Microbial and Biochar Technology for Waste Valorization

Name: Microbial and Biochar Technology for Waste Valorization
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ISBN: 9780443277634

by Dibyajyoti Haldar, Maulin P. Shah, Priya Banerjee

1st Edition

Publisher: Academic Press

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Print ISBN	9780443277634
eText ISBN	9780443277641
Publisher	Academic Press
Publishing Year	2026
Edition	1st Edition
Language	English
Pages	600

Microbial and Biochar Technology for Waste Valorization, 1st Edition, investigates how integrating microorganisms with biochar supports resource recovery and environmental sustainability. Written for advanced students and researchers in microbiology, cell biology, biotechnology, and environmental science, this work evaluates how biological processing and thermochemical biochar production intersect. It outlines different types of waste biomass used in biochar synthesis.

The text details biochar sources, thermochemical synthesis routes, characterization methods, and various approaches to biochar production. In addition, it examines how biochar influences soil, environmental, and aquatic microbiomes. The coverage highlights biochar's role in environmental remediation, its capacity for augmenting bacterial growth, and its active function as a microbe carrier.

Specific application frameworks combine biochar and microbes to support biofertilizers, biopesticides, and water treatment processes. The chapters also explore biochar's influence on microbial signaling and the carbon-sequestering ability of microbes, providing academic readers with grounded technical insights for waste management research.

Chapter 1: Different types of waste biomass for biochar synthesis
Chapter 2: Biochar and its impact on soil, environment, and water microbiome
Chapter 3: Advantages and limitations of thermo-chemical reactions for biochar generation
Chapter 4: Biochar modifications for environmental applications
Chapter 5: Energy production from engineered biochar
Chapter 6: Biochar applications in environmental remediation
Chapter 7: Biochar for augmenting bacterial growth
Chapter 8: Biochar as a microbe carrier
Chapter 9: Integrated application of microorganisms and biochar for pollution remediation
Chapter 10: Application of biochar in microbial fuel cells (MFC)
Chapter 11: Application of biochar in microbial electrochemical cells
Chapter 12: Biochar and microbes as biofertilizers
Chapter 13: Biochar and microbes as biopesticides
Chapter 14: Response of microbial communities to biochar-amended soils
Chapter 15: Effect of biochar on the carbon-sequestering ability of microbes
Chapter 16: Biochar and microbial signaling
Chapter 17: Machine learning and AI for predicting biochar characteristics
Chapter 18: Microbe-immobilized biochar as an approach to the circular economy (CE)
Chapter 19: Modified biochar for industrial applications
Chapter 20: Sustainability of modified biochar-based water treatment processes