Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Genomics of major foodborne pathogens : an update / Spiros Paramithiotis and Eleftherios H. Drosinos -- Microbial beta glucanase in agriculture / Lekshmi K. Edison, S. Shiburaj, and N. S. Pradeep -- Application of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in agriculture / Sushanto Gouda, Rout George Kerry, Dibyaranjan Samal, Gyana Prakash Mahapatra, Gitishree Das, and Jayanta Kumar Patra -- Microbial pesticides' potential alternative / Bighneswar Baliyarsingh, Aseem Mishra, and Saktikanta Rath -- Microalgae : a potential source of biofuel / Devendra Kumar, Priyanka Nehra, Anuj Kumar, and Neeraj Kumar -- Prospects and application of azospirillum spp. as a natural agricultural biofertilizer / D. Mohapatra, N. R. Singh, and S. K. Rath -- Yeast : a multifaceted eukaryotic microbe and its biotechnological applications / Nayan Moni Deori, Rachayeeta Deb, Riddhi Banerjee, and Shirisha Nagotu -- Antimicrobials for textile finishes / Sagarika Devi -- Influence of wastewater use in agriculture : advances in human and plant health / Kavindra Kumar Kesari, Pooja Tripathi, and Vijay Tripathi -- Microbial fuel cells for wastewater treatment, bioremediation and bioenergy production / Ravinder Kumar and Pradeep Kumar -- Role of microorganisms in the removal of fluoride / Shubha Dwivedi, Prasenjit Mondal, and Chandrajit Balomajumder -- Application of microorganisms in biodegradation of cyanide from waste water / Naveen Dwivedi, Chandrajit Balomajumder, and Prasenjit Mondal -- Microbial infections and human health : what ayurveda can offer? / Chethala N. Vishnuprasad -- Bacteria biofilms and their impact on human health / Mukesh Kumar Yadav -- Prevention of colorectal cancer through probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics : a critical review / Sushrirekha Das, Smita H. Panda, Niladri B. Kar, Nakulananda Mohanty, and Hrudayanath Thatoi -- Purification and characterization of microbial polygalacturonases : an update / Gautam Anand, Sangeeta Yadav, Aiman Tanveer, and Dinesh Yadav -- Natural agents against filariasis : a review / Vishal Kumar Soni -- Maximizing expression and yield of human recombinant proteins from bacterial cell factories for biomedical applications / Manash P. Borgohain, Gloria Narayan, H. Krishna Kumar, Chandrima Dey, and Rajkumar P. Thummer -- Microbes and nanotechnology : a potent confluence / Reecha Sahu and Lata S. B. Upadhyay -- Potential applications of nanotechnology, an interface in modern science / Anjan Kumar Pradhan and Sushil Kumar Sahu -- A systematic study on phyto-synthesized silver nanoparticles and their antimicrobial mode of action / Anupriya Baranwal, Ananya Srivastava, and Pranjal Chandra.