
Environmental Metagenomics, Water Quality and Suggested Remediation Measures of Polluted Waters: A Combined Approach
- 1st Edition - April 2, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Inderjeet Tyagi, Vikas Kumar, Rama Rao Karri
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 6 5 9 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 6 6 0 - 3
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Environmental Metagenomics, Water Quality and Suggested Remediation Measures of Polluted Waters: A Combined Approach is a reference handbook for scientists, engineers and early-career researchers seeking guidance in the areas of water quality and remediation studies. The comprehensive book, which includes case studies and applications from a range of contributors in the field, offers an essential resource in the science of water quality assessment.
- Includes a range of applications and case studies in wetland, riverine, drinking, and groundwater metagenomics, along with approaches for the remediation of pollutants from wastewater
- Offers the latest updates on environmental metagenomics and its correlation with water environments, remediation measures, and SDGs
- Provides key contributions from global researchers in the fields of water chemistry, environmental science, engineering, and public health
Part I: Introduction to Environmental Metagenomics, Water Quality and Remediation Measures1. Introduction to Environmental Metagenomics, Water Quality and Remediation Measures: An overview2. Environmental metagenomics and associated functional annotations in polluted ecosystem3. Protocols to e-DNA with special reference to polluted wetlands, riverine ecosystem, groundwater and Drinking water microbiome4. Metagenomics Data mining and storage: Policies, Linkages, and Interlinkages5. Impact toxic pollutants including heavy metals, organic and anthropogenic impurities on the water quality and their permissible limits6. Detailed overview of techniques used across the globe for the remediation of pollutants from polluted water7. Health impacts of pathogens, metal, organic and anthropogenic pollutants on human health and prevailing fauna
Part II: Water Quality and Environmental Metagenomics of Polluted waters8. Metagenomics* and limnological studies of sewage fed aquaculture ponds across the globe9. Metagenomics* and heavy metal speciation studies of economically important Ramsar sites10. Metagenomics* and heavy metal speciation studies of drinking water across the globe11. Metagenomics*, Limnological and heavy metal speciation studies of groundwater12. Metagenomics* and limnological studies of riverine ecosystem13. Metagenomics*, Limnological and heavy metal speciation of STPS/ETPs/WWTPs*Metagenomics covering bacterial, eukaryotic and Antibiotic (ARGs) or Antimicrobial Resistance Genes (AMRs)
Part III: Case Studies
Part IV: Sustainable Technologies in pollutants remediation and Environmental Metagenomics14. Biochars as low-cost alternative materials for remediation of pollutants15. Constructed wetland as sustainable alternative for wastewater treatment16. Fecal matter sensing and remediation using combined wastewater treatment and sensing approach17. Antibacterial agents for the remediation of pathogenic diversity18. Application of nanomaterials loaded activated carbon as possible solution for remediation of pollutants Chapter 19: Hydrothermally treated low-cost material for remediation of toxic metal and organic impurities20. Monitoring of microbes and possible remediation through genetically engineered microbes21. Green technologies as possible remediating approach for wastewater treatment
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 2, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
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Inderjeet Tyagi
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Vikas Kumar
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Rama Rao Karri
Dr. Rama Rao Karri is a Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at Universiti Teknologi Brunei. He holds a PhD from IIT Delhi and a Master’s from IIT Kanpur in Chemical Engineering. With over 20 years of experience in academia, industry, and research, he has experience working in multidisciplinary fields and has expertise in various evolutionary optimization techniques and process modelling. His expertise extends to process modeling and simulation, focusing on optimizing chemical and environmental processes to improve efficiency and sustainability. Dr. Karri serves on editorial boards of several international journals and acts as a peer reviewer for numerous reputed publications. He has held editorial roles including Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editor for journals such as Scientific Reports and the International Journal of Energy and Water Resources. He is also a guest editor for special issues on nanocomposites and environmental engineering topics. Additionally, Dr. Karri contributes to authoring and editing books on sustainable technologies, environmental remediation, and process monitoring with leading academic publishers.