Sustainable Microbial Technologies for Valorization of Agro-Industrial Wastes

ISBN-13: 9781032042695 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 432 str.

Jitendra Kumar Saini; Surender Singh; Lata Nain

Opis

This book provides an overview of the different aspects of microbial bioconversion methodologies for valorization of underutilized wastes of varied nature. It covers microbiological/biotechnological aspects, environmental concerns, bioprocess development, scale-up aspects, and opportunities in microbial valorization at commercial scale.

Spis treści

1. Lignocellulosic waste availability for microbial production of fuels, biochemicals and products
2. Recent advancements, and prospects of using lignocellulosic wastes for microbial production of fuels, biochemicals and products
3. Bioprospecting and genomic based biotechnology for economic use of agro-industrial wastes
4. Functional metagenomics for bioprospecting novel glycosyl hydrolases in 2G biofuel production from lignocellulosics
5. Bioprospecting of lignin valorization by microbes and lignolytic enzymes for the production of value-added chemicals
6. Microbial valorization of food industry wastes for production of nutraceutical molecules
7. Sustainable production of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) from food-wastes
8. New Insights into Feruloyl Esterase: The Enzyme with Potential biotechnological applications
9. Production of biomass-based butanol: strategies and challenges
10. Bioethanol production from Jute and Mesta biomass: prospects and challenges
11. Exploring the potential of cyanobacterial biomass for bioethanol production
12. Recent trends in application of feather keratin hydrolysate produced through bioconversion of poultry feather waste
13. Biological pathways to the production of levulinic acid from lignocellulosic resources
14. Pernicious parthenium weed: an insight into its biogenic control and transformation to organic fertilizer
15. Microbial fermentation of waste oils for production of added-value products
16. Concepts and recent trends in life cycle analyses in waste valorization