BAND Bacterial Metagenomics

As wastewater contains diverse microbes, the regular microbiological screening at wastewater treatment plants is essential for monitoring wastewater treatment. This work discusses enzymatic as well as culture-dependent/-independent methods used to estimate bacterial diversity and to monitor temporal and spatial changes. A metagenomic approach is used to characterize the microbial communities in industrial wastewater treatment.

• Covers the application of metagenomics in industrial wastewater treatment for the next generation water treatment system.
• Describes the emerging technologies in refractory pollutants removal from wastewater through metagenome approach.

Dr. Maulin P. Shah

Dr. Maulin P. Shah is an active researcher and scientific writer in his field for over 20 years. He earned a B.Sc. degree (1999) in Microbiology from Gujarat University, Godhra (Gujarat), India. He also earned his Ph.D. degree (2005) in Environmental Microbiology from Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar (Gujarat), India. He is Chief Scientist & Head of the Industrial Waste Water Research Lab, Division of Applied and Environmental Microbiology Lab at Enviro Technology Ltd., Ankleshwar, Gujarat, India. His work focuses on the impact of industrial pollution on the microbial diversity of wastewater, and genetically engineering high-impact microbes for the degradation of hazardous materials. His research interests include Biological Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Microbiology, Biodegradation, Bioremediation, & Phytoremediation of Environmental Pollutants from Industrial Wastewaters. Maulin P. Shah (male), currently his major work involves isolation, screening, identification and Genetic Engineering of high impact of Microbes for the degradation of hazardous materials. He has published more than 250 research papers in national and international journals of repute on various aspects of microbial biodegradation and bioremediation of environmental pollutants. He is the editor of more than 50 books of international repute (Elsevier, Springer, RSC and CRC Press). He is an active editorial board member in top-rated journals. He is on the Advisory Board of CLEAN—Soil, Air, Water (Wiley); editor of Current Pollution Reports (Springer Nature), Environmental Technology & Innovation (Elsevier), Current Microbiology (Springer Nature), Journal of Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment (Taylor & Francis), Ecotoxicology (Microbial Ecotoxicology) (Springer Nature), and Current Microbiology (Springer Nature); and associate editor of GeoMicrobiology (Taylor & Francis) and Applied Water Science (Springer Nature).

Dr. Sumira Malik

Dr. Sumira Malik is working as an Assistant Professor in the department of Biotechnology at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, India. She has completed her Ph.D. in Biotechnology and Biological Sciences from Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea. She has published a qualitative number of papers and book chapters in reputed SCI, Web of science international journals.