Environmental and Agricultural Microbiology

8 Chapter 8Figure 8.1 Traditional vs. smart fruit packaging.

9 Chapter 9Figure 9.1 Biosurfactants applications in various sectors.Figure 9.2 Biosurfactants in agricultural field for various pollutant removal.Figure 9.3 Various types of biosurfactants produced by microbial sources.

10 Chapter 10Figure 10.1 Conceptual model for mode of action of plant growth promoting rhizob...

11 Chapter 12Figure 12.1 Processes of methanogenesis in general.

12 Chapter 13Figure 13.1 Schematic diagram showing mass production process of biofertlizer.

13 Chapter 16Figure 16.1 Classification of lithobiontic niches.

14 Chapter 17Figure 17.1 Dual MFC with a proton exchange membrane.

15 Chapter 18Figure 18.1 The process of anaerobic digestion in flow chart.

1 Chapter 1 Table 1.1 Chemical composition and general characteristics of different pesticid... Table 1.2 Cyanobacterial/microalgal strains involved in biodegradation of pestic...

2 Chapter 4 Table 4.1 Reports in the literature about recent investigations on the biotechno...

3 Chapter 5Table 5.1 Bacteria are used for the production of PHA from wastes.Table 5.2 Bacteria used for production of PHA.Table 5.3 Advantages, application, and disadvantages of PHAs.

4 Chapter 6Table 6.1 Properties of bioplastics and petroleum-derived plastics.Table 6.2 Various organisms producing PHB and other biopolymers using cost-effec...Table 6.3 Structure of PHAs and various representative members of its family.

5 Chapter 7Table 7.1 The various types of microbial strain used for efficient mode producti...

6 Chapter 9Table 9.1 Various types of surfactant structures from various microbial sources ...Table 9.2 Biosurfactants exhibit various functions and application [38].Table 9.3 Different types of biosurfactants based on functional groups and their...

7 Chapter 10Table 10.1 Plant growth–promoting rhizobacteria and their mechanisms of action o...

8 Chapter 13Table 13.1 Solid carrier used for biofertilizers.Table 13.2 Categorization of different biofertilizers.Table 13.3 Bacteria used as liquid biofertilizers and their selective growth med...Table 13.4 Different types of biofertilizers have different treatment types whic...

9 Chapter 14Table 14.1 Different group of extremophiles and their microbial habitats.Table 14.2 Biocatalysts isolated from different extremophiles and their foreseen...

10 Chapter 17Table 17.1 Classification of biofuels (adapted from ref. [5]).Table 17.2 Microbes used in MFCs (adopted from ref. [75]).

11 Chapter 18Table 18.1 Sources and types of solid waste.Table 18.2 Municipal waste generation in main cities of India, collection and se...Table 18.3 Comparison of major MSW management technology.Table 18.4 Microbes involved in landfill treatment.Table 18.5 Compost production from different solid wastes by adding microbes and...Table 18.6 Important fermentative bacteria in anaerobic digestion.Table 18.7 Effect of biological (microbial) pre-treatment of solid waste on biog...Table 18.8 Bioethanol production from different solid wastes.

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