Microbial Engines for the Circular Economy
Edited by Anita R. Santal Edited by Nater P. Singh Edited by Maulin P. Shah
The book explores cutting edge technologies employing microbial bioprocesses to bring more sustainable processes into focus. Starting from a general overview of the role of microorganisms in a circular economy, it continues to cover the use of microbial metabolism to create value-added chemicals from waste products, bioremediation, soil enrichment, water treatment as well as the production of pharmaceuticals.
1. Introduction to microbes and circular economy
2. Microbial workforce: Understanding the circular economy
3. Microbial metabolism: How waste becomes resource
4. Agricultural microbes and microbial products
5. Value added products from waste biomass
6. Microbial biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons with integrated concept of resource recovery
7. Electricity generation from wastewater using microbial fuel cells
8. Energy and resource recovery from wastewater treatment system
9. Wastewater to bioactive products
10. Generation of pigments from agro-wastes using microbes
11. Recovery of extracellular biopolymers from wastewater treatment plant
12. Healthcare products from microbes
13. Recovery of metals from e-waste
14. Cosmetic products from microbes
15. Valorisation of CO2 into value-added products
16. Business models for waste-to-worth startup
Dr. Anita Rani Santal is an Associate Professor at Department of Microbiology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, India. She completed her Ph.D. in Microbiology from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra Haryana. Her research interests are in the area of Microbial bioremediation and biotechnology. She has guided two Ph.D. students and more than fifty M.Sc. dissertation students successfully. She has research collaborations with other researchers and also working in the field of plant-microbe interaction, plant biochemistry, and phytoremediation technology. She has received the research grant from Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. She has published various research papers and chapters in national and international journals/books.
Dr. Nater Pal Singh, presently working as an Associate Professor in the Centre for Biotechnology at Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, India. Before joining here, He worked as Research Associate at Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Lab., Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR), Bhavnagar, Gujrat, INDIA, and at Animal Genomics Centre, National Dairy Research Institute (ICAR), Karnal, Haryana, India. He did his Ph.D. in plant proteomics from the Department of Botany, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana India. He has been awarded Dr. DS Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship from the University Grants Commission, New Delhi. He has a vast experience in the field of stress proteomics in plants, plant phylogenetics, plant biochemistry, and plant biotechnology. He received research funding from the major funding agencies of the Government of India like the University Grants Commission, Department of Science and Technology etc. He has research collaborations with other research labs/institutes. He has published various research articles, chapters in books of national as well as international repute.
Dr. Maulin P. Shah, currently working as Environmental Microbiology Consultant. He served as an Assistant Professor at Godhra, Gujarat University in 2001. He is a Microbial Biotechnologist with diverse research interest. A group of research scholars is working under their guidance on the areas ranging from Applied Microbiology, Environmental Biotechnology, Bioremediation, and Industrial Liquid Waste Management to solid state fermentation. His primary interest is the environment, the quality of our living resources and the ways that bacteria can help to manage and degrade toxic waste and restore environmental resources.
- Edited by Anita R. Santal
- Edited by Nater P. Singh
- Edited by Maulin P. Shah
