Focussing on microbial community structure in the field of wastewater treatment, it highlights structure analyses in relation to changes in physico-chemical parameters. It further covers physiological analyses of microbial communities, enrichment of pure cultures, and analyses and modelling of consequences of changes in community structures.

Maulin P. Shah is an active researcher and scientific writer in his field for over 20 years. He received a B.Sc. degree (1999) in Microbiology from Gujarat University, Godhra (Gujarat), India. He also earned his Ph.D. degree (2005) in Environmental Microbiology from Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar (Gujarat) India. His research interests include Biological Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Microbiology, Biodegradation, Bioremediation, & Phytoremediation of Environmental Pollutants from Industrial Wastewaters. He has published more than 250 research papers in national and international journals of repute on various aspects of microbial biodegradation and bioremediation of environmental pollutants. He has edited good number of books of international repute (CRC Press).

1: Metagenomics: A Powerful Lens Viewing the Microbial World. 2: Microbial Response to Lead Exposure. 3: Metagenomics and Metatrancriptomic Analysis of Wastewater. 4: Environmental Metaproteomics: Tools to Study Microbial Communities. 5: Events and Hazards in Biotransformation of Contaminants. 6: Microbial Community Analysis of Contaminated Soils. 7: Microbe Performance and Dynamics in Activated Sludge Digestion. 8: Genomic Analysis of Heavy Metal-Resistant Genes in Wastewater Treatment Plants. 9: Molecular Characterization of Multidrug-Resistant Genes in Wastewater Treatment Plants. 10: Microbes and Events in Contaminant Biotransformation. 11: Metagenomics for Studying Microbes in Wastewater Treatment Plants. 12: Diversity and Interaction of Microbes in Biodegradation. 13: Metagenomics: A Pathway for Searching in microbial contexts.