Microbes and Microbial Biotechnology for Green Remediation - Softcover

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Dr. Malik got his B.Sc. degree (2008) from the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir and M.Sc. (2010) and PhD (2015) in zoology from the Barkatullah University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. He completed his B.Ed. program in 2017 from the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir. He started his career as a lecturer in the School Education Department, Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir for 2 years. He is now working as a lecturer in the Department of Zoology, Govt. Degree College, Bijbehara, Kashmir (Jammu & Kashmir) and actively involved in teaching and research activities. He has more than 8 years of research experience. His areas of interest are ecology, soil macrofauna, wildlife biology, and conservation biology.
Dr. Malik has published more than 20 research papers in various national and international peer-reviewed journals. He has authored 4 books, 18 book chapters, edited 12 books, and more than 10 popular editorial articles. He is also serving as an editor and a reviewer of several journals with a reasonable repute. He has participated in several state, national, and international conferences, seminars, workshops, and symposia and more than 20 conference papers are to his credit. He is the life member of SBBS (Society for Bioinformatics and Biological Sciences) with membership id LMJ-243. Readers may contact him at: malik.junaidahmad@gmail.com

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Microbes and Microbial Biotechnology for Green Remediation: An Approach for Sustainable Soil Management provides a comprehensive account of sustainable microbial treatment technologies The research presented highlights the significantly important microbial species involved in remediation, the physiology, biochemistry and the mechanisms of remediation by various microbes, and suggestions for future improvement of bioremediation technology.

The introduction of contaminants, due to rapid urbanisation and anthropogenic activities, into the environment causes unsteadiness, distress to the physico-chemical systems including living organisms, which possibly is threatening the dynamics of nature as well as the soil biology by producing certain xenobiotics. Hence, there is an immediate global demand for the diminution of such contaminants and xenobiotics which can otherwise adversely affect the living organisms. Some toxic xenobiotics include synthetic organochlorides such as PAHs, and some fractions of crude oil and coal.

Over time, microbial remediation processes have been accelerated to produce better, eco-friendlier and more biodegradable for complete dissemination of these xenobiotic compounds. The advancements in microbiology and biotechnology lead to the launch of microbial biotechnology as a separate area of research and contributed dramatically to the development of the areas like agriculture, environment, biopharmaceutics, fermented foods, etc. The evolution of new metabolic pathways from natural metabolic cycles has enabled the microorganisms to degrade almost all different complex and resistant xenobiotics found on Earth. Hence, microbes stand an imperative, efficient, green and economical alternative to conventional treatment technologies. The proposed book provides cost-effective and sustainable alternatives.

Microbes and Microbial Biotechnology for Green Remediation: An Approach for Sustainable Soil Management serves as a reference for graduate and postgraduate students in environmental biotechnology and microbiology as well as researchers and scientists working in the laboratories and industries involved in research related to microbiology, environmental biotechnology and allied research.