1. Biopolymers and their Application as Biodegradable Plastics -- 2. Approaches for the Synthesis of Tailor-made Polyhydroxyalkanoates -- 3. Biodegradable Polymers: Renewable Nature, Life Cycle and Applications -- 4. Phylogenetic Affiliation of Pseudomonas sp. MO2, a Novel Polyhydroxyalkanoate Synthesizing Bacterium -- 5. Synthetic Biology Strategies for Polyhydroxyalkanoates Synthesis -- 6. Frontiers in Biomedical Engineering: PHA Fabricated Implants -- 7. Sporulation, a Pitfall in the Path of PHB Production! -- 8. Microbial Biopolymers: The Exopolysaccharides -- 9. Innovations in Microalgal Harvesting using Biopolymer Based Approach -- 10. From microbial biopolymers to bioplastics: sustainable additives for PHB processing and stabilization -- 11. The Survivors of the Extreme: Bacterial biofilms -- 12. Synthetic Biology in Aid of Bioactive Molecules -- 13. Biotechnology Implications of Extremophiles as Life Pioneers and Wellspring of Valuable Biomolecules -- 14. Microbial CRISPER-Cas System: from Bacterial Immunity to Next Generation Antimicrobials -- 15. Photorhabdus: a Microbial Factory of Insect Killing Toxins -- 16. Microbial Vesicles: From Ecosystem to Diseases -- 17. Bacteriophage Diversity in Different Habitats and Their Role in Pathogen Control -- 18. Metagenomics: A Systemic Approach To Explore Microbial World -- 19. In silico Reconstitution of Novel Routes for Microbial Plastic -- 20. Investigating the Phylogeny of Hydrogen Metabolism by Comparative Genomics: Horizontal Gene Transfer -- 21. Prokaryotic Contributions Towards Eukaryotic Powerhouse. .