Advances in Soil Microbiology: Recent Trends and Future Prospects: Volume 1: Soil-Microbe Interaction

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This book presents a comprehensive collection of articles illustrating the importance of microbial community structure and function for ecosystem sustainability and environmental reclamation. It addresses a diverse range of topics, including microbial diversity, physiology, genomics, ecosystem function, interaction, metabolism, and the fruitful use of microbial communities for crop productivity and environmental remediation. In addition, the book explores issues ranging from general concepts on the diversity of microorganisms in soil, and ecosystem function to the evolution and taxonomy of soil microbiota, with future prospects. It covers cutting-edge methods in soil microbial ecological studies, rhizosphere microflora, the role of organic matter in plant productivity, biological nitrogen fixation and its genetics, microbial transformation of plant nutrients in soil, plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria, and organic matter transformation. The book also discusses the application of microbes in biodegradation of xenobiotic contaminants. It covers bio-fertilizers and their role in sustainable agriculture and soil health, biological control of insect pests and plant pathogens, and the latest tools of omics in soil microbiology, i.e. genomics, proteomics, transcriptomics and metabolomics, which offer pioneering approaches to the exploration of microbial structure and function. Front Matter ....Pages i-ix Soil Microbiology Research in the Coming Decades: Translational Research Opportunities (Tapan Kumar Adhya, K. Annapurna)....Pages 1-8 Molecular Genomic Techniques for Identification of Soil Microbial Community Structure and Dynamics (Dhiraj Paul, Satish Kumar, Mrinal Mishra, Sushant Parab, Sunil Banskar, Yogesh S. Shouche)....Pages 9-33 ‘Omics’ Tools in Soil Microbiology: The State of the Art (Rimi Biswas, Angana Sarkar)....Pages 35-64 Diversity of Sulfur-Oxidizing and Sulfur-Reducing Microbes in Diverse Ecosystems (Upendra Kumar, P. Panneerselvam, Vadakattu V. S. R. Gupta, M. Manjunath, Priyanka Priyadarshinee, Archana Sahoo et al.)....Pages 65-89 Microbial Cycling of Arsenic in the Aquifers of Bengal Delta Plains (BDP) (Devanita Ghosh, Punyasloke Bhadury)....Pages 91-108 Bacterial Communities of Uranium-Contaminated Tailing Ponds and Their Interactions with Different Heavy Metals (Paltu Kumar Dhal)....Pages 109-128 Microbial Cycling of Greenhouse Gases and Their Impact on Climate Change (Bharati Kollah, Ashok Kumar Patra, Santosh Ranjan Mohanty)....Pages 129-143 Microbe-Mediated Bioremediation: An Eco-friendly Sustainable Approach for Environmental Clean-Up (Seema Sangwan, Ajinath Dukare)....Pages 145-163 Remediation of Oily Sludge- and Oil-Contaminated Soil from Petroleum Industry: Recent Developments and Future Prospects (Subhasis Das, Nanthakumar Kuppanan, Veeranna A. Channashettar, Banwari Lal)....Pages 165-177 Microbial Soil Enzymes: Implications in the Maintenance of Rhizosphere Ecosystem and Soil Health (Swati Joshi, Balaram Mohapatra, J. P. N. Mishra)....Pages 179-192 Biosurfactants in Soil Bioremediation (Vivek Rangarajan, Mahesh Narayanan)....Pages 193-204