Microbial technology has an integral role in the development of biotechnology, bioengineering and biomedicine. This book provides a detailed compendium of the methods, biotechnological routes, and processes used to investigate microbial applications. It covers the applied aspects of microorganisms in the health, industry and environmental sectors.

Contributions by: Aakash Goyal, Jose López-Bucio, R.S. Upadhyay, Marcela Pagano, Marcela Panago, Pradeep Kumar, Igor Maksimov, Iqbal Ahmad, Gamini Seneviratne, Harikesh Bahadur Singh, Javier Hernández-Fernández, M.A. Mazutii, Bishnu Maya, Javed Ahamad Khan, Smriti Gaur, Sandipan Ganguly, Quang D. Nguyen, Vinod Singh, Hesham A. El Enshasy, Mohammed Kuddus, Marina G. Holyavka, Thais Martins Marques Costa, Franciele M. Pelissari, Ram Naraian, Gerardo Díaz Godínez, Gustavo Molina, Alfredo Aires, Ahmed M. El-Bondkly, Ipek Kurtböke, Hector Cristóbal, Mark Eppinger, María-del-Carmen Durán-Domínguez-de-Bazúa, Ravichandra Potumarthi, Pattanathu K.S.M. Rahman, Neela Badrie, Christian Cumagun, Kanika Sharma, Shikha, Jeyabalan Sangeetha, S Chandra Nayak, Helen Treichel