Includes bibliographical references and index.

Emerging trends in microbial biotechnology : energy and environment / Rajesh Arora -- The microbiology of microbial electric systems / Sarah A. Hensley, Madeline Vargas, and Ashley E. Franks -- A comparative assessment of bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) and enzymatic fuel cells (EFCs) / Deepak Pant ... [et al.] -- Electrical energy from microorganisms / Sheela Berchmans -- Rumen microbial fuel cells / Chin-Tsan Wang, Che-Ming J. Yang, Yung-Chin Yang -- Systems microbiology approach to bioenergy / Qasim K. Beg and Ritu Sarin -- Nanotechnology and bioenergy: innovations and applications / Mrunalini V. Pattarkine -- Host engineering for biofuel tolerant phenotypes / Becky J. Rutherford and Aindrila Mukhopadhyay -- Microbial fuel cells : electricity generation from organic wastes by microbes / Kun Guo, Daniel J. Hassett and Tingyue Gu -- Integration of anaerobic digestion and oil accumulation-bioenergy production and pollutants removal / Mi Yan, Jianguo Zhang, Bo Hu -- Biohydrogen generation through solid phase anaerobic digestion from organic solid waste / S. Jayalakshmi -- Algae- a novel biomass feedstock for biofuels / Senthil Chinnasamy ... [et al.] -- Biofuel from microalgae : myth vs. reality / Jubilee Purkayastha, Hemanta Kumar Gogoi, Lokendra Singh and Vijay Veer -- Biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in contaminated soils / Aniefiok E. Ite and Kirk T. Semple -- Bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) / Carl Johnston and G. Patricia Johnston -- The role of biological control in the creation of bioremediation technologies / Yana Topalova -- Bioremediation of uranium, transuranic waste and fission products / Evans M.N. Chirwa -- Uranium Bioremediation: Nanotechnology and biotechnology advances / Mrunalini V. Pattarkine -- Going extreme for small solutions to big environmental challenges / Christopher (Kitt) E. Bagwell.