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This book presents a comprehensive overview of the use of microorganisms and microbial metabolites as a future sustainable basis of agricultural, environmental and industrial developments. It provides a holistic approach to the latest advances in the utilization of various microorganism bioprospecting including their wide range of applications, traditional uses, modern practices, and designing strategies to harness their potential. In addition, it highlights advanced microbial bioremediation approaches, including genetic manipulation, metagenomics analysis and bacteriophage-based sensors for the detection of food-borne pathogens. Lastly, it elaborates on the latest advances regarding the role of microbes in the sustainable development of various industrial products.

Microbial Bioprospecting for Sustainable Development

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Microorganisms for sustainable agriculture and environmental applications.- Chapter 2.1. Small at Size, Big at Impact: The Microbial Way of Life.- Chapter 2.2. Bioherbicidal Concept: A Novel Strategy to Control Weeds.- Chapter 2.3. Endophytic microorganisms as Bio-Inoculants for Sustainable Agriculture- Chapter 2.4. Exploitation of fungal pathogens for weed management in sustainable agriculture.- Chapter 2.5. Endophytes: Golden treasure for enzyme inhibitors Isothiocyanate.- Chapter 2.6. Microbial Bioremediation. - Chapter 2.7. Impact assessment of environmental pollutants and role of white rot fungus as bioremediation for sustainable agriculture.- Chapter 2.8. Arsenic Contamination in Water and its Management.- Chapter 2.9. Bioremediation of Industrial Waste Water for the Sustainable Environment.- Chapter 2.10. Myxobacteria: Unearthing the Potential through Research.- Chapter 3. Microorganisms for sustainable industrial important products.- Chapter 3.1. Microbial Exopolysaccharides: Multifunctional Roles in Food Technology.- Chapter 3.2. Microbial Cellulases: Role in Ethanol production.- Chapter 3.3. Antimalarial potential of Actinobacteria.- Chapter 3.4. Application of bacterial polysaccharides in cosmetic industries.- Chapter 3.5. Industrially important soil fungal enzymes and pigments for the sustainable development.- Chapter 3.6. Microbes in metabolite production: Current potential and strategies. - Chapter 3.7. Bioprospecting of yeast cell using metagenomics for efficient biofuel production.- Chapter 4. Microorganisms as future tools.- Chapter 4.1. Microbial spores: Concepts and Industrial applications.- Chapter 4.2. Engineering the microbes: Genetic manipulations and their applications.- Chapter 4.3. Riboswitches as molecular tools for regulating microbial gene expression.- Chapter 4.4. Microbial Metagenomics for Industrial and Environmental Bio-prospecting: The Unknown Envoy.- Chapter 4.5. Bacteriophage based biosensors for the detection of food borne pathogens.- Chapter 4.6.Biosensors: State-of-the-Art Tools for Detection of Food Borne Pathogens.