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The development of civilization entails the need to find new technological solutions leading to products with new properties. Allies in these efforts are microorganisms that have developed skills to synthesize products with properties of interest to the industry, environmental remediation or water treatment. The evolution of the omics approaches brought new tools to explore the microbial diversity and microorganisms’ potential. These new methodological approaches are readily used in both industrial and environmental microbiology. This Special Issue collects research papers as well as review articles addressing recent advances on applied and environmental microbiology. The review articles critically discuss the importance of biopolymers, specifically xanthan gum, to improve soil properties and the importance that microorganisms of poorly explored environments, such as caves, may have in the production of new bioactive compounds. The microbiological aspects of wastewater treatment and occurrence of antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater and sludge are studied in two research papers. These works demonstrate the effect that treatment conditions may have in the modulation of the water bacterial communities and how treated wastewater may impact the receiving environment in terms of pollution with antibiotic resistance genes. Additionally, the influence that an invasive species (alligator weed) may have on wetlands organic matter accumulation and bacterial communities was studied, being demonstrated that the presence of the invasive weed affects the wetland microhabitat both in terms of organic matter content and bacterial communities structure.

Research & information: general --- Alternanthera philoxeroide --- bacterial composition --- organic matter --- wetland --- antibiotic resistance --- wastewater --- WWTP --- ARGs --- sulfonamides --- fluoroquinolones --- intermittent aeration --- TSS-rich meat-processing wastewater --- extracellular polymeric substances --- complete denitrification --- microbial structure --- karst --- methane --- carbon dioxide --- greenhouse gases --- methanotrophy --- cave bacteria --- bioactive compounds --- geotechnical engineering --- microbiology --- biopolymer --- bioclogging --- xanthan gum --- soil improvement --- n/a

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The development of civilization entails the need to find new technological solutions leading to products with new properties. Allies in these efforts are microorganisms that have developed skills to synthesize products with properties of interest to the industry, environmental remediation or water treatment. The evolution of the omics approaches brought new tools to explore the microbial diversity and microorganisms’ potential. These new methodological approaches are readily used in both industrial and environmental microbiology. This Special Issue collects research papers as well as review articles addressing recent advances on applied and environmental microbiology. The review articles critically discuss the importance of biopolymers, specifically xanthan gum, to improve soil properties and the importance that microorganisms of poorly explored environments, such as caves, may have in the production of new bioactive compounds. The microbiological aspects of wastewater treatment and occurrence of antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater and sludge are studied in two research papers. These works demonstrate the effect that treatment conditions may have in the modulation of the water bacterial communities and how treated wastewater may impact the receiving environment in terms of pollution with antibiotic resistance genes. Additionally, the influence that an invasive species (alligator weed) may have on wetlands organic matter accumulation and bacterial communities was studied, being demonstrated that the presence of the invasive weed affects the wetland microhabitat both in terms of organic matter content and bacterial communities structure.

Research & information: general --- Alternanthera philoxeroide --- bacterial composition --- organic matter --- wetland --- antibiotic resistance --- wastewater --- WWTP --- ARGs --- sulfonamides --- fluoroquinolones --- intermittent aeration --- TSS-rich meat-processing wastewater --- extracellular polymeric substances --- complete denitrification --- microbial structure --- karst --- methane --- carbon dioxide --- greenhouse gases --- methanotrophy --- cave bacteria --- bioactive compounds --- geotechnical engineering --- microbiology --- biopolymer --- bioclogging --- xanthan gum --- soil improvement

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In this book, 15 papers, covering some of the latest advances in pretreatment and bioconversion of crop residues, are presented. Research results dealing with wheat straw, corn stover, sweet sorghum bagasse, hazelnut shells, oil palm empty fruit bunch, olive tree pruning biomass, and other residues of crop harvest and processing are discussed. Pretreatment methods, such as auto-catalyzed and acid-catalyzed hydrothermal processing, steaming, alkaline methods, and different organosolv approaches, are reported. Bioconversion with enzymes and microbes for producing fermentable sugars, xylitol, and biomethane are also included.

Technology: general issues --- oil palm empty fruit bunch --- lignin recovery --- lignin purity --- digestible cellulose --- organosolv pretreatment --- Ferulic acid --- Feruloyl esterase --- Xylanase --- Synergy --- Xylo-oligosaccharides --- olive tree harvest --- lignocellulose nanofibers --- circular economy --- valorization --- pretreatments --- high-pressure homogenization --- biorefinery --- hazelnut shells --- hydrothermal pretreatment --- hemicelluloses --- oligosaccharides --- antioxidant activity --- corn stover --- pretreatment --- steam refining --- enzymatic hydrolysis --- alkaline extraction --- lignin --- organosolv --- fractionation --- characterization --- Paulownia --- alkaline pretreatment --- enzyme cocktail --- glycosyl hydrolase --- termite metagenome derived enzymes --- sugarcane bagasse --- soybean husks --- palm empty fruit bunches --- recombinant enzymes --- techno-economic study --- castor plant --- biodiesel --- bioethanol --- alkali pretreatment --- delignification --- cellulose --- cellulose-containing materials --- Penicillium verruculosum --- biomass --- enzyme --- consolidated bioprocessing --- wheat bran --- rice straw --- acidic hydrolysis --- fermentation --- aeration --- detoxification --- wheat straw --- bioconversion inhibitors --- ethanolic fermentation --- barley crop residue --- biochemical methane potential --- material degradability --- anaerobic indicators --- biogas feasibility --- biogas emissions --- n/a

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In this book, 15 papers, covering some of the latest advances in pretreatment and bioconversion of crop residues, are presented. Research results dealing with wheat straw, corn stover, sweet sorghum bagasse, hazelnut shells, oil palm empty fruit bunch, olive tree pruning biomass, and other residues of crop harvest and processing are discussed. Pretreatment methods, such as auto-catalyzed and acid-catalyzed hydrothermal processing, steaming, alkaline methods, and different organosolv approaches, are reported. Bioconversion with enzymes and microbes for producing fermentable sugars, xylitol, and biomethane are also included.

Technology: general issues --- oil palm empty fruit bunch --- lignin recovery --- lignin purity --- digestible cellulose --- organosolv pretreatment --- Ferulic acid --- Feruloyl esterase --- Xylanase --- Synergy --- Xylo-oligosaccharides --- olive tree harvest --- lignocellulose nanofibers --- circular economy --- valorization --- pretreatments --- high-pressure homogenization --- biorefinery --- hazelnut shells --- hydrothermal pretreatment --- hemicelluloses --- oligosaccharides --- antioxidant activity --- corn stover --- pretreatment --- steam refining --- enzymatic hydrolysis --- alkaline extraction --- lignin --- organosolv --- fractionation --- characterization --- Paulownia --- alkaline pretreatment --- enzyme cocktail --- glycosyl hydrolase --- termite metagenome derived enzymes --- sugarcane bagasse --- soybean husks --- palm empty fruit bunches --- recombinant enzymes --- techno-economic study --- castor plant --- biodiesel --- bioethanol --- alkali pretreatment --- delignification --- cellulose --- cellulose-containing materials --- Penicillium verruculosum --- biomass --- enzyme --- consolidated bioprocessing --- wheat bran --- rice straw --- acidic hydrolysis --- fermentation --- aeration --- detoxification --- wheat straw --- bioconversion inhibitors --- ethanolic fermentation --- barley crop residue --- biochemical methane potential --- material degradability --- anaerobic indicators --- biogas feasibility --- biogas emissions