Biological Approaches to Controlling Pollutants

1st Edition - September 16, 2021
Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
Editors: Sunil Kumar, Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi
Language: English
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Biological Approaches to Controlling Pollutants, the latest release in the Advances in Pollution Research series, is a comprehensive guide on the most up-to-date biological methods for remediation of pollutants across a variety of industries, with consideration for the advantages, disadvantages and applications of each method. Considering the increasing levels of pollution and contaminated sites worldwide from high population growths and industrial expansion, the most recent advances in biological remediation techniques is an important field of study and one in which researchers need the most cutting-edge methodologies.

This book is a necessary read for environmental scientists, along with postgraduates, academics and researchers working in the area of environmental pollution. It will also be of interest to environmental engineers and any other practitioners who need to evaluate the latest advances in biotechnological control of pollutants.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Advances in bioremediation: introduction, applications, and limitations
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Applications of bioremediation
1.3. Limitations of bioremediation
1.4. Conclusion
Chapter 2. Advances in microbial management of soil
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Principal fungal species in mycoremediation
2.3. Mechanisms in mycoremediation
2.4. Establishing mycoremediation systems
2.5. Factors influencing mycoremediation
2.6. Conclusions
Chapter 3. Adsorption of Cr(VI) ions from aqueous solutions by diatomite and clayey diatomite
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Experimental
3.3. Results and discussion
3.4. Conclusions
Chapter 4. Advances in bioremediation of antibiotic pollution in the environment
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Sources of antibiotics
4.3. Bioremediation
4.4. Recent advances in bioremediation of antibiotics
4.5. Future scope and limitations of bioremediation techniques
4.6. Limitations of bioremediation
4.7. Conclusions
Chapter 5. Advances in biodegradation and bioremediation of environmental pesticide contamination
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Pesticides: a necessary evil
5.3. Classification of pesticides
5.4. Pesticide stock/banned pesticides
5.5. Pesticides and soil ecology
5.6. Overview of green technologies
5.7. Microbial population in bioremediation process or microbial remediation
5.8. Factors affecting bioremediation
5.9. Advantages of bioremediation
5.10. Disadvantages of bioremediation
5.11. Phytoremediation
5.12. Phycoremediation
5.13. Rhizoremediation
5.14. Biodegradation of pesticides
5.15. Biodegradation of bound pesticides
5.16. Conclusion
Chapter 6. Advances in biodegradation and bioremediation of arsenic contamination in the environment
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Biological methods for arsenic removal
6.3. Conclusion
Chapter 7. Advances in biodegradation and bioremediation of emerging contaminants in the environment
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Constructed wetlands
7.3. Membrane bioreactors
7.4. Electromicrobiology
7.5. Nanotechnology for bioremediation
Chapter 8. Advances in dye contamination: health hazards, biodegradation, and bioremediation
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Health hazards of dyes to humans
8.3. Natural dyes
8.4. Synthetic dyes
8.5. Bioremediation
8.6. Health hazards
8.7. Biodegradation
8.8. Aerobic biodegradation
8.9. Anaerobic biodegradation
8.10. Biodegradation of dyes
8.11. Methods for biodegradation of dyes
8.12. Past strategies
8.13. Microbes used in biodegradation of dyes
8.14. Biodegradation of dyes by bacteria
8.15. Decolorization of azo dyes by bacteria
8.16. Biodegradation of dyes by fungi
8.17. Phytoremediation of dyes
8.18. Conclusion
Chapter 9. Advances in bioremediation of industrial wastewater containing metal pollutants
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Sources of heavy metal contaminants
9.3. Role of microbes in bioremediation process
9.4. Mechanism of microbial detoxification of heavy metals
9.5. Conclusion
Chapter 10. Advances in microbial and enzymatic degradation of lindane at contaminated sites
10.1. Introduction
10.2. Lindane and India
10.3. Lindane degradation
10.4. Future prospects
Chapter 11. Advances in bioremediation of nonaqueous phase liquid pollution in soil and water
11.1. Introduction
11.2. Materials and methods
11.3. Results and discussion
11.4. Conclusion
Chapter 12. Advances in bioremediation of organometallic pollutants: strategies and future road map
12.1. Introduction
12.2. Properties of organometallic compounds
12.3. Sources of organometallic pollutants
12.4. Toxicity and effects of organometallic pollutants
12.5. Bioremediation factors
12.6. Bioremediation process
12.7. Current strategies in the field of organometallic pollutants
12.8. Future road map for reducing organometallic pollutants
12.9. Conclusion
Chapter 13. Bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from contaminated dumpsite soil in Chennai city, India
13.1. Introduction
13.2. Materials and methods
13.3. Results and discussion
13.4. Conclusion
Chapter 14. Advances in bioremediation of biosurfactants and biomedical wastes
14.1. Introduction
14.2. Life cycle assessment of biomedical waste
14.3. Bioremediation
14.4. Biosurfactants
14.5. Conclusion
Chapter 15. Can algae reclaim polychlorinated biphenyl–contaminated soils and sediments?
15.1. Introduction
15.2. Conclusion
Chapter 16. Bacterial remediation to control pollution
16.1. Introduction
16.2. Bacterial remediation
16.3. Types of pollutants subjected for bacterial remediation
16.4. Future prospects of bacterial remediation of pollutants
16.5. Conclusion
Chapter 17. Role of lower plants in the remediation of polluted systems
17.1. Introduction
17.2. Bryophytes
17.3. Lichens
17.4. Algae
17.5. Fungi
17.6. Summary and conclusion
Chapter 18. Higher plant remediation to control pollutants
18.1. Introduction
18.2. Heavy metal pollutants
18.3. Phytoremediation technology
18.4. Air pollutants and their remediation
18.5. Phytoremediation of water pollutants
18.6. Advantages of phytoremediation
Chapter 19. Aquatic plant remediation to control pollution
19.1. Introduction
19.2. Materials and methods
19.3. Results and discussion
19.4. Conclusion
Chapter 20. Biofilm in remediation of pollutants
20.1. Introduction
20.2. Characteristic features of biofilm
20.3. Bioremediation
20.4. Mechanism of action of biofilms in bioremediation
20.5. Role of microbes in bioremediation
20.6. Types of bioremediation
20.7. Approaches for use of biofilms based remediation (in situ)
20.8. Types of pollutants remediated by biofilms
20.9. Advantages of biofilm-based bioremediation
20.10. Disadvantages of biofilm-based bioremediation
20.11. Conclusion
Index

