Chapter 1: Introduction to microbial exopolysaccharidesShashi Kant Bhatia, Parmjit Singh Panesar, Sanjeet MehariyaChapter 2: A research guide for EPS production and characterizationNeha Chandel, Vishal Ahuja, Yung-Hun Yang, Shashi Kant BhatiaChapter 3: Advances in fermentation technology for EPS productionMamta Devi, Kalpana Thakur, Deeksha Kumari, Manya Behl, Ranju Kumari Rathour, Arvind Kumar Bhatt, Ravi Kant BhatiaChapter: 4 Molecular biology of exopolysaccharides productionMonika Thakur, Amit K. Rai, Sudhir P. SinghChapter 5: Bioreactor design for the production of microbial polysaccharidesNeha Namdeo, Bikash Kumar, Harit JhaChapter 6: Utilization of agro-industrial by-products for exopolysaccharides productionBrahmeet Kaur, Gaurav Panesar, Parmjit S. Panesar, Shashi K. BhatiaChapter 7: Exopolysaccharides from extremophiles and their potential applicationsLoreni Chiring Phukon, Rounak Chourasia, Md Minhajul Abedin, Swati Sharma, Sudhir P Singh, Amit Kumar RaiChapter 8: Exopolysaccharides from marine microbial resourcesRupinder Pal Singh, Harinderjeet Kaur, Saurabh Gupta, Amrit Singh, Yadvinder Singh, Harpal Singh, Mansimran Kaur Randhawa, and Parmjit Singh PanesarChapter 9: Microbial exopolysaccharides for food applicationTien-Thanh Nguyen, Tuan-Anh Pham, Lan-Huong Nguyen, Tuan Le and Son Chu-Ky Chapter 10: Application of Exopolysaccharides in CosmeticsSourav Saha, Meheria Hazari, Surabhi ChaudhuriChapter 11: Biomedical Applications of ExopolysaccharidesThaaranni Bashkeran, Shinji Sakai, Retno Wahyu Nurhayati, Minh Hong Nguyen, Wildan Mubarok, Ryota Goto, Dinda Shezaria Hardy Lubis, Auzan LuthfiChapter 12: Exopolysaccharides for BioremediationRamesh Sharma, Pinku Chandra Nath, Shubhankar Debnath, Amiya Ojha, Biswajit Sarkar,Tarun Kanti Bandyopadhyay, Biswanath BhuniaChapter 13: Exopolysaccharides based composite materials for industrial applicationsVishal Ahuja, Sanjeet Mehariya, Ranjit Gurav, Shashi Kant BhatiaChapter 14: Advances in microalgae exopolysaccharides production and applicationsJorge Alberto Vieira Costa, Thaisa Duarte Santos, Juliana Botelho Moreira, Matheus Pereira de Carvalho, Danielle Rubim Lopes, Michele Greque de Morais