Browsing by Author "Naveen Kango"

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Can alcohol kill harmful microbes from our skin?
(Elsevier Inc., 2021) Pankaj Shrivastava; Toshi Jain; Vijay Nema; Mahendra K. Gupta; Naveen Kango; Pradeep K. Singhal; Gyaneshwer Chaubey; R.K. Kumawat
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Microbial Bioprocess Efficiency Improvement Through Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI-ML) Tools
(CRC Press, 2025) Mandeep Dixit; Guddu Kumar Gupta; Dharini Pandey; Reeta Kumari; Deepak Chhabra; Naveen Kango; Pratyoosh Shukla
Developing eco-friendly microbial bioprocesses for the sustainable development of industries is a prime need. However, optimizing such bioprocesses is an expensive and time-consuming task. Various factors affecting the output need to be controlled during any bioprocess. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) tools are efficient alternatives to conventional approaches for optimizing process variables and finding the interaction between different factors. AI-ML tools are used for microbial strain selection and bioprocess optimization, scale-up, monitoring, and control, saving time and increasing the efficiency of the bioprocess. Tools like Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), Adaptive-Network-based Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS), and Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) have provided superior results for the optimization of microbe-assisted production of various bio-metabolites and enzymes. This review highlights the use of various AI-ML tools for effective microbial bioprocess design and optimization. This will further help select suitable AI-ML tools for different bioprocesses and their overall impact on enhancing microbial efficiency. © 2026 Sunil Kumar Khare, Ram Karan, Rajeshwari Sinha and R. Hemamalini.
Microbial enzyme bioprocesses in biobleaching of pulp and paper: technological updates
(Elsevier, 2023) Guddu Kumar Gupta; Mandeep Dixit; Dharini Pandey; Rajeev Kumar Kapoor; Naveen Kango; Pratyoosh Shukla
Lignocellulosic biomass has become a centre of atention due to its availability as a rapidly renewable source for utilization in the industrial sector. Being an economical substrate it has numerous avenues for its utlization as a substrate for the generation of biofuel and utlization in pulp and paper industry. Various fungi and bacteria can degrade lignocellulosic biomass by their degrading enzymes. Due to the high efficiency and stable metabolic capability, currently, the fungal enzymes have a broad range of industrial applications. Moreover, lignocellulosic biomass is cost-effective, environmentally friendly, and nonhazardous and requires lower energy input. The microbial enzymes have been used for the biobleaching of pulp and this approach is reported as cost-effective and ecofriendly compared to the conventional beaching process. It may improve the economic feasibility of the approach by lowering material costs and enhancing the pulp properties. Various enzyme engineering technologies enhance catalytic activity and substrate selectivity. This chapter will be discussing the technological updates on different microbial enzyme bioprocess techniques in the biobleaching of pulp and paper industries. © 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Sustainable technologies for bio-waste utilization and valorization: perspectives and challenges
(Elsevier Ltd, 2025) Guddu Kumar Gupta; Dharini Pandey; Hao Liu; Naveen Kango; Pratyoosh Shukla
A considerable amount of biowaste is generated through urbanization and industrialization, and it is one of the most important environmental problems. Thus, various sustainable technologies are reported that utilize and valorize the biowaste generated. The present review includes the recent developments in valorizing zero-cost, eco-friendly, biodegradable, and easily available biowaste to generate value-added products. Furthermore, the review also focuses on advanced techniques such as pyrolysis, hydrothermal carbonization, gasification, anaerobic digestion, and sonophotocatalysis processes for bio-waste valorization. But there are many intrinsic challenges associated with biowaste such as sludge and by-products manageability, feedstock variability, process efficiency and economic viability of the valorization techniques to the pilot scale-up setup. Recent developments in this field have involved the use of innovative, novel and hybrid techniques to mitigate the challenges and maximize the value of biowaste through employing it as a feedstock to generate valuable products. The policy frameworks are essential to encourage biowaste biorefinery implements for the bioeconomy and contribute to develop an eco-friendly environment. In practice, the best biorefinery approaches rely on technical, economic, and environmental viability as well as social and policy acceptance. Finally, this review covers the insight into the recent developments, advantage and limitations, along with critical discussion and techno-economic feasibility of the biowaste valorization techniques to give a new perspective for the bioeconomy's growth. © 2025 Elsevier Ltd