The book is a compilation of the updated research on the impact of soil microbial communities in increasing soil fertility and CO2 sequestration. Besides, the book embodies the renewed role of microbes in producing bioplastics, nutraceuticals, dairy products, drugs from macro-fungi, potential economic development from agro-waste or fish waste, and advanced approaches in bioprospecting of biocatalyst and biosensing of secondary metabolites. The first volume of the book,  helps bridge the gap between vastness of literature available pertaining to agricultural and industrial microbiology and their applications with authoritative chapters containing the latest updates available in this area.The content of the book is an exhaustive reference resource for soil microbiologists, agricultural scientists, academia, policymakers, and industrial microbiologists pursuing teaching and research in these domains. weiterlesen