Sunil Kumar

Dr. Kumar received his Master in Biotechnology from the Devi Ahilya University, Indore, (India) in 2006 and his PhD in Biotechnology from Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India in 2011. After receiving his PhD he joined Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the year 2011 and worked for one year. He moved to UNESCO-Regional Center for Biotechnology, Faridabad, Haryana (India) and joined as Postdoctoral Fellow in a DBT-Welcome Trust project in 2012 and worked on “Understanding Salmonella-mediated alternations in host SUMOylation: implications in infection and inflammation”. From here he got trained in infection biology and continued his work in this area. He is also working on molecular immunological aspects of different Neurological Diseases. He joined Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Barabanki (UP) as an Assistant Professor in the year 2013 as a founder member of Faculty of Biotechnology. He is currently an Associate Professor and Dean, Faculty of Biosciences, Institute of Biosciences and Technology at the Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India. Dr. Kumar has received “Outstanding Researcher and Academician Award” twice in 2018 and 2019 from Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University for his best contribution in research and academics. He has also received International Travel Grant from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) Department of Science and Technology (DST) Government of India, New Delhi (Three times 2010, 2015 and 2018) and from Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi in 2010 for presenting his research work at Malaysia, London and Croatia. He has supervised 20 B. Tech, 20 M. Sc. one M. Phil and one PhD Biotechnology projects during his career in Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University. Two of his B. Tech Biotechnology students have received INSA-Summer Research Fellowship under his direct supervision. He is the Life Member of “Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), “Society for Biotechnologists (India)”, “Indian Society of Human Genetics”, “National Academy of Biological Sciences”, “Asian Neurogastroenterology and Motility Association”, “Uttar Pradesh Academy of Science”, and “International Society for Development and Sustainability”. He is also the Executive Council Member of “Society for Biotechnologists (India)”. Dr. Kumar has authored more than 40 peer-reviewed articles, ten book chapters and edited five books for Springer/Elsevier/Bentham. His works have been published in several leading journals including American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Journal of Gastroenterology Hepatology, Digestive Diseases and Science, Clinical Therapeutics, Microbial Pathogenesis, Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility, Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy, etc. Dr. Kumar is the associate editor of the journals “Current Molecular Pharmacology” and “Current Signal Transduction Therapy” and serves as an editorial board member and reviewer of more than 6 international journals including International Journal of Microbiology Research, Current Biotechnology, Anti-Inflammatory & Anti-Allergy Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, The Natural Products Journal, and Current Molecular Pharmacology. Dr. Kumar has recently received “Visiting Scientists Fellowship” from “The Indian National Science Academy (INSA)” New Delhi, India. He has active International collaborations from University of Belgrade, Belgrade (Serbia), Jožef Stefan Institute, and Faculty of Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), and University of Porto, Portugal. He is also working in active collaboration with Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Department of Microbiology, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, and Center of Biomedical Research, Lucknow and National Institute of Technology, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) India.

Affiliations and expertise

Associate Professor and Dean, Faculty of Biosciences, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Lucknow-Deva Road, Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India

Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi

Dr. Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi is Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering in the Department of Chemistry, COMSATS University, Pakistan. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology from Zhejiang University, China. Dr. Hashmi’s research interests are analytical chemistry and the development of treatment technologies to control environmental and industrial pollution. He also has expertise in developing environmentally sustainable and feasible technologies including bioremediation, using innovative microbes and genes, plants, and microcosms. He has edited seven books, 14 book chapters, 80 original research articles and is currently series editor of two environmental contaminant book series. Dr. Hashmi is also an Associate Editor of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences. Dr. Hashmi is Member of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences, International Toxicology Society, HEC and PSF Research Grants Committee, and has been awarded a KANS Prize in OIC countries by MUSTAFA Science and Technology Foundation.

Affiliations and expertise

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, COMSATS University, Pakistan

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