This book provides an overview of the different aspects of microbial bioconversion methodologies for valorization of underutilized wastes of varied nature. It covers microbiological/biotechnological aspects, environmental concerns, bioprocess development, scale-up aspects, and opportunities in microbial valorization at commercial scale.

1. Lignocellulosic waste availability for microbial production of fuels, biochemicals and products2. Recent advancements, and prospects of using lignocellulosic wastes for microbial production of fuels, biochemicals and products3. Bioprospecting and genomic based biotechnology for economic use of agro-industrial wastes4. Functional metagenomics for bioprospecting novel glycosyl hydrolases in 2G biofuel production from lignocellulosics5. Bioprospecting of lignin valorization by microbes and lignolytic enzymes for the production of value-added chemicals6. Microbial valorization of food industry wastes for production of nutraceutical molecules7. Sustainable production of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) from food-wastes8. New Insights into Feruloyl Esterase: The Enzyme with Potential biotechnological applications9. Production of biomass-based butanol: strategies and challenges10. Bioethanol production from Jute and Mesta biomass: prospects and challenges11. Exploring the potential of cyanobacterial biomass for bioethanol production12. Recent trends in application of feather keratin hydrolysate produced through bioconversion of poultry feather waste13. Biological pathways to the production of levulinic acid from lignocellulosic resources14. Pernicious parthenium weed: an insight into its biogenic control and transformation to organic fertilizer15. Microbial fermentation of waste oils for production of added-value products16. Concepts and recent trends in life cycle analyses in waste valorization