1 Microbial Applications in Agriculture and the Environment:
A Broad Perspective .......................................... 1
Iqbal Ahmad, Mohd Sajjad Ahmad Khan, Farrukh Aqil, and
Mahipal Singh
2 Molecular Techniques to Assess Microbial Community
Structure, Function, and Dynamics in the Environment ........ 29
Gurdeep Rastogi and Rajesh K. Sani
3 The Biofilm Returns: Microbial Life at the Interface ........ 59
Anand Jain, Enrico Marsili, and Narayan B. Bhosle
4 Future Application of Probiotics: A Boon from Dairy
Biology ..................................................... 87
Vinod Singh, Sarika Amdekar, Hariom Yadav, Nagendra Nath
Mishra, and Shailini Jain
5 Microbially Synthesized Nanoparticles: Scope and
Applications ............................................... 101
Javed Musarrat, Sourabh Dwivedi, Braj Raj Singh, Quaiser
Saquib, and Abdulaziz A. Al-Khedhairy
6 Bacterial Quorum Sensing and Its Interference: Methods
and Significance ........................................... 127
Iqbal Ahmad, Mohd Sajjad Ahmad Khan, Fohad Mabood Husain,
Maryam Zahin, and Mahipal Singh
7 Horizontal Gene Transfer Between Bacteria Under Natural
Conditions ................................................. 163
Elisabeth Grohmann
8 Molecular Strategies: Detection of Foodborne Bacterial
Pathogens .................................................. 189
Javed Ahamad Khan, R.S. Rathore, Iqbal Ahmad, and Shaheen
Khan
9 Recent Advances in Bioremediation of Contaminated Soil
and Water Using Microbial Surfactants ...................... 207
Achlesh Daverey and Kannan Pakshirajan
10 Bioaugmentation-Assisted Phytoextraction Applied to
Metal-Contaminated Soils: State of the Art and Future
Prospects .................................................. 229
Thierry Lebeau, Karine Jézéquel, and Armelle Braud
11 Biosorption of Uranium for Environmental Applications
Using Bacteria Isolated from the Uranium Deposits .......... 267
Takehiko Tsuruta
12 Bacterial Biosorption: A Technique for Remediation
of Heavy Metals ............................................ 283
Mohd Ikram Ansari, Farhana Masood, and Abdul Malik
13 Metal Tolerance and Biosorption Potential of Soil Fungi:
Applications for a Green and Clean Water Treatment
Technology ................................................. 321
Iqbal Ahmad, Mohd Imran, Mohd Ikram Ansari, Abdul Malik,
and John Pichtel
14 Rhizosphere and Root Colonization by Bacterial
Inoculants and Their Monitoring Methods: A Critical Area
in PGPR Research ........................................... 363
Farah Ahmad, Fohad Mabood Husain, and Iqbal Ahmad
15 Pesticide Interactions with Soil Microflora: Importance
in Bioremediation .......................................... 393
Munees Ahemad and Mohammad Saghir Khan
16 Baculovirus Pesticides: Present State and Future
Perspectives ............................................... 415
Flavio Moscardi, Marlinda Lobo de Souza, Maria Elita
Batista de Castro, Mauricio Lara Moscardi, and Boguslaw
Szewczyk
17 Fungal Bioinoculants for Plant Disease Management .......... 447
Mujeebur Rahman Khan and M. Arshad Anwer
18 Mycorrhizal Inoculants: Progress in Inoculant Production
Technology ................................................. 489
Zaki A. Siddiqui and Ryota Kataoka
Index ......................................................... 507
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