto Maity, Swayamsidha Pati, Ankita Dash and Deviprasad Samantaray29Impact of Nano Particles on Soil Microbial EcologyTapan Adhikari and Samaresh Kundu30Chitinase producing soil bacteria: Prospects and ApplicationsSuraja Kumar Nayak, Byomkesh Dash, Swapnarani Nayak, Swaraj Mohanty and Bibhuti Bhusan Mishra31Recent Advances in Bioremediation for Cleanup Inorganic Pollutants Contaminated SoilsPraveen Solanki, Mohan Lal Dotaniya, Neha Khanna, Shiv Singh Meena, Amit Kumar Rabha, Sampda Rawat, Chetan Kumar Dotaniya and Rajeev umar Srivastava32Yeast: An agent for biological treatment of agroindustrial residuesJosiane Ferreira Pires and Cristina Ferreira Silva33Microalgae: a potential anti-cancerous and anti-inflammatory agentS. M. Samantaray, Pritikrishna Majhi and Jayalaxmi Dash34Rod shaped maghemite (?-Fe2O3) nanomaterials for adsorptive removal of Cr6+ and F¯ions from aqueous streamJyoti Prakash Dhal and Garudadhwaj Hota

Dr Suraja Kumar Nayak obtained Ph.D. from Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology in 2013 and is presently working as Lecturer, Department of Biotechnology, College of Engineering and Technology, Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Dr. Nayak has 07 years of teaching and research experience in field of Microbiology and Biotechnology. His areas of teaching and research include general and environmental microbiology, soil microbiology, industrial and food biotechnology, microbial biotechnology. Dr. Nayak has published 14 scientific papers including book chapters in various journals and national and international books. Currently 2 more edited books are in press from Wiley and NIPA publishers. He has also submitted 05 accession no. to NCBI, USA and have presented papers in various national and international seminars. Three numbers of M.Tech and more than 10 B.Tech students have successfully completed their dissertation under his guidance.Dr Bibhuti Bhusan Mishra is presently working as the ICAR-Emeritus Professor, P.G. Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Science & Humanities, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India after his superannuation from the University in May, 2018. He obtained M. Phil. and Ph.D. Degree in 1983 and 1987 respectively from Berhampur University, Odisha. He has more than 37 years of teaching and research experience. A total of 11 students have been awarded doctoral degree under his supervision from various Universities across India and currently four more are actively working in the field of environmental and soil microbiology. In addition, he has guided more than 25 P.G. students. He has 59 research publications and more than 20 book chapters & research manuscript in various journals of national and international repute. He is credited with 25 accession numbers submitted to NCBI, USA. Also he has contributed research article as book chapter to the encyclopedia ‘Environmental Engineering’ published by Gulf Publishing, USA and book chapters in many more edited books pertaining to soil and environmental microbiology. He has edited 9 books in microbiology and biotechnology published by national and international publishers and 1 book on Botany practical. Currently 2 more edited books are in press from Wiley and NIPA publishers. Moreover he has also successfully completed 1 UGC Major project from Govt. Of India and was the Chief Nodal Officer of project ‘Biofertilizer Production Unit’ under RKVY (Rastriya Krishi Vikash Yojana), Govt. of Odisha amounting to 150 Lakh INR. He is awarded as ‘Best teacher award’ from the University in 2012 and from the college in 2015. For significant contributions in microbiology, he was conferred with Prof. Harihar Pattnaik memorial award by the Orissa Botanical Society in 2016. In addition he got best teacher award from Orissa Botanical Society in 2018.