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Bioremediation of Emerging Contaminants

Omics and Phytotech Approaches

  • 1st Edition - July 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad, Larry Erickson, Abin Sebastian, Sailaja Elchuri
  • Language: English

Bioremediation of Emerging Contaminants: Omics and Phytotech Approaches explores transgenic plant technologies and their important role in addressing environmental pollut… Read more

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Description

Bioremediation of Emerging Contaminants: Omics and Phytotech Approaches explores transgenic plant technologies and their important role in addressing environmental pollution. The book provides practical applications for improving environmental management strategies by examining established protocols and innovative techniques that enhance phytoremediation efficacy. By addressing current environmental challenges, this book not only advances academic understanding but also develops practical solutions for pollution control. It is a critical resource that assimilates the latest methodologies on genetic engineering and omics approaches for an extensive range of contaminants, from pharmaceuticals to heavy metals.

Key features

  • Addresses various classes of emerging contaminants and topics related to transgenic plant technologies and their applications in bioremediation
  • Highlights genetic engineering, omics approaches, and microbial genetic engineering technologies
  • Provides solutions to address current environmental issues and the persistent presence of pollutants

Readership

Academics, researchers, professionals and students interested in environmental science, environmental management, biotechnology, microbiology and environmental pollution

Table of contents

Section 1: Bioremediation of emerging contaminants

1. Remediation of emerging contaminants and pollutants: role of plants and microbial genetic engineering, omics and phytotech approaches

2. Bioremediation of Strontium and manganese

3. Microbiome and phytobiome for remediation of emerging contaminants

4. Phytoremediation of cyanotoxins

Section 2: Pesticides, POP, PPCP, Explosives, radionuclides and toxic metal detoxification

5. Persistent organics and pharmaceutical and personal care products

6. Microbial Genetic Engineering Technologies for Remediation of Pesticides

7. Transgenic approaches for heavy metal detoxification

8. Use of transgenic plants and genetically modified bacteria for remediation of pharmaceutical contaminants in water

9. Remediation of radionuclides

10. Remediation of Pesticides

11. Personal care products contamination, remediation: Focus on antibiotic resistance using machine learning and Omic approaches

12. Environmental degradation of explosives using transgenic microbes

Section 3: Plant Diversity for Remediation of Emerging Contaminants

13. Environmental remediation of emerging contaminants using Brassicaceae

14. Millets for remediation of contaminants emerging contaminants

15. Transgenic Populus (poplars), Salix (willows) and Miscanthus for remediation of emerging contaminants

16. Transgenic mulberry for remediation of emerging contaminants

Section 4: Biodiversity for remediation of Emerging contaminants

17. Phycoremediation for detoxification of Herbicides

18. Plant-microbe interactions in phytoremediation of soils containing emerging contaminants

Section 5: Genetic engineering and microbial applications for degradation/detoxification of Emerging contaminants

19. Poly aromatic hydrocarbon degradation using genetically engineered microbes

20. Transgenics and the spread of antibiotic resistance in bacteria of fresh water ecosystem

21. Biochemical targets of genetic engineering for degradation of Herbicides

22. Transgenic plants application and risks in Bioremediation of Emerging contaminants

23. Synthetic biology approaches including aptamers for bioremediation of Emerging contaminants

24. Microbial bio-desulfurization of crude oil

Section 6: Physiological, biochemical, molecular and nanotechnological approaches for bioremediation of emerging contaminants

25. Molecular and Nanotechnology approaches for Bioremediation of Emerging contaminants

26. Recombinant microorganisms role in biodegradation of emerging contaminants

27. Genes Used for Phytoremediation: The Atbor4 Gene for Boron remediation

28. Physiological, biochemical and molecular aspects of remediation emerging contaminants

29. Polyaromatic hydrocarbon degradation using genetically engineered microbes

30. Plant Growth Regulators role in remediations of emerging contaminants

Section 7: Transgenic approaches for remediation of Emerging contaminants

31. Transgenics and the spread of antibiotic resistance in bacteria of fresh water ecosystem

32. Transgenic microbes for degradation of microplastics

33. Transgenic plant technology for cleanup of emerging contaminants in wildlife habitat

34. Transgenic tobacco for remediation of emerging contaminants

35. Transgenic energy crops for remediation of Emerging contaminants

Section 8: Bioaccumulative and biotoxic Per- and polyfluorinated chemicals as Environmental nightmares

36. Phytoremediation of Per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS): Progress and Challenges

37. Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): Biotoxic and bioaccumulative wonder chemicals in the Environment: Degradation to remediation

Section 9: Solutions for emerging contaminants in drinking and wastewater

38. Modular solutions for managing drinking water emerging contaminants

39. Genetical engineering approach for remediation of emerging contaminants in Industrial wastewater

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: July 1, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad

Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad is currently Emeritus Professor, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India. He has made outstanding contributions to the fields of bioremediation, bioresources, biomass energy sources, bioeconomy and to the broad field of environmental biotechnology, all of which are his main areas of expertise. Dr. Prasad has served the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India in various advisory committees on biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, pollution control and abatement, environmental information systems and bioremediation of contaminated sites. He is an active visiting scientist in several international universities.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

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Larry Erickson

Larry E. Erickson received doctorate in 1964 in chemical engineering from Kansas State University. He has been a member of the chemical engineering faculty at K-State since 1964. In 1967-68 he conducted research in biochemical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, and introduced courses in biochemical engineering and bioseparations at K-State. From 1985-2018, he has provided leadership for hazardous substance research at K-State. From 1989-2003, he was director of the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Hazardous Substance Research Center, a consortium of universities with headquarters at K-State. In order to advance pollution prevention and improve environmental management, he introduced seminars in hazardous waste engineering, air quality, and sustainability. He has worked with more than 70 graduate students, coauthored more than 450 papers, traveled professionally to more than 25 countries, and participated in more than $50 million of funded research projects. In January 2015, he transitioned to emeritus professor of chemical engineering. He has been employed by Mobil Oil Company, ESSO Research and Engineering Co., Humble Oil and Refining Company. He has been a visiting faculty member at MIT, University of California, Berkeley, Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Pushchino, Russia, and Institute of Microbiology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, USA

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Abin Sebastian

Dr. Abin Sebastian is working as assistant professor in the Department of Botany, St. Georges College, Aruvithura affiliated to Mahathma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India. He is expertise in ecophysiology of plants and environmental biotechnology. His studies pointed out the role of iron and iron transporters involved in detoxification of cadmium in rice plants. He synthesized magnetic iron nanoparticles that efficiently remove heavy metals from aqueous media, and ameliorate heavy metal stress in plants. He was awarded with outstanding student scholar award during IBC 2017, China, and received fellowship from DAAD, Germany and UGC, India for conducting doctoral and post-doctoral research.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, St. Georges College, Aruvithura

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Sailaja Elchuri

Dr Sailaja Elchuri completed her Doctoral studies in molecular regulation of light stress in C4 plants under eminent plant physiologist Prof V.S. Ramadas. Significant contribution included paper submission to volume dedicated to Prof Daniel Arnon. Completed post-Doctoral studies at Arizona State University examining UV light effects on canopy photosynthesis. Later studies included animal models of disease and nanotechnology at Stanford University. Recent focus has been to use one health approaches for Human, animal, and plant triad. She used Omic approaches and green Nanotechnology to study human disease progression and therapy for safer environment. She is reviewer for several journals in Omic studies and Nanotechnology. Published 55 papers in peer reviewed journals and 5 book chapters.
Affiliations and expertise
Vision Research Foundation. No 18 College Road, Nugambakkam, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu