Integrative Strategies for Bioremediation of Environmental Contaminants, Volume 2

Avenues to a Cleaner Society

1st Edition - August 3, 2022
Editors: Riti Thapar Kapoor, Maulin P. Shah
Language: English
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Integrative Strategies for Bioremediation of Environmental Contaminants, Volume Two: Avenues to a Cleaner Society focuses on the exploitation of various biological treatment technologies and their use to treat toxic contaminants present in industrial effluent to restore contaminated sites. The book includes coverage of combined treatments of microbes for reuse of wastewater and contaminated soil to successfully achieve eco-restoration, environment protection and sustainable development. In 14 chapters, this reference compiles current and advanced biotechnologies as well as future directions for research.

This is a valuable resource for researchers in microbiology, biotechnology, environmental engineering and environmental science, and all those who wish to broaden their knowledge in the field of applied microbiology to develop sustainable waste management.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
List of contributors
Chapter 1. Bioaugmentation: an emerging ecofriendly technology for wastewater treatment
1. Introduction
2. Conclusions
Chapter 2. Role of biochar and modified biochar for effective removal of heavy metals
1. Introduction
2. Heavy metal pollution in soil
3. Biochar
4. Role of biochar in effective removal of heavy metals
5. Modifications of biochar in effective removal of heavy metals
6. Biochar for soil improvement
7. Conclusion and future perspectives
Chapter 3. Potential of microbes for the remediation of heavy metals–contaminated soil
1. Introduction
2. Microbes: the invisible regulators of soil health
3. Microbial system and the issue of heavy metal pollution in soil
4. Mechanisms involved in HM remediation by microbes
5. Applications of microbes in HM remediation in soil
6. Use of genetically modified microbes for HM remediations: recent advances and future prospects
7. Conclusion
Chapter 4. Application of biochar in wood-based industry as low-cost sustainable green technology
1. Introduction
2. Synthesis of biochars
3. Biochar composites and their properties
4. Conclusion and outlook
Chapter 5. Biochar mechanisms of metal sorption
1. Introduction
2. Biochar
3. Characteristics of biochar
4. Properties of biochar
5. Biochar production
6. Pyrolysis
7. Advantages of biochar
8. Disadvantages of biochar
9. Biochar application
10. Agricultural and waste management benefits
11. Biochar and soil interaction
12. Sorption mechanisms of heavy metal
13. Modification of biochar
14. Bioremediation and phytoremediation
15. Conclusion and future aspects
Chapter 6. Global restoration of contaminated agricultural soils through the utilization of potential microbes for the future generation
1. Introduction
2. Soil health
3. Source of pollutants in soil
4. Applications and technologies for biological soil remediation
5. Strategies for bioremediation
6. Bioremediation of organic pollutants
7. Bioremediation of inorganic pollutants
8. Future prospects and importance of bioremediation
9. Conclusion
Chapter 7. Biochar technology for sustainable environment: need of policy implementation for societal benefit
1. Introduction
2. Feedstock for biochar production
3. Properties of biochar
4. Structural characteristics of biochar
5. Elemental composition of biochar
6. Physiochemical properties of biochar
7. Effect of pH
8. Stability
9. Water-holding capacity
10. Specific surface area
11. Cation exchange capacity
12. Applications of biochar
13. Removal of organic contaminants by biochar
14. Removal of inorganic contaminants by biochar
15. Remediation of gases by biochar
16. Biochar and human health risks
17. Economic importance of biochar
18. Policy regulation on biochar
19. Conclusion and future perspectives
Chapter 8. Potential of microbes for the remediation of heavy metal–contaminated soil
1. Introduction
2. Heavy metals
3. Toxic effects of heavy metals
4. Heavy metals and metalloids: their origins, characteristics, and properties
5. Heavy metals are removed using traditional methods
6. Bioremediation
7. Microorganisms exploited in bioremediation
8. Biosorbent materials
9. Mechanisms of bioremediation
10. Biosorption and bioaccumulation
11. Bioremediation by bacteria
12. Bioremediation with algae (phycoremediation)
13. Factors affecting microbial remediation of heavy metal
14. Biological variables
15. Environmental determinants
16. Applications of bioremediation
17. Bioremediation has the following advantages
18. Bioremediation has the following drawbacks
19. Prospects for bioremediation
20. Microorganisms that have been genetically modified (GEMs)
21. Recommendations
22. Conclusion
Chapter 9. Eco-friendly and cost-effective metal sequestration mechanism by the use of biosensor microorganisms
1. Introduction
2. Heavy metals
3. Conventional methods for heavy metal removal from industrial effluents
4. Understanding biosorption
5. Advantages of biosorption process (Holan and Volesky, 1995)
6. Disadvantages (Ahluwalia and Goyal, 2007)
7. Factors affecting on biosorption of metals (Holan and Volesky, 1995)
8. Application of biosorption
9. The future of biosorption
10. Types of biomass
11. Factors affecting biomass choice
12. Economic aspects of biosorption technology
13. Types of biological biosorbents
14. Biosorption mechanisms
15. Conclusion
Chapter 10. Application of biochar for soil remediation
1. Introduction
2. Significance of feedstock
3. Methods of biochar preparation
4. Biochar as soil remediation
5. Summary
Chapter 11. Microbe-assisted heavy metal phytoremediation
1. Introduction
2. Metal detoxification
3. Metal mobilization
4. Metal immobilization
5. Metal transformation
6. Metal transport and distribution
7. Role of PGPM in plant growth promotion
8. Conclusion
Chapter 12. Mechanisms involved in the removal of contaminants by biochar from an aqueous medium
1. Introduction
2. Adsorption mechanisms involved in the removal of contaminants by biochar from an aqueous medium
3. Regeneration studies
4. Conclusion
Chapter 13. Microbial assisted restoration of contaminated agricultural soil for sustainable environment
1. Introduction
2. Soil contamination
3. Bioremediation techniques
4. Microorganisms in remediation of organic pollutants
5. Microorganisms in remediation of inorganic pollutants
6. Factors affecting microbial bioremediation
7. Benefits and challenges
8. Conclusion
Chapter 14. Recent advances in dyes removal technologies from wastewater using biochar
1. Introduction
2. Dyes removal technologies from wastewater using biochar
3. Key challenges
4. Impact
5. Conclusion
Chapter 15. Restoration of contaminated agricultural soils by microbes
1. Introduction
2. Sources of soil contamination
3. Impacts of soil pollution
4. Treatments of contaminated agricultural soils
5. Types of Bioremediation
6. Bioaugmentation—a bioremediation technique
7. Mycoremediation by white-rot fungi
8. Bacterial bioremediation
9. Bioremediation of pesticides in soil using biopesticides
10. Future considerations
11. Application of microorganisms in soil restoration
12. Conclusions
Chapter 16. Microbes for the remediation of heavy metal–contaminated soil
1. Introduction
2. Sources of heavy metal pollution in the environment
3. Potential risks of heavy metals
4. Bioremediation of heavy metal
5. Conclusion
Chapter 17. Potential of microbes for the bioremediation of heavy metal–contaminated soil
1. Introduction
2. Various kinds of pollutants in the soil
3. Bioaccumulation
4. Bioremediation
5. Bioremediation of organic pollutants
6. Bioremediation of heavy metals
7. Advantages of bioremediation
8. Disadvantages of bioremediation
9. Conclusion and future aspects
Index

Riti Thapar Kapoor

Dr. Riti Thapar Kapoor is Associate Professor in Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India. Dr. Kapoor received her Ph.D from University of Allahabad and worked as post - doctoral fellow at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. Dr. Kapoor has fourteen years of teaching and research experience and her area of specialization is environmental biotechnology, bioremediation, wastewater treatment and abiotic stresses. Dr. Kapoor has published 11 books and over 105 research papers in various journals of national and international repute. Dr. Kapoor has visited 8 countries for participation in different academic programmes. Dr. Kapoor has received prestigious travel award from Bill & Melinda Gates Research Foundation under CGIAR project for participation in International training programme held at International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Manila, Philippines in 2010. She is also recipient of DST travel grant for participation in International Conference held at Sri Lanka in 2013. Dr. Kapoor has been awarded with Teacher’s Research Fellowship from Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru in 2019. She has supervised and mentored a number of research projects sanctioned by different government funding agencies such as DAE, DST and UPCST etc. She has successfully supervised three research students for Ph.D. degree besides several (more than 80) masters and graduate students for their dissertation thesis.

Affiliations and expertise

Centre for Plant and Environmental Biotechnology, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Maulin P. Shah

Dr. Maulin P. Shah is an active researcher and microbial biotechnologist with diverse research interest. His primary interest is the environment, the quality of our living resources and the ways that bacteria can help to manage and degrade toxic wastes and restore environmental health. Consequently, His work has been focused to assess the impact of industrial pollution on microbial diversity of wastewater following cultivation dependant and cultivation independent analysis.

Affiliations and expertise

Environmental Microbiology Consultant, Gujarat, India

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