Microbial Factories

1. Biopolymers and Their Application as Biodegradable Plastics
Scott Lambert

2. Approaches for the Synthesis of Tailor-Made Polyhydroxyalkanoates
Carlos F. Peña Malacara, Andrés García Romero, Modesto Millán Ponce, Tania Castillo Marenco

3. Biodegradable Polymers: Renewable Nature, Life Cycle, and Applications
Manjusha Dake

4. Phylogenetic Affiliation of Pseudomonas sp. MO2, a Novel Polyhydroxyalkanoate-Synthesizing Bacterium
Parveen Kumar Sharma, Jilagamazhi Fu, Xiang Zhang, Richard Sparling, David B. Levin

5. Synthetic Biology Strategies for Polyhydroxyalkanoate Synthesis
Gunjan Arora, Andaleeb Sajid, Parijat Kundu, Mritunjay Saxena

6. Frontiers in Biomedical Engineering: PHA-Fabricated Implants
Lalit K. Singh, Neha Dhasmana, Shashank S. Kamble, Aditya K. Sharma, Yogendra Singh

7. Sporulation, a Pitfall in the Path of PHB Production
Neha Dhasmana, Lalit K. Singh, Shashank S. Kamble, Nishant Kumar, Yogendra Singh

8. Microbial Biopolymers: The Exopolysaccharides
Angelina, S. V. N. Vijayendra

9. Innovations in Microalgal Harvesting Using Biopolymer-Based Approach
Chiranjib Banerjee, Rajib Bandopadhyay, Puneet Kumar Singh, Harsh Kumar Agrawal, Pratyoosh Shukla

10. From Microbial Biopolymers to Bioplastics: Sustainable Additives for PHB Processing and Stabilization
Stefania Angelini, Pierfrancesco Cerruti, Barbara Immirzi, Merima Poskovic, Gabriella Santagata, Gennaro Scarinzi, Mario Malinconico

11. The Survivors of the Extreme: Bacterial Biofilms
Neha Dubey, Raja Singh, Aditya K. Sharma, Sharmila Basu-Modak, Yogendra Singh

12. Synthetic Biology in Aid of Bioactive Molecules
Shilpi Jain, Swati Shalini

13. Biotechnology Implications of Extremophiles as Life Pioneers and Wellspring of Valuable Biomolecules
Ilaria Finore, Licia Lama, Annarita Poli, Paola Donato, Barbara Nicolaus

14. Microbial CRISPR–Cas System: From Bacterial Immunity to Next-Generation Antimicrobials
Alka Mehra

15.
Photorhabdus: A Microbial Factory of Insect-Killing Toxins
Jyoti Kushwah, Vishal Singh Somvanshi

16. Microbial Vesicles: From Ecosystem to Diseases
Shashank S. Kamble, Nancy Garg, Brijendra Kumar Tiwari, Lalit K. Singh, Neha Dhasmana, Yogendra Singh

17. Bacteriophage Diversity in Different Habitats and Their Role in Pathogen Control
Nishant A. Dafale, Zubeen J. Hathi, Sarmistha Bit, Hemant J. Purohit

18. Metagenomics: A Systemic Approach to Explore Microbial World
Manoj Kumar, Jitendra Kumar, Nar Singh Chauhan

19. In Silico Reconstitution of Novel Routes for Microbial Plastic
Vipin Chandra Kalia, Sadhana Lal, Rashmi, Ashwini Chauhan, Goutam Bhattacharyya

20. Investigating the Phylogeny of Hydrogen Metabolism by Comparative Genomics: Horizontal Gene Transfer
Sadhana Lal, Dhananjay V. Raje, Simrita Cheema, Atya Kapley, Hemant J. Purohit, Vipin Chandra Kalia

21. Prokaryotic Contributions Towards Eukaryotic Powerhouse
Vipin Chandra Kalia

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