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Bioremediation of Pollutants
From Genetic Engineering to Genome Engineering
1st Edition - May 30, 2020
Editors: Vimal Chandra Pandey, Vijai Singh
Paperback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 9 0 2 5 - 8
eBook ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 9 0 2 6 - 5
Bioremediation of Pollutants: From Genetic Engineering to Genome Engineering provides insights into genetic and genome engineering strategies in bioremediation, covering a wide… Read more
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Bioremediation of Pollutants: From Genetic Engineering to Genome Engineering provides insights into genetic and genome engineering strategies in bioremediation, covering a wide range of microorganisms that are key to the removal of pollutants. The book includes discussions on root engineering, transgenic plants, metagenomics, bioreactors, molecular biology tools, genome editing, synthetic biology, microbial indicators, biosurfactants, biofilms, genetically modified organisms, and engineered fungi and bacteria. Presented by top experts in the field, this resource captures the essence and diversity of bioremediation methodologies in a single source.
Students and beginners in environmental science, researchers, soil scientists, genetic and genome engineers, stakeholders and policymakers interested in improving this rapidly growing area of research will find this resource extremely useful.
- Draws together research from eminent scientists from across the globe in the areas of phytoremediation and microbial remediation
- Includes case studies of engineered bacterial remediation
- Covers the genome editing CRISPR-Cas9 system that has been less explored in plants and microorganisms
Applied microbiologists, environmental scientists, soil scientists, environmental engineers
Part I Phytoremediation
1 Phytoremediation—a holistic approach for remediation of
heavy metals and metalloids
2 Role of potential native weeds and grasses for phytoremediation
of endocrine-disrupting pollutants discharged from pulp paper
industry waste
3 Transgenic plants in phytoremediation of organic pollutants
4 Progress, prospects, and challenges of genetic engineering in
Phytoremediation
5 Recent advances in phytoremediation using genome engineering
CRISPR-Cas9 technology
Part II Microbial Remediation
6 Endophytes—the hidden world for agriculture, ecosystem, and
environmental sustainability
7 Engineering bacterial aromatic dioxygenase genes to improve
Bioremediation
8 Microbial remediation progress and future prospects
9 Development of biologically-based activated carbon for advanced
water and wastewater treatment process
10 The role of microorganism bioremediation for sustainable
environment management
11 Bioreactor and bioprocess technology for bioremediation of
domestic and municipal wastewater
12 Metagenomics approach for bioremediation: challenges and
Perspectives
13 Microbial bioremediation of industrial effluents and pesticides
14 Synthetic biology approaches for bioremediation
15 Microbial indicators and biosensors for bioremediation
16 Biosurfactant-based bioremediation
17 Engineered bacteria for bioremediation
18 Biofilm in bioremediation
19 Genetic engineering approaches for detecting environmental
Pollutants
20 Current status, challenges, and future of bioremediation
21 Engineered microbes and evolving plastic bioremediation
technology
- No. of pages: 488
- Language: English
- Published: May 30, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128190258
- eBook ISBN: 9780128190265
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Vimal Chandra Pandey
Dr. Vimal Chandra Pandey featured in the world’s top 2% scientists curated by Stanford University, United States. Dr. Pandey is a leading researcher in the field of phytomanagement of polluted sites. He has published more than 100 scientific articles/book chapters in peer-reviewed journals/books. He is also the author and editor of seven books published by Elsevier, with several more forthcoming. Dr. Pandey is Associate Editor/Editor/Board Member of the prestigious journals Land Degradation and Development; Restoration Ecology; Ecological Processes; Environment, Development and Sustainability; Ambio; Environmental Management; and Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology by Wiley/Springer.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Environmental Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaVS
Vijai Singh
Dr Vijai Singh is an Associate Professor and Dean (Research & Innovation) at School of Sciences, Indrashil University, Rajpur, Mehsana, Gujarat, India. He was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology at the Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar, India and also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at the Invertis University, Bareilly, India. Prior to that, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Synthetic Biology Group at the Institute of Systems and Synthetic Biology, Paris, France and School of Energy & Chemical Engineering at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea. He received his Ph.D. in Biotechnology (2009) from the National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow, India with a research focus on the development of molecular and immunoassays for diagnosis of Aeromonas hydrophila. His research interests are focused on building novel biosynthetic pathways for production of medically and industrially important biomolecules. Additionally, his laboratory is working on CRISPR-Cas9 tools for genome editing. He has more than 8 years of research and teaching experience in synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, bioinformatics, microbiology, and industrial microbiology. He has published 79 articles, 51 chapters, 15 books and 4 patents. He serves as an associate editor, editorial board member, and reviewer of several peer-reviewed journals. He is also a member of the Board of Study and Academic Council of Indrashil University and is the Member Secretary of the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBSC) at the same University.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Biosciences, School of Science, Indrashil University, Rajpur, Mehsana, India