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Abatement of Environmental Pollutants

Trends and Strategies

  • 1st Edition - August 27, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Pardeep Singh, Ajay Kumar, Anwesha Borthakur
  • Language: English

Abatement of Environmental Pollutants: Trends and Strategies addresses new technologies and provides strategies for environmental scientists, microbiologists and biotechno… Read more

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Description

Abatement of Environmental Pollutants: Trends and Strategies addresses new technologies and provides strategies for environmental scientists, microbiologists and biotechnologists to help solve problems associated with the treatment of industrial wastewater. The book helps readers solve pollution challenges using microorganisms in bioremediation technologies, including discussions on global technologies that have been adopted for the treatment of industrial wastewater and sections on the lack of proper management. Moreover, limited space, more stringent waste disposal regulations and public consciousness have made the present techniques expensive and impractical.

Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop sustainable management technologies for industries and municipalities. To remove the damaging effect of organic pollutants on the environment, various new technologies for their degradation have been recently discovered.

Key features

  • Covers bioremediation of petrochemical pollutants, such as Benzene, Toluene, Xylene, Ethyl Benzene, and phenolic compound
  • Includes discussions on genetic engineering microbes and their potential in pollution abatement
  • Contains information on plant growth promoting bacteria and their role in environment management

Readership

Scientists and researchers in environmental science and pollution

Table of contents

1. Recent trends in the degradation of organic pollutants

2. Environmental Fate of Organic Pollutants and effect on human health

3. Strategies for abatement of grossly polluting industries

4. Bioremedation of petrochemical pollutants (Benzene, Toluene, Xylene, Ethyl Benzene, phenolic compound, etc.)

5. Biodegradation of Dye stuff from and effluent released from dye industries

6.Genetic engineering microbes and their role in pollution abatement

7. Rizosphere remediation of organic pollutants

8. Phytoremediation of organic pollutants

9. Factors responsible for biodegradation of organic pollutants

10. Advancement in Reactors used in Biodegradation process

11. Plant growth promoting bacteria and their role for environmental management

12. Entophytic microbes in abiotic stress (heavy metals, xenobiotics) management

13. Potential of various fungus strains in the degradation of petrochemical hydrocarbons

14. Cyanobacteria: potential and role for environmental remediation

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 28, 2019
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Pardeep Singh

Dr. Pardeep Singh is presently working as an assistant professor at the Department of Environment Studies, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, India. He obtained his master's degree from the Department of Environmental Science at Banaras Hindu University, India in 2011 and then his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), India, in 2017. He has published more than 35 papers in international journals in the field of waste management and co-edited over 30 books with various publishers.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

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Ajay Kumar

Ajay Kumar is currently an Assistant Professor at the Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, India. He previously served as a Visiting Scientist at the Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Israel (2018–2022), and completed his doctoral research at the Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, focusing on plant–microbe interactions. Dr. Kumar’s research expertise spans plant–microbe interactions, microbial biocontrol, postharvest fruit disease management, microbial endophytes of medicinal plants, and cyanobacteria–pesticide interactions. He is a prolific author in leading international journals and is also actively engaged in academic editing with major publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, CRC Press, and Wiley. Dr. Kumar currently serves as an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Microbiology and BMC Microbiology, a Guest Editor for Microorganisms and Plants (MDPI), and a Series Editor for Plant and Soil Microbiome (Elsevier).
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Anwesha Borthakur

Dr. Anwesha Borthakur is a research fellow at the Centre for Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has an M.Phil and PhD in Science Policy Studies. The area of her both M.Phil and PhD studies was waste management and policy implications in India. She has published more than 30 papers/chapters in international peer-reviewed journals and books. Presently working as a Post Doctoral Fellow.
Affiliations and expertise
Leuven International and European Studies (LINES), KU Leuven, Belgium

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