SECTION 1 Microbial-based management of environmental pollutants<br><br>1. Microbes in sequestration of micropollutants including microplastics<br>2. Microbial surfactants: The ecofriendly tools for sustainable bioremediation of petroleum and organic contaminants for environmental safety<br>3. Insecticides: Current status, properties, and the biological degradation strategies<br>4. Microplastics contamination in agricultural ecosystems: Challenges and sustainable approaches for green environment<br>5. Pesticides and their degradation: A microbiological perspective<br>6. Current status and perspectives of municipal wastewater treatment using microalgal systems<br>7. Biotransformation of environmental pollutants: Exploring halophilic microbial interventions<br><br>SECTION 2 Microbial-based management of resource<br>8. Microbee-Mineral interface (MMI): Study and assessment of abiotic biomolecules from molecular to macroscopic scale<br>9. Microbes in energy generation<br>10. Microbial fuel cell (MFC) in bioremediation, wastewater treatment, resource recovery, and bioelectricity generation: Advances, challenges, and, opportunities<br>11. Microbes in water treatment process<br>12. The role of microorganisms in energy generation<br>13. Microbial-based strategies for remediation of agricultural wastes<br>14. Microbial electrochemical technologies for the valorization of food wastes: A comprehensive review<br>15. Prospects of large-scale microalgae culture using industrial wastewater for biofuel production<br>16. Microbes in the biomining process: A nanobiotechnological perspective<br><br><br>SECTION 3 Rhizospheric ecology of contaminated environment<br>17. Role of rhizobacteria in rapid growth and phytopathogenic mitigation of Arecales<br> <br>SECTION 4 Role of biofilms in environment pollution control<br>18. Role of biofilms in control of heavy metal pollution and subsequent control of algal blooms<br>19. An overview on role of biofilms in environment pollution remediation<br>20. Microbial biofilm in bioremediation of environmental contaminants and wastewater treatment: Challenges and opportunities<br><br><br>SECTION 5 Microbes as remediating agent<br>21. Degradation of crude oil in bioreactors by oleophilic bacteria<br>22. Microbes in bioremediation of heavy metals<br>23. Microbes in bioremediation of pesticides<br>24. Microbes in bioremediation of petroleum pollutants<br>25. Microbes in xenobiotics biodegradation<br><br>SECTION 6 Energetics of microbial processes in the polluted environment<br>26. An insight into the ecological toxicity triggered by anthropogenically driven heavy metal micropollutants on biotic community<br><br><br>SECTION 7 DNA microarray applications in environmental microbiology<br>27. Metagenomic and proteomic approach for bioremediation of environmental pollutants<br>28. Metagenomics of River Ganga: A potential approach in bioremediation<br>29. Strategies and methods of OMICS-based approaches in microbial environmental bioremediation<br> <br>SECTION 8 Microbial biosensors for environmental monitoring<br>30. Microbial biosensors in environmental monitoring<br>31. Biosensors in heavy metal and metalloid detection: Genetic, cellular, and nanomaterial applications