Marine Bioprospecting for Sustainable Blue-bioeconomy

This volume comprehensively discusses marine bioprospecting and its applications in the marine bioeconomy, specifically in clean energy generation, and in biomedical, industrial and agricultural sectors. The advent of modern technology, particularly advancements in deep-sea exploration and biotechnology, has enabled scientists to delve deeper into the ocean's depths and discover a treasure trove of unique organisms and compounds. This demonstrates that the rich history of human interactions with the oceans is firmly ingrained in marine bioprospecting. The blue-economy, which is a more accurate name for the systematic search for valuable substances and organisms in the water, has gained popularity in recent years as a possible route for sustainable economic development. One of the key driving factors behind marine bioprospecting is the growing realization that marine organisms possess unique biochemical compounds with the potential to revolutionize various industries. These compounds include novel enzymes, antimicrobial agents, bioactive molecules, and even potential pharmaceuticals. Readers will learn about the applications of these discoveries in bioremediation, wastewater treatment, and biofuel production, as well as the identification of natural substitutes for things that are detrimental to the environment, which include biodegradable plastics derived from marine microorganisms. The primary audience for the book will be governmental and international organizations, professionals, and economists, while the secondary audience will be professors and researchers in the fields of Chemistry, Biotechnology, Environmental Microbiology, and general Ocean Sciences.

Auteur

Sesan Abiodun Aransiola is a Ph.D holder in Environmental Microbiology in the Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria. He obtained his first degree (B.Tech) and Master Degree (M.Tech) from the same department in 2009 and 2014 respectively. He has demonstrated his research expert in the production of vermicasts from vermicoposting (Vermitechnology) of organic wastes to assist plants in the remediation of polluted soil with heavy metals. Currently, he is a Lecturer at the Department of Microbiology, University of Abuja, Nigeria. His area of interest is Environmental Microbiology with research area in phytoremediation, vermicomposting, biosorption and bioremediation of soil contaminated environment. He is an award winning researcher and has over 70 publications including book chapters, research and review articles of good international repute with high impact factor. He has co-edited scientific books of global interest which include microbial biotechnology for bioenergy (Elsevier). Ecological interplays in microbial enzymology, prospects for soil regeneration and its impact on environmental protection (Springer). Microbial biofilms - applications and control, marine greens: environmental, agricultural, industrial and biomedical applications (CRC Press) with many more in the process. Also, has worked to the rank of an assistant chief scientific officer at Bioresources Development Centre, National Biotechnology Research and Development Agency, Nigeria where he was involved in the uses of vinasse (a by-product of ethanol) as bio-fertilizer to reclaim polluted soil for agricultural purposes. Abiodun is a member of Nigerian Society for Microbiology and American Society for Microbiology among others.

Abayomi Bamisaye received his Bachelor of Science (Hons.), Industrial Chemistry in 2012 at the Department of Chemistry, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti Nigeria. He also obtained his M.Sc. (2016) and Ph.D. (2021) in Industrial Chemistry with distinction at the Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta where he worked on the Development of oil-in-Water (O/W) Nanoemulsion System for Drug-delivery and Cosmetology purposes. He has about 33 publications which includes book chapter, research and review articles. He is a Lecturer and researcher at the Department of Chemistry, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria. His research focuses on Nanotechnology and Drug Delivery, Biomass conversion, Adsorption, Fuel and Briquette Technology.

Olabisi Peter Abioye is a professor of environmental microbiology at the Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria. He graduated in this same Department in the year 2002 with first-class honors and was retained as a lecturer. He obtained his Master's Degree (M.Tech) in 2006 from this school before proceeding for his Ph.D. program at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and completed this degree in 2011. His research interest includes environmental microbiology/biotechnology, and bioremediation of environment contaminated with both organic and inorganic pollutants. He has been a lecturer since 2002 at the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria and has since taught at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has supervised numerous students at different levels of degree and has vast administrative experience. He has more than seventy publications, including chapters in books, conference proceedings, peer reviews and research papers. He has served as an external examiner in number of Universities both nationally and internationally and belongs to many professional societies.

Naga Raju Maddela received his M.Sc. (1996-1998) and Ph.D. (2012) in Microbiology from Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu, India. During his doctoral program in the area of Environmental Microbiology, he investigated the effects of industrial effluents/insecticides on soil microorganisms and their biological activities and he is working as Faculty in Microbiology since 1998, teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students. He worked on Prometeo Investigator (fellowship received from SENESCYT) at Universidad Estatal Amazónica, Ecuador during 2013-15, received "Postdoctoral Fellowship" (2016-2018) from Sun Yat-sen University, China. He also received external funding from "China Postdoctoral Science Foundation" in 2017, internal funding from "Universidad Técnica de Manabí" in 2020. He participated in national / international conferences, and presented research data in China, Cuba, Ecuador, India and Singapore. Currently, he is working as a Full Professor at the Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Portoviejo, Ecuador. He has been actively publishing scientific articles, books (authored and edited) and chapters since 2007. As of now, he published 70 articles, 12 books and 40 book chapters.