Main description:

Planet Earth is undergoing an accelerated process of change associated with a wide range of anthropogenic phenomena. The future of these changes is uncertain, but there is general agreement that this negative development might be detrimental to our own survival. Although different environmental engineering strategies have been developed, none of them seem to address carbon dioxide accumulation, biosphere, and ecosystem safety. The rapidly increasing potential for the development of living systems through the biotechnology and bioengineering of microbes is a sustainable alternative to address safety issues.

Beneficial Microbes for Biotechnology brings together the ideas and latest developments of leading biotechnologists and bioengineers. In 20 chapters it covers various aspects of microbes mediated rhizosphere, biosphere, environmental and ecosystem biotechnology and focuses on the restoration and management of the rhizosphere, the biosphere, and the ecosystem with microbes for a sustainable future.

The book is designed to address various technical and application details of microorganisms and their products in the light of biotechnology and bioengineering approaches. It provides up-to-date knowledge to beginners, researchers, students, scientists, engineers, and industry stakeholders who can support the management of ecosystems through the use of microbes.

Contents:

1. Potential microbiomes for sustainable bioengineering: a global scenario and future prospects
2. Endophytic bacteria mediated resistance to plant diseases: bioengineering approaches
3. Actinobacteria from Rhizosphere: genetic diversity and future engineering applications
4. Enhancing nutrient availability in soil and ecosystem productivity through rhizosphere engineering-sustainable approach
5. Microbiome of rhizosphere for improve production of plant probiotics and secondary metabolites
6. Rhizoremediation of organic emerging soil contaminants- green technology
7. Rhizobacterium that boosts plant growth while lowering abiotic stress - a profitable solution
8. Rhizoremediation as a green technology for heavy metal remediation: Prospects and challenges
9. Plant-soil-microbe interactions: A metabolomics strategy to eliminate pathogenic organisms and boost crop productivity
10. Boosting soil carbon storage for carbon remediation: potential microbial inputs and constraints
11. Omics-Based Bioengineering: emerging strategies for sustainable agriculture development and future perspectives
12. Restoration of degraded biosphere habitats through microbial biomass
13. Bioengineered and biohybrid bacteria-based system for sustainable agriculture
14. Restoration of soil by a phytase-producing microorganism
15. Promoting crop production in the era of climate change with symbiotic microbes
16. Migration of microplastics in agriculture and Marian Ecosystem: biotechnology approaches
17. Halotolerant and halophilic bacteria present in the mangrove ecosystem: Bioengineering potential
18. Microbes are natural ecological engineers in the forest ecosystem, enhancing the interaction between plants and herbivores
19. Use of microbial enzymes to degrade pesticide residues in agroecosystems-Sustainable practises
20. Using molecular tools to improve the decomposer potential of organic bio-waste in certain fungi - future prospects