1st Edition
Microbial Surfactants Volume 3: Applications in Environmental Reclamation and Bioremediation
1. Efficient Substrates for Microbial Synthesis of Biosurfactants
P Saranraj, R Z Sayyed, Karrar Jasim Hamzah, Neethu Asokan, P Sivasakthivelan and Abdel Rahman Mohammad Al-Tawaha
2. Microbial Biosurfactants: Methods of Investigation, Characterization, Current Market Value and Applications
P Saranraj, R Z Sayyed, P Sivasakthivelan, Mustafa Salah Hasan, Abdel Rahman Mohammad Al-Tawaha and K Amala
3. Molecular Approaches Towards the Synthesis of Biosurfactants
Vidya Kothari and Arpana Jobanputra
4. Delving through Quorum Sensing and CRISPRi Strategies for Enhanced Surfactin Production
Shireen Adeeb Mujtaba Ali, R Z Sayyed, M S Reddy, Hesham El Enshasy and Bee Hameeda
5. Applications and Future Prospects of Biosurfactants
Anita V Handore, Sharad R Khandelwal, Rajib Karmakar, Divya L Gupta and Vinita S Jagtap
6. Biosurfactants: The Ecofriendly Biomolecules of the Upcoming Era
Anita V Handore, Sharad R Khandelwal, Rajib Karmakar, Divya L Gupta and Dilip V Handore
7. Biosurfactant as an Antimicrobial and Biodegradable Agent: A Review
Veena Kumari
8. Biosurfactant Mediated Synthesis and Stabilization of Nanoparticles
Muhammad Bilal Sadiq, Muhammad Rehan Khan and R Z Sayyed
9. Biosurfactants: A Sustainable Approach Towards Environmental Clean-up
Shagufta Siddiqui, Rajendrasinh Jadeja and Zeba Usmani
10. Cyanobacterial Biosurfactants in the Bioremediation of Oil Industries Effluents
Krishnakant Das, Sushrirekha Das, Manas Kumar Sinha, Manorama Das, Mahidhar Bolem and Nityasundar Pal
11. Microbial Biosurfactants: An Eco-friendly Approach for Bioremediation of Contaminated Environments
Shah Ishfaq, Basharat Hamid, Muzafar Zaman, Sabah Fatima, Shabeena Farooq, Rahul Datta, Subhan Danish, Noshin Ilyas and R Z Sayyed
12. Rhamnolipids (RLs): Green Solution for Global Hydrocarbon Pollution
Anushka Devale, Rupali Sawant, Karishma Pardesi, Surekha Satpute and Shilpa Mujumdar
13. Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons (PHC) using Biosurfactants
Veeranna Channashettar, Shaili Srivastava, Banwari Lal, Anoop Singh and Dheeraj Rathore
14. Biosurfactants: Current Trends and Applications
Nisha Dutta and Akansha Bhatnagar
Biography
R.Z. Sayyed is a professor and Head of the Department of Microbiology, PSGVP ASC College (North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon), SHAHADA, India. Currently, he serves as a President of Asian PGPR Society of Sustainable Agriculture. To his credit, he has received the Prof. M. M. Sharma Award from Akhil Bhartiya Marathi Vignyan Parishad, Mumbai (2018); "Best Teachers Award" (2016) from the North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, India; "Green Globe Award" from the ISBR, Bareilly, India; "Young Scientist Award" for the years of 2005, 2008, and 2012 from the DST and DAE, GOI, and Maulana Azad Shikshan Bhushan Pruskar (2005) from MSO, Dhule, India. He has over 20 years of teaching and research experience in Microbiology and Biotechnology. He trained several graduate, post-graduate and research students and produced 07 Ph.D.s under his guidance. Authored and co-authored over 146 research papers in reputed national and international journals and 20 reference books and 50 text books published by reputed National and International publishers. He has successfully demonstrated the transfer of laboratory research to farmer’s fields in PGPR related technologies. Delivered many invited talks at several South East Asian and European Countries.
