Table of contents : Front Matter....Pages i-viii The Role of Microbial Activity in Sulfide Oxidation at Dumping Sites of Sulfidic Wastes and in Abandoned Mining Areas....Pages 1-31 Microbe–Mineral Interactions: Exploring Avenues Towards Development of a Sustainable Microbial Technology for Coal Beneficiation....Pages 33-52 Effect of Pollution on Aquatic Microbial Diversity....Pages 53-75 Role of Biosensors in Environmental Monitoring....Pages 77-90 Microbial Biosurfactant for Hydrocarbons and Heavy Metals Bioremediation....Pages 91-104 Anaerobic Treatment of Organic Saline Waste/Wastewater: Overcome Salinity Inhibition by Addition of Compatible Solutes....Pages 105-117 Uranium Bioremediation: Approaches and Challenges....Pages 119-132 Environmental-Microbial Biotechnology Inside Mining Operations from an Engineering Viewpoint Based on LCA....Pages 133-158 Neutrophilic Bacteria in Iron Mineral Transformation and Their Applications....Pages 159-178 Anaerobic Bioleaching by Acidophilic Bacterial Strains....Pages 179-201 Microbial Processing for Valorization of Horticultural Wastes....Pages 203-221 Microbial Interaction in Mining Soil....Pages 223-241 A Strategic Scheme for Resource Recovery from Sulfurous Industrial Wastes Through Plant–Microbe Interaction....Pages 243-266 Bioconversion of Cotton Gin Waste to Bioethanol....Pages 267-288 Microalgae: Cultivation and Application....Pages 289-311 Advances in Manganese Pollution and Its Bioremediation....Pages 313-328 Back Matter....Pages 329-338