About the Book: Soil and Applied Microbiology
In the present book "Soil and Applied Microbiology" subject matter has been
presented through nineteen chapters and four units. The first unit soil
microbiology briefly explains introduction to soil microbiology, history and
development of soil microbiology, distribution and importance of microorganisms,
diversity of uncultivable microorganism metagenomic approach, rhizosphere and
its importance, plant growth promoting rhizobacteria, plant microbe interactions
and bio-geochemical cycling. The next unit environmental microbiology deals with
introduction to environmental microbiology, soil microorganisms in
biodegradation of pesticides and herbicides, biogas production, biodegradable
plastics and bioremediation. The third unit food microbiology describes
microorganisms associated with food and dairy products. Biofertilizer, microbial
agents, microbial