Biotechnology for Environmental Management and Resource Recovery

Part I. Part I

1. Microorganisms and Enzymes Involved in Lignin Degradation Vis-à-vis Production of Nutritionally Rich Animal Feed: An Overview
Ramesh Chander Kuhad, Sarika Kuhar, Krishna Kant Sharma, Bhuvnesh Shrivastava

2. Solid-State Bioconversion and Animal Feed Production: Present Status and Future Prospects
Sanjay Kumar, Bhuvnesh Shrivastava, James Gomes, Ramesh Chander Kuhad

3. Rhizobacteria in Management of Agroecosystem
Devendra Kumar Choudhary, B. N. Johri

4. Sustainable Enzyme Technology for Environment: Biosensors for Monitoring of Pollutants and Toxic Compounds
Pratyoosh Shukla, Vinod Nigam, Rishi Gupta, Ajay Singh, Ramesh Chander Kuhad

5. Enzymatic Retting: A Revolution in the Handmade Papermaking from Calotropis procera

Sunita Chauhan, A. K. Sharma, R. K. Jain, R. K. Jain

6. Cellulases and Their Biotechnological Applications
Rishi Gupta, Girija Mehta, Deepa Deswal, Sonia Sharma, Kavish Kumar Jain, Ramesh Chander Kuhad, Ajay Singh

7. Microbial Pectinases and Their Applications
Abha Sharma, Anita Shrivastava, Sonia Sharma, Rishi Gupta, Ramesh Chander Kuhad

8. Biofuels: The Environment-Friendly Energy Carriers
Rishi Gupta, Kailash N. Bhardwaj, Chittpurna Choudhary, Piyush Chandna, Kavish Kumar Jain, Amandeep Kaur, Sandeep Kumar, Bhuvnesh Shrivastava, Suchita Ninawe, Ajay Singh, Ramesh Chander Kuhad

Part II. Part II

9. The Interface Between Applied Biocatalysis and Environmental Management
Smita Raghava, Seema Rawat, Munishwar N. Gupta

10. Metagenomics: Mining Environmental Genomes
Sheela Srivastava, Nitika Ghosh, Gargi Pal

11. Genetically Modified Microorganisms (GMOs) for Bioremediation
Sandeep Kumar, Vikas Kumar Dagar, Yogender Pal Khasa, Ramesh Chander Kuhad

12. Ligninolytic Enzymes in Environmental Management
K. K. Sharma, Deepti Singh, Sapna, Bijender Singh, Ramesh Chander Kuhad

13. Microbial Phytases in Skirmishing and Management of Environmental Phosphorus Pollution
Sapna, Bijender Singh, Deepti Singh, K. K. Sharma

14. Bioremediation Concepts for Treatment of Distillery Effluent
Sarayu Mohana, Bhavik K. Acharya, Datta Madamwar

15. Application of Natural Dyes: An Emerging Environment-Friendly Solution to Handmade Paper Industry
Saakshy, A. K. Sharma, R. K. Jain, R. K. Jain

16. Patenting Trends in Bioremediation Technologies for Oil-Contaminated Sites
Rajeev Kumar Kapoor, Rishi Gupta, Ajay Singh

Keywords: Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Ecology, Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology