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1. Biomineralisation and microbially induced beneficiation / K.A. Natarajan -- 2. Biomining of base metals from sulphide minerals / Bhargav C. Patel, Devayani R. Tipre and Shailesh R. Dave -- 3. Microbial extraction of uranium from ores / Abhilash and B.D. Pandey -- 4. Biohydrometallurgy : from the Zijinshan experience to future prospects / Liu Xingyu, Ruan Renman, Wen Jiankang and Wang Dianzuo -- 5. Spectroscopic study on the bioleaching of enargite using thermophile / Keiko Sasaki -- 6. Microbial biodesulphurisation of coal / Anirban Ghosh, Sujata, Abhilash and B.D. Pandey -- 7. Application of industrial waste in biohydrometallurgy : a review on its use as neutralising agent and potential source for metal recovery / Ata Akcil and Chandra Sekhar Gahan -- 8. Application of microbes for metal extraction from mining wastes / Sandeep Panda, Srabani Mishra, Nilotpala Pradhan, Umaballav Mohaptra, Lala Behari Sukla and Barada Kanta Mishra -- 9. Bioleaching of metals from major hazardous solid wastes / Gayathri Natarajan, Thulasya Ramanathan, Abhilasha Bharadwaj and Yen-Peng Ting -- 10. Biogeochemistry in recycling of trace elements and heavy metals / Jian Chen, Fengxiang X. Han and Paul B. Tchounwou -- 11. Role of natural and engineered biofilms composition in toxic inorganic contaminants immobilisation / Eric D. van Hullebusch and Yoan Pechaud -- 12. Bioprocessing of electronic scraps / Sadia Ilyas and Jae-Chun Lee -- 13. Urban biomining : new challenges for a successful exploitation of WEEE by means of a biotechnological approach / Viviana Fonti, Alessia Amato and Francesca Beolchini -- 14. Hybrid leaching : an emerging trend in bioprocessing of secondary resources / Sadia Ilyas and Jae-Chun Lee -- 15. Microbiologically influenced corrosion and its impact on metals and other materials / Tingyue Gu, Dake Xu, Peiyu Zhang, Yingchao Li and Amy L. Lindenberger -- 16. Biosorption of heavy metals / Gjergj Dodbiba, Josiane Ponou and Toyohisa Fujita -- 17. Biosynthesis of nanomaterials / Dhanasekar Naresh Niranjan, Jayakumar Pathma, Raman Gurusamy and Natarajan Sakthivel -- 18. Microbial remediation of acid mine drainage / Laura G. Leff, Suchismita Ghosh, G. Patricia Johnston and Alescia Roberto -- 19. Microbiology of arsenic-contaminated groundwater / Pinaki Sar, Dhiraj Paul, Angana Sarkar, Rahul Bharadwaj and Sufia K. Kazy -- 20. Microbial degradation of toxic organic compounds of waste and allied contaminants / Yu. L. Gurevich, V.P. Ladygina and M.I. Teremova.