
Metagenomics to Bioremediation
Applications, Cutting Edge Tools, and Future Outlook
- 1st Edition - August 30, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Vineet Kumar, Muhammad Bilal, Sushil Kumar Shahi, Vinod Kumar Garg
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 6 1 1 3 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 9 4 8 0 - 4
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Request a sales quoteMetagenomics to Bioremediation: Applications, Cutting Edge Tools, and Future Outlook provides detailed insight into metagenomics approaches to bioremediation in a comprehensive manner, thus enabling the analysis of microbial behavior at a community level under different environmental stresses during degradation and detoxification of environmental pollutants. The book summarizes each and all aspects of metagenomics applications to bioremediation, helping readers overcome the lack of updated information on advancement in microbial ecology dealing with pollution abatement. Users will find insight not only on the fundamentals of metagenomics and bioremediation, but also on recent trends and future expectations.
This book will appeal to readers from diverse backgrounds in biology, chemistry and life sciences.
- Reviews recently developed metagenomics approaches/strategies/ technologies to solve five major trends in environmental clean-up, including nutrient removal and resource recovery, organometallic compounds detoxification, energy-saving and production, sustainability and community involvement
- Compiles authoritative information on recent advances in microbial biotechnological approaches, including the latest descriptions of the relationship between microbes and the environment
- Describes the knowledge gaps and future directions in the field of bioremediation of environmental contaminants
- Covers underlying microbial mechanisms with metabolic pathways for degradation and detoxification of emerging organic and inorganic contaminants discharged in environment
Postgraduate students
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- About the editors
- Acknowledgments
- Section 1: Introduction to bioremediation and metagenomics
- Chapter 1: Bioremediation: A green technology for environmental cleanup
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Agents of bioremediation
- 3: Role of biotechnology in bioremediation
- 4: Microorganisms to clean up contaminated environments
- 5: Bacterial degradation
- 6: Degradative capacities of algae and protozoa
- 7: Plant-assisted bioremediation
- 8: Mycorrhiza assisted phytoremediation
- 9: Limitations of bioremediation
- 10: Conclusion
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 2: Recent trends in bioremediation of heavy metals
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Heavy metals: Sources and environmental effects
- 3: Effect of heavy metal toxicity on soil, microorganisms, and plants
- 4: Heavy metals toxicity in human beings
- 5: Bioremediation and its significance
- 6: Metagenomics and its application in bioremediation
- 7: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 3: Recent advances in bioremediation by metagenomics-based approach for pharmaceutical derived pollutants
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Bioremediation
- 3: Bioremediation techniques
- 4: Pharmaceutical wastes
- 5: Controlled drug wastes
- 6: Regulation of the disposal of pharmaceutical wastes
- 7: Characteristic hazardous wastes
- 8: Remediation methods for pharmaceutical waste
- 9: Conclusion
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 4: Metagenomics in bioremediation: Recent advances, challenges, and perspectives
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Microorganisms that are important in biosorption
- 3: Omics approach in bioremediation/biosorption
- 4: Application of metagenomics in bioremediation
- 5: Exploring microbial communities using next-generation sequencing
- 6: Molecular biology approach in bioremediation
- 7: Role of transcriptomics and metatranscriptomics in bioremediation
- 8: Conclusion and future direction
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 5: Metagenomic approaches for understanding microbial communities in contaminated environments: Bioinformatic tools, case studies and future outlook
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Sequencing-based study of environmental microbiomes
- 3: Bioinformatic analysis of high-throughput sequencing data
- 4: Microbial community structure and processes in contaminated environments
- 5: Challenges and future outlook
- 6: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6: Microbial enzymes and their budding roles in bioremediation: Foreseen tool for combating environmental pollution
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Pollutants: The stubborn enemy
- 3: Bioremediation
- 4: Microbial enzymes in bioremediation
- 5: Molecular advancements in bioremediation
- 6: Conclusion and future prospects
- References
- Chapter 7: Interface of ‘meta-omics’ in gut biome remediation to unravel the complications of environmental pollutants
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Environmental pollution—A rising social menace
- 3: Crucial transformations of pollutants as toxicants
- 4: Intrusions into the human system as various ailments
- 5: Beneficial microbial ecosystems—Overview
- 6: Gut biome as potential bio remediators to transformer toxicants
- 7: Biosorption of toxicants in the human body—The interplay of gastrointestinal (GI) microbiotas
- 8: Vital microbial metabolites and their mechanism in bioremediation targeting various environmental pollutants
- 9: The metabolization of gut microbiota on various environmental chemicals
- 10: Meta-omics, the tool to bridge host-microbe interactions
- 11: Metabolic modeling
- 12: Computational approaches to investigate the microbiome
- 13: Applications of GEM in gut bioremediation
- 14: Conclusion
- References
- Section 2: Bioremediation and metagenomics in environmental remediation
- Chapter 8: Bioremediation: A favorable perspective to eliminate heavy metals from polluted soil
- Abstract
- 1: Heavy metal pollution and bioremediation
- 2: Types of bioremediation
- 3: Importance and applications of bioremediation
- 4: Heavy metals in soil pollution
- 5: Bioremediation of heavy metals
- 6: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 9: Metagenomics in bioremediation of metals for environmental cleanup
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Metals and metal toxicity
- 3: Metal pollution
- 4: Bioremediation of metals
- 5: Metagenomics for microbiome analysis
- 6: Environmental sampling for metagenome analysis
- 7: Sequencing technologies for metagenome analysis
- References
- Chapter 10: Microbial community and their role in bioremediation of polluted e-waste sites
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: E-waste the current scenario
- 3: Microbes thriving in E-waste contaminated site
- 4: Bioremediation of E-waste
- 5: Challenges and future opportunities
- 6: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 11: Metagenomic analysis of wastewater for water quality assessment
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Natural microbiome of water
- 3: Metagenomic analysis of wastewater
- 4: Impact of wastewater treatment on microbial composition
- 5: Molecular techniques for analysis of microbial communities in wastewater
- 6: Metagenomic approaches for wastewater analysis and bioremediation of wastewater
- 7: Antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater
- 8: Metagenomic analysis to assess metabolic pathways in bioremediation
- 9: Limitations of metagenomics in wastewater treatments
- References
- Chapter 12: The proteome mapping—Metabolic modeling, and functional elucidation of the microbiome in the remediation of dyes and treating industrial effluents
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Elucidation of the microbiome in situ
- 3: Computational efficacy in metaproteomic studies
- 4: Metabolic engineering and microbial ecology
- 5: Present and future of microbiome research
- 6: Challenges of metaproteomics and future prospects
- References
- Chapter 13: Wastewater treatment processes and microbial community
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Wastewater treatment processes
- 3: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 14: Water quality and wastewater treatment for human health and environmental safety
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Industrial wastewater
- 3: Domestic wastewater
- 4: Agricultural wastewater
- 5: Environmental and health impact of wastewater discharge into water resources
- 6: Parameters to assess water quality
- 7: Wastewater treatment techniques
- 8: Different processes in wastewater treatment
- 9: New trends in wastewater treatment
- 10: New trends in wastewater treatment
- References
- Chapter 15: Bioremediation of petrochemical sludge from soils
- Abstract
- Graphical Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Characteristic properties of petroleum pollutants & toxicity of oil-polluted soil
- 3: Remediation processes of petroleum-polluted soil
- 4: Bioremediation technologies
- 5: Conclusions and perspectives
- References
- Chapter 16: Bioremediation of nuclear waste effluent using different communities of microbes
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Bioremediation
- 3: Metagenomics in bioremediation
- 4: Overview of radionucleotides
- 5: Importance of microbial bioremediation
- 6: Radioactive elements
- 7: Radionucleotides sources
- 8: Effects of radionucleotides
- 9: Conclusion
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 17: Metagenomics of contaminated wetland sediment in a tropical region
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Application of “omics” in natural/constructed wetlands
- 3: Metagenomic study in natural wetlands of Indian tropical region
- 4: Bacterial diversity in the rhizosphere of wetland plant T. latifolia L
- 5: Conclusion
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 18: Hydrocarbons and environmental pollution: Metagenomics application as a key tool for bioremediation
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Hydrocarbons and their problems
- 3: Application of microorganisms in bioremediation
- 4: Metagenomics
- 5: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 19: A complete review on anaerobes and nanoparticles in wastewater treatment
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Biological wastewater treatment methods
- 3: Bacterial communities involved in WWT
- 4: Bio-augmentation
- 5: Membrane bio-engineering
- 6: Environmental ramifications of anaerobic (bio) sewage treatment
- 7: Nanoparticle's technology
- 8: Conclusion
- References
- Section 3: Plant microbes association in environmetal remediation
- Chapter 20: Metagenomic approach role of psychrotrophic and psychrophilic microbes in bioremediation
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Metagenomics of psychrotrophic microorganisms
- 3: Metagenomics of psychrophilic microorganisms
- 4: Bioremediation using psychrotrophic and psychrophilic microorganisms
- 5: Psychrotrophic and psychrophilic species of microorganisms used in bioremediation
- 6: Metagenomics in bioremediation using psychrotrophic and psychrophilic microorganisms
- 7: Metagenomic approach to hydrocarbon bioremediation (in aquatic environments) by psychrotrophic and psychrophilic microorganisms
- 8: Drawbacks and future challenges of metagenomics of psychrophilic and psychrotrophic microorganisms
- References
- Chapter 21: Nano- and phytoremediation technique for textile wastewater treatment and successive production of fertilizers
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Textile dyes characteristics
- 3: Textile