Biology

Industrial Microbiology
Current Progress and Novel Technologies

Editors: Prakash Kumar Sarangi, PhD
Akhilesh Kumar Singh, PhD
Rajesh Kumar Srivastava, PhD
Brijesh Pandey, PhD

Industrial Microbiology

In Production
Pub Date: Forthcoming January 2026
Hardback Price: $190 US | £150 UK
Hard ISBN: 9781779642202
E-Book ISBN: 978-1-77964-221-9
Pages: Est 485 pp w/index
Binding Type: hardback / ebook
Notes: 15 color and 23 b/w illustrations

This new volume, Industrial Microbiology: Current Progress and Novel Technologies, focuses on the effective utilization of microbial biomass in industry. Covering the industrial microbial processes for environmentally friendly production of value-added industrial compounds in food, fuel, and other related sectors, the volume covers bioconversion technologies to recover energy and fuel from plant-based nonedible biomass and other organic wastes.

The chapters discuss bacillus-meditated and microbial-mediated fermentation techniques in food processing, microalgal biohydrogen for an eco-friendly biodiesel, genetically engineered microbe-mediated insulin production, polyhydroxyalkanoate bioplastics, bacterial-based amylase enzyme (used in many products), utilizing microbial biopesticides, microbial synthesis of biodegradable polymers, microalgae in the production of biodiesel, microbial biopesticides, and much more.

Providing valuable information on recent advances in the field of biotechnology, catalysis, bioprocess engineering, downstream processing for environmentally friendly production of valuable biochemicals, this volume helps to fill the gap between the microorganisms and biotechnology in the use of traditional and modern process technologies.

CONTENTS:
Preface

1. Microbial-Mediated Fermented Foods: Recent Trends, Progress, and Prospect
Priti Pal, Prakash Kumar Sarangi, Brijesh Pandey, Anand Prakash, Saurabh Singh Rathore, and Akhilesh Kumar Singh

2. Microalgal Biohydrogen: An Insight into Recent Advances, Glitches, and Solutions
Priti Pal, Ram Prasad, Brijesh Pandey, Anand Prakash, Saurabh Singh Rathore, Prakash Kumar Sarangi, Akhilesh Kumar Singh, and Rajesh K. Srivastava

3. Genetically Engineered Microbes-Mediated Insulin Production: Progress and Prospects
Maharudra Pratap Singh, Manish Mishra, Brijesh Pandey, Akhilesh Kumar Singh, Prakash Kumar Sarangi, and Anand Prakash

4. Cyanobacterial for the Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoate Bioplastic Factories: Progress and Prospects
Sandeep Sirohi, Ritu Vishnoi, Surya Prakash D. V., Nitika Vats, Priti Pal, Akhilesh Kumar Singh, and Laxuman Sharma

5. Microalgae as a Promising Platform for the Production of Eco-Friendly Biodiesel: Recent Advances, Bottlenecks, and Solutions
Priti Pal, Saurabh Singh Rathore, Brijesh Pandey, Anand Prakash, Ram Prasad, Prakash Kumar Sarangi, and Akhilesh Kumar Singh

6. Bacterial-Based Industrial Amylase Enzyme: Progress and Prospects
Babli Kumari, Priti Pal, Akhilesh Kumar Singh, Prakash Kumar Sarangi, Anand Prakash, Saurabh Singh Rathore, and Brijesh Pandey

7. Recent Trends and Industrial Applications of Microbially Fabricated 2, 3 Butanediol
Priti Pal, Ram Prasad, Brijesh Pandey, Anand Prakash, Saurabh Singh Rathore, Manish Mishra, Prakash Kumar Sarangi, and Akhilesh Kumar Singh

8. Bacillus-Meditated Fermentation and Its Role in Quality Enhancement of Soybean Fermented Food
Shreetama Bhattacharjee, Isra Aman Aziz, Yashvardhan Singh, Aditi Singh, and Mala Trivedi

9. Bacterial Cell Factories for Industrially Important Protein Production
Om Prakash, Priti Pal, Babli Kumari, Anand Prakash, Saurabh Singh Rathore, Brijesh Pandey, Prakash Kumar Sarangi, and Akhilesh Kumar Singh

10. Effective Methods and Approaches for Utilizing Microbial Biopesticides
Pankaj Kumar Singh, Pawan Kumar, Nishat Fatima, Anjali Singh, Brijesh Pandey, and Keshav Singh

11. Microbial Synthesis of Biodegradable Polymers: A Focus on Polylactic Acid (PLA)
Maharudra Pratap Singh, Akhilesh Kumar Singh, Brijesh Pandey, Prakash Kumar Sarangi, and Anand Prakash

12. Microbial Butanol Production: A Sustainable Pathway to Biofuel Innovation
Vishwajit Kumar, Maharudra Pratap Singh, Anand Prakash, Akhilesh Kumar Singh, and Piyush Behari Lal

Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Editors: Prakash Kumar Sarangi, PhD
Scientist (Microbiology), Central Agricultural University, Imphal, India

Prakash Kumar Sarangi, PhD, is a Scientist with specialization in Microbiology at the Central Agricultural University in Imphal, India. Dr. Sarangi’s research is focused on bioprocess engineering, biochemicals, biomaterials and sustainable development. His expertise is in bioconversion of biomass into biofuels, biochemicals, and nutraceuticals, as well as environmental waste remediation. He has taken leading roles as the principal investigator in different R&D projects on biomass conversion and microbial biodegradation into value-added products. He has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience in biochemical engineering, microbial biotechnology, downstream processing, food microbiology and molecular biology. He is serving as an editorial board member for many international journals, including PLOS One; 3 Biotech; and Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining. He is also serving as guest editor of the journals Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery; Chemical Engineering and Technology; and Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining. He has published more than 130 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and authored more than 75 book chapters. He has presented at many national and international conferences. He is associated with many scientific societies as a fellow member (Society for Applied Biotechnology) and life member (Biotech Research Society of India; Society for Biotechnologists of India; Association of Microbiologists of India; Indian Science Congress Association; Forum of Scientists, Engineers & Technologists; and International Association of Academicians and Researchers). He has published many books on the field of biomass conversion and value addition. Dr. Sarangi has a PhD degree in Microbial Biotechnology from the Ravenshaw University, India, and MTech degree from the Department of Agriculture and Food Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.

Akhilesh Kumar Singh, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi Central University (MGCU), Motihari, Bihar, India

Akhilesh Kumar Singh, PhD, is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi Central University (MGCU), Motihari, Bihar, India. Before joining MGCU, Dr. Singh worked in the faculty at the Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow Campus, Lucknow, India. He has more than 16 years of teaching and multidisciplinary research experience in industrial biotechnology, environmental biotechnology, and nanobiotechnology at the university level. His research focuses on polyhydroxyalkanoate bioplastic production, metallic nanobiotechnology, nitric oxide signaling, and biofuel production. He has been credited with two international and one national patents, 22 research papers, 35 review articles in international journals of high repute, and more than 60 chapters in reputed books published by Springer, Wiley, CRC Press, Elsevier, and so on. He has edited the book titled Nanobiotechnology: Mitigation of Abiotic Stress in Plants (Springer). Dr. Singh has been on the editorial boards as well as the panels of reviewers of several reputed journals of Elsevier, Springer Nature, John Wiley & Sons, etc. Dr. Singh has supervised three PhD, one MTech, 19 MSc, and five BTech students. He holds a PhD in agricultural and food engineering and an MTech in agricultural biotechnology from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India, with a master’s degree in biotechnology from another prestigious institute, i.e., IIT, Roorkee, India. He has qualified the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in Life Science conducted by IIT Kanpur on behalf of the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India, awarded him the prestigious Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-University Grants Commission (UGC) Junior Research Fellowship (CSIR-UGC JRF). In addition, Dr. Singh has also qualified the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR)-National Eligibility Test (NET), i.e., ICAR-NET in “Agricultural Biotechnology,” conducted by ICAR, India.

Rajesh Kumar Srivastava, PhD
Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, GIT, GITAM (Deemed to be University), Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

Rajesh Kumar Srivastava, PhD, is a Senior Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, GIT, GITAM (Deemed to be University), Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. He focuses his research works on applied microbiology, industrial biotechnology, and also fermentative production synthesis. He has published 48 papers in international and national journals, 13 book chapters in international books, and five book chapters in national books, with several papers and book chapters currently in progress. He has also published two national-level books. He is a reviewer for the Journal of Applied Microbiology; Archives of Microbiology; PLOS One; and Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. He received his PhD degree in fermentation technology from IIT Bombay, Mumbai in 2009. Before this degree, he has completed his MSc in Microbiology and MTech in Biochemical Engineering (from IIT BHU, Varanasi, UP). After earning his PhD degree, he had a postdoctoral fellowship from the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Brijesh Pandey, PhD
Professor, Department of Biotech, School of Life Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari, Bihar, India

Brijesh Pandey, PhD, specializes in secondary metabolism and genetic engineering for regulatory manipulation of secondary metabolic pathways. He is a Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences at Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari, Bihar, India. His research focuses on metabolic regulation and assessment of therapeutic and industrial importance of secondary metabolites. He has more than three dozen international publications to his credit. He is a life member of the Indian Science Congress and the Association, Society of Biological Chemists (I) and a founding member of the Florafauna Science Foundation, aimed at enabling entrepreneurial villages. He has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience at the university level. He received his PhD degree in Biochemistry from the University of Lucknow in India.




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