Microbial Factories

Dr. Vipin Chandra Kalia is presently working as Chief Scientist at Microbial Biotechnology and Genomics, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi. He is a Professor of Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Delhi. He obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Genetics from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. He has been elected as: (1) Fellow of the Association of Microbiologists of India (FAMI), and (2) Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (FNASc). His main areas of research are microbial biodiversity, genomics, and evolution, bioenergy, biopolymers, antimicrobials, quorum sensing, and quorum quenching. He has published 85 papers in scientific journals such as (1) Nature Biotechnology, (2) Biotechnology Advances, (3) Trends in Biotechnology, (4) Critical Reviews in Microbiology, (5) Bioresource Technology, (6) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, (7) PLoS ONE, (8) BMC Genomics and (9) Gene. His works have been cited2080 times with a h index of 25 and an i10 index of 39. He has edited a book: Quorum sensing versus quorum quenching: A battle with no end in sight (2015, Springer India). He is presently the editor in chief of the Indian Journal of Microbiology and Editor of (1) PLoS ONE, (2)Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology (Korea), (3) Applied Biochemistry & Biotechnology (USA), (4) International Scholarly Research Notices (Energy), (5) Dataset Papers in Science (Microbiology), and (6) Journal of Molecular and Genetic Medicine. He is a life member of the following scientific societies: (1) Society of BiologicalChemists of India (2) Society for Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, India; (3) Association of Microbiologists of India; (4) Indian Science Congress Association; (5) BioEnergy Society of India, and (6) the Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI). He is also a member of the American Society for Microbiology. He can be contacted at: vckalia@igib.res.in; vc_kalia@yahoo.co.in

1. Microbes: Factories for Bioproducts.- 2. Exploration of Microbial Cells - The Storehouse of Bio-Wealth Through Metagenomics and Metatranscriptomics.- 3. Ecobiotechnological Approaches: Enrichment Strategy for Improvement of H2 Production.- 4. Microbial Cellulose Synthesis.- 5. Megasphaera as Lactate Utilizing-Hydrogen Producing Bacteria.- 6. Integrative Approach for Biohydrogen and Polyhydroxyalkanoate Production.- 7. Recent Advances in Feedstocks and Enzyme Immobilised Technology for Effective Transesterification of Lipids into Biodiesel.- 8. Biotechnology in Aid of Biodiesel Industry Effluent (Glycerol): Biofuels and Bioplastics.- 9. Recent Achievements in the Production of Biobased 1, 3-Propanediol.- 10. Role of Microorganisms in Microbial Fuel Cells for Bioelectricity Production.- 11. Biological Electricity Production from Wastes and Wastewaters.- 12. Regulation of Lignin Biosynthesis Through RNAi in Aid of Biofuel Production.- 13. Microbial Cellulose Synthesis.- 14. Technological Advances for Treating Municipal waste.- 15. Waste Remediation Integrating with Value Addition: Biorefinery Approach Towards Sustainable Biobased Technologies.- 16. Renewable Energy Derived from Food Waste and Co-digestion of Food Waste with Waste Activated Sludge.- 17. Metabolism of Long Chain Fatty Acids (LCFAs) in Methanogenesis.- 18. Bioremediation of Pesticide Contaminated Soil: Emerging Options.- 19. Microbial Biotransformation of Arsenic in Environment.- 20. Bio-methane production from wastes: focus on feedstock sources and microbial communities.

“The book is dedicated to the so-called Ignited Minds and I fully agree with him – not only a dense and informative text, but also more useful and helpful illustrations. … the book ‘Microbial Factories: Biofuels, Waste treatment’ is not only an excellent scientific lecture, but also a working instrument to be found on the laboratory bench of scientists and on the bureau of responsible policymakers active in wastewater treatment and biofuels production.” (Ioan I. Ardelean, Romanian Journal of Biology, Vol. 61 (1-2), 2016)