A. Martínez‐Medina Bioprocesses and Bioproducts Research Group, Food Research Department, School of Chemistry, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Saltillo, Coahuila, México
Pragati Misra Department of Molecular and Cellular Engineering, Jacob Institute of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India
Geetanjali Mishra Ladybird Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Juliana Botelho Moreira Laboratory of Microbiology and Biochemistry, College of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
Tejas Oza Department of Microbiology, Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India
Arun Kumar Pal Department of Molecular and Cellular Engineering, Jacob Institute of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India
Ratih Pangestuti Research and Development Division of Marine Bio Industry, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), West Nusa Tenggara, Republic of Indonesia
Lorena Pedraza‐Segura Department of Chemical, Industrial and Food Engineering, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico
K. Abraham Peele Department of Biotechnology, Vignan’s Foundation for Science, Technology & Research, Vadlamudi, Andhra Pradesh, India
Yanuariska Putra Research and Development Division of Marine Bio Industry, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), West Nusa Tenggara, Republic of Indonesia
Puji Rahmadi Research Center for Oceanography, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jakarta, Republic of Indonesia
Amit K. Rai Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (DBT‐IBSD), Sikkim Centre, Gangtok, Sikkim, India
Mahendrapalsingh Rajput Department of Microbiology, Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India
Nathiely Ramírez‐Guzman Center for Interdisciplinary Studies and Research, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Saltillo, México
Keyur Raval Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Luis V. Rodríguez‐Durán Multidisciplinary Academic Unit Mante, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México
Gaurav Sanghvi Department of Microbiology, Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India
Suman Sanju Department of Botany, M.C.M.D.A.V. College, Kangra, Himanchal Pradesh, India
Gerardo Saucedo‐Castañeda Biotechnology Department, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana‐Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Mexico
Karishma Seem Division of Biochemistry, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
Manisha Sharma Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing (DBT‐CIAB), Mohali, Punjab, India
Tomoya Shintani Department of Nutritional Representative ‐ Supplement Adviser, The Japanese Clinical Nutrition Association, Tokyo, Japan
Pradeep Kumar Shukla Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India
Evi Amelia Siahaan Research and Development Division of Marine Bio Industry, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), West Nusa Tenggara, Republic of Indonesia
Sudhir P. Singh Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing (DBT‐CIAB), Mohali, Punjab, India
Liliane Martins Teixeira Laboratory of Microbiology and Biochemistry, College of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
Himani Thakkar Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, New Delhi, India
Aditi Thakur Department of Biotechnology, Harlal institute of Management and Technology, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Luís F. Saraiva Macedo Timmers Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Biotecnologia (PPGBiotec), Universidade do Vale do Taquari – Univates, Lajeado, RS, Brazil Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ciências Médicas (PPGCM), Universidade do Vale do Taquari – Univates, Lajeado, RS, Brazil
Vijay Tripathi Department of Molecular and Cellular Engineering, Jacob Institute of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India
Ujwalkumar Trivedi Department of Microbiology, Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India
Santosh Kumar Upadhyay Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
T. C. Venkateswarulu Department of Biotechnology, Vignan’s Foundation for Science, Technology & Research, Vadlamudi, Andhra Pradesh, India
Deepak Kumar Verma Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
Vinnyfred Vincent Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, New Delhi, India
Camile Wünsch Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Biotecnologia (PPGBiotec), Universidade do Vale do Taquari – Univates, Lajeado, RS, Brazil
Tripti Yadav Ladybird Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Chang‐Ping Yu Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Preface
Microorganisms are the most abundant and diverse unicellular organisms on the earth, equipped with distinguishable characteristics and functionality. Bioprospecting offers exploitation of microbial resource for societal benefits. The useful applications of microbial diversity have been established in medical, food, textile, and agro‐industrial sectors. Microorganisms are source of biomolecules of health significance, antibiotic, anti‐insecticidal compounds, biosurfactants, biofilm, etc. Microbial resources for production of bio‐hydrogen, biomethane, biodiesel, and microorganisms have been reported. Microorganisms also contribute to the aspects of food security and bioremediation. Many microbial enzymes have been employed for executing a wide range of chemical interconversions, producing diverse biomolecules of functional properties, and for other industrial bioprocessing aspects such as agri‐biomass hydrolysis, and so on. Microbial strains have been identified with crucial implications for the bioremediation of polluted niches. The
