Contents
Part IV Bioenergy
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Algal Biofuel: A Sustainable Approach for Fuel of Future
Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Neha Maheshwari, Arti Mishra, I. S. Thakur, and Shaili Srivastava
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Microbial and Biotechnological Advancement in Biogas
Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Muhammad Naveed Anwar, Muneeba Shabbir, Hira Saif,
Simal Hassan Khan, Eza Tahir, Ajwa Tahir, Zaib Naeem,
Mohammad Rehan, and Abdul-Sattar Nizami
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Role of Thermophiles in Production of Aviation Biofuels:
Fueling the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Latika Bhatia, Akhilesh K. Singh, and Anuj K. Chandel
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Bacterial-Mediated Depolymerization and Degradation of Lignin . .
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Madan Kumar, Raj Morya, Asmita Gupta, Vivek Kumar,
and I. S. Thakur
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Microbiology of Bioelectrochemical System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Surajbhan Sevda, Kaustubha Mohanty, and T. R. Sreekrishnan
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Application of Biotechnology in Oil and Gas Industries . . . . . . . . . 113
Ganshyam Prajapat, Sandeep Rellegadla, Shikha Jain,
and Akhil Agrawal
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Aquatic Microbial Oxygenic Phototrophs: A Short Treatise
on Diverse Applications and the Future Biofuel Scenario . . . . . . . . 135
Mayur Mausoom Phukan, Rupesh Kumar, Kuldeep Gupta,
Pritam Bardhan, Nilutpal Bhuyan, Lina Gogoi, Plaban Bora,
Manabendra Mandal, and Rupam Kataki
Part V Environmental Health
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Bioinformatics: A New Insight Tool to Deal with Environment
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
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