The book is aimed at a broad audience, mainly researchers, environment
specialists, academicians, entrepreneurs, industrialists, policymakers and others
who wish to know the latest development and future perspectives of microbial and
biotechnological approaches for bioenergy (biogas and biodiesel) production and
upliftment of the environment. The book is written in a lucid style and comprehensively covers each point to give the reader a holistic picture about environmental
microbiology and biotechnology and its future perspective for bioenergy production
and benefits of environmental health. The book may even be adopted as a textbook
for masters and undergraduate university courses that deal with environmental
microbiology and biotechnology.
Despite the best efforts of authors and editors along with extensive checks
conducted by many experts in the field of environmental microbiology and biotechnology, mistakes might have crept in inadvertently. We would appreciate if the
readers could highlight these and make comments or suggestions to improve and
update the book contents for future editions.
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Anoop Singh
Gurugram, Haryana, India
Shaili Srivastava
Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
Dheeraj Rathore
Mol, Antwerpen, Belgium
Deepak Pant
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Preface