This book describes selected microbial genera from the perspective of their environmentally and commercially sustainable use. By focusing on their physiology and metabolism and combining historical information with the latest developments, it presents a multidisciplinary portrait of microbial sustainability. The chapters provide readers descriptions of each genus in the form of microbial models that move us closer to the goal of sustainability; selected chapters also include worldwide market information and lists of corresponding patents.

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Dr. Susana Castro Sowinski is currently working as associate professor in Faculty of Sciences, University of the Republic, Uruguay.

Her publications are:

RESEARCH ARTICLES:

1. Batista S, Castro S, Aguilar OM and Martinez-Drets G. 1992. Induction of C4-dicarboxylate transport genes by external stimuli in Rhizobium meliloti. Can. J. Microbiol. 38: 51-55.

2. Batista S, Castro S, Ubalde MC and Martinez-Drets G. 1994. Effect of divalent cations on succinate transport in R. tropici, R. leguminosarum bv. phaseoli and R. loti. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 10: 249 - 255.

3. Castro S and Cantera AMB. 1995. Rapid and inexpensive procedure for proteolytic activity determination. J. Biotech. Edu. 23: 42-43.

   BOOK CHAPTERS:

4. Castro-Sowinski S and Okon, Y. Physiological features of Azospirillum in the rhizosphere. En: Biología del Suelo: transformaciones de la materia orgánica, usos y biodiversidad de los organismosedáficos. Eds.: M. A. Monzón de

5. Asconegui, I. E. García de Salamone y S. S. Miyazaki. Editorial Facultad de Agronomía; Universidad de Buenos Aires. Primera edición. Pp 33-37.

6. Castro-Sowinski S, Burdman S, Matan O and Okon Y. 2009. Natural functions of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates. En: Plastics from bacteria: natural functions and applications. Microbiology monographs. Eds: Chen, Guo-Qiang. Editorial Springer. Pp 39-56. ISBN: 978-3-642-03286-8.

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Tentative tables of contents:

1. Pseudomonas - Synthetic biology strategies for metabolic engineering of Pseudomonas putida.

Pablo I. Nikel - Systems Biology Program, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), 28049 Cantoblanco-Madrid, Spain

2. Herbaspirillum - Potentiality of Herbaspirillum seropedicae as a platform for biofabrication of plastic.

Emanuel M. Souza - Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Cx. P. 19046 Centro Politécnico, Curitiba 81531-980, Paraná, Brazil

3. Azospirillum - The contribution of Azospirillum sp. in sustainable agriculture: learnings from the laboratory to the field.

Fabricio Cassan - Laboratorio de Fisiología Vegetal y de la Interacción Planta-Microorganismo, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físico-Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Rio Cuarto, Argentina 4. Flavobacterium - The genus Flavobacterium in plantroot environments: ecological and applicative insights

Eddie Cytryn - Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, The Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet Dagan, Israel

5. Lactobacillus -.Lactobacillus in the dairy industry: From natural diversity to bio-preservation resources

Stella Reginensi - Unidad de Tecnología de los Alimentos, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay

6. Delftia - The sustainable use of Delftia in plant growth promotion and biorremediation.

Maria A. Morel - Molecular Microbiology, Institute Clemente Estable, Montevideo, Uruguay

7. Rhizobium - Naturally evolving rhizobia towards sustainability in agriculture.

Esperanza Martinez-Romero - Programa de Ecología Genómica y, Centro de Ciencias Génomicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

8. Streptomyces - The sustainable use of Streptomyces, soil health and protection against disease

Nora Altier and Patricia Vaz - Bioproduction Lab Bioinsumos, Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria (INIA), Uruguay 9. Polar microbes - Polar Microorganisms and Biotecnhology.

Andres Yarzabal - Laboratorio de Microbiología Molecular y Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Los Andes,Merida, Venezuela

10. Plant growth promoting microbes - Diverse roles of PGPRs for agriculture and environmental sustainability

Naveen Arora - Department of Environmental Microbiology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow 226025, Uttar Pradesh, India

11. E coli: The leading model for the production of recombinant proteins

12. Exploring the potential of Pseudoalteromonas as platform for the production ofbiomolecules

Maria Luisa Tutino - Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Campania, Italy