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The Potential and Reality of Agricultural Wastewater Reuse
The soils of arid regions face a range of environmental and sometimes man-made problems, but mainly water scarcity (usually <200 mm of precipitation...
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Microbial Degradation of Pesticides in the Environment
It has long been understood that excessive and illogical pesticide usage is bad for the environment, as it affects soil fertility and causes...
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Microbial Nanotechnology: Nanoparticles for Bioremediation of Toxic Pollutants
The interest in nanotechnology has increased recently among both the scientific and business worlds. In terms of preserving the environment,...
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Harnessing Plant Genetic Diversity in Research on Industrial Crop Plants for Environmental Conservation Concerns
Industrial crop plants, whether they are used for fiber, timber, energy crops, oilseed nonfood, rubber resin, medicinal, or aromatic, are not only...
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Innovation in Polymer Science—What to Expect from Green Chemistry
In recent years, synthetic polymers have become an integral part of our daily lives, with applications ranging from packaging and construction to...
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Identification of Genetic Markers Involved in the Yield and Composition of Lignocellulosic Biomass
Lignocellulosic biomass comes from different sources: waste from industry or agriculture or dedicated production. The plant species used for this...
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Anaerobic Digestion: Application to the Energy Recovery of Agricultural Co-products and Food Industry Waste
With the escalating global demand for food and increasing concerns about environmental sustainability, finding innovative and efficient solutions for...
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Power of Imaging in the Study of Lignocellulosic Biomass Tissues
In 2021, maize was the second most important crop in France with 2.8 million ha (1.5 million ha for grain maize and 1.3 million ha for forage maize)....
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The Potential of Lignins as Multifunctional Additives
Lignins are phenolic polymers that reinforce plant cell walls within the conductive and supporting tissues of higher plants. They are generated as...
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From Primary Food Processing Industries to Biorefineries: Example of Bazancourt-Pomacle
This chapter is focused on the story of the integrated biorefinery of Bazancourt-Pomacle, located close to the famous historical city of Reims...
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Green Chemistry, Eco-Friendly Chemistry, Biorefinery
Green chemistry aims at reducing the impact of synthesis and transformation processes on the environmental and human health. It is based on twelve...
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Bisphenol A and Its Analogs: Highly Criticized Molecules of Interest. Toward Novel Sustainable and Non-toxic Alternatives
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a synthetic compound widely used in the production of plastics, epoxy resins, and other consumer goods. Its pervasive presence...
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Biology and Functional Morphology
This chapter discusses the organellesOrganelles, feeding, lifestyle, growthGrowths, and life span of larger Foraminifera. The varieties of...
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Structural Variations and Rearrangements in Bacterial Type II Toxin-Antitoxin Systems
Bacteria encode a wide range of survival and immunity systems, including CRISPR-Cas, restriction-modification systems, and toxin-antitoxin systems...
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Valosin-Containing Protein (VCP)/p97 Oligomerization
Valosin-containing protein (VCP), also known as p97, is an evolutionarily conserved AAA+ ATPase essential for cellular homeostasis. Cooperating with...
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Viral Genomic DNA Packaging Machinery
Tailed double-stranded DNA bacteriophage employs a protein terminase motor to package their genome into a preformed protein shell—a system shared...
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Maturation and Assembly of mTOR Complexes by the HSP90-R2TP-TTT Chaperone System: Molecular Insights and Mechanisms
The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a master regulator of cell growth and metabolism, integrating environmental signals to regulate...
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The Prothrombin-Prothrombinase Interaction
The hemostatic response to vascular injury entails a sequence of proteolytic events where several inactive zymogens of the trypsin family are...