Microbiome Under Changing Climate

Ajay Kumar is currently an Assistant Professor at the Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, India. He previously served as a Visiting Scientist at the Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Israel (2018–2022), and completed his doctoral research at the Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, focusing on plant–microbe interactions. Dr. Kumar’s research expertise spans plant–microbe interactions, microbial biocontrol, postharvest fruit disease management, microbial endophytes of medicinal plants, and cyanobacteria–pesticide interactions. He is a prolific author in leading international journals and is also actively engaged in academic editing with major publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, CRC Press, and Wiley. Dr. Kumar currently serves as an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Microbiology and BMC Microbiology, a Guest Editor for Microorganisms and Plants (MDPI), and a Series Editor for Plant and Soil Microbiome (Elsevier). Dr. Joginder Singh is a Professor in the Department of Botany at Nagaland University, Lumami, India. His previous positions include a professorship at Lovely Professional University's School of Bioengineering and Biosciences and a Young Scientist role at Jai Narain Vyas University's Microbial Biotechnology and Biofertilizer Laboratory (funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India). He is a member of several scientific societies, including the Association of Microbiologists of India and the European Federation of Biotechnology. Dr. Singh has an extensive publication record, with over 250 research and review articles, 35 edited books (with publishers like Elsevier and Springer), and 125 book chapters. He is a reviewer for numerous prestigious journals. He has actively participated in and presented at numerous national and international scientific events.Prof. Luiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira is an Associate Professor at the Catholic University of Brasília (UCB), Brazil. Since 2023, he has been a Permanent Professor in the Graduate Program in Genomic Sciences and Biotechnology at UCB, and since 2014, a collaborator in the Graduate Program in Process Engineering at Tiradentes University (UNIT). He serves on the editorial boards of international journals and advisory boards for various research foundations in Brazil and internationally, including the International Foundation for Science (Sweden) and the National Science Centre (Poland). He has authored over 170 peer-reviewed journal papers, five books, 50 book chapters, and holds 9 patent applications. His current research interests are anaerobic digestion, biocatalysis, nanoparticles, biofuels, ecotoxicology, microbial biotechnology, bioprocess, and drug delivery. He collaborates on research projects with national and international institutions.

• 1. Introduction to impact of microbes on climate: An Ocean of opportunities2. Adapting the changing environment: Microbial way of life3. Carbon cycle feedback and global warming: A microbial perspective4. Microbial impact on climate-smart agriculture practices5. Microbial impact on climate resilient agriculture: A way ahead6. Microbes in thawing permafrost: A microbial way to regulate climate change7. Biofuels as a sustainable option to manage climate change8. Climate change and their impact on global food production9. Effect of climate change on the resilience of ecosystems with adaptive spatial pattern formation10. Role of beneficial microbes in alleviating climatic stresses in plants11. Climate change and soil dynamics: Effects on soil microbes and fertility of soil12. Soil microbe contributions in the regulation of global carbon cycle13. Soil microbiome: a key player in conservation of soil health under changing climatic conditions14. Role of microbes in the global economic development15. Benefits of plant growth promoting symbiotic microbes in climate change era16. Contributions of agriculturally important microbes in delivering potential to crops to cope up with climate change