Biotechnological potential of microorganism and the implications of their metabolism as well as their products in all spheres of human civilization such as agriculture, industry and medicine, have been of tremendous importance in recent times. This book "Concepts in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology" is the first of its kind which embodies....chapters giving a comprehensive account of microbial taxonomy, ecology, genetics and molecular biology covering various aspects of host-plant interactions, soil fertility, industrial microbiology in relation to fermentation technology as well as biotransformations of xenobiotics such as mycotoxins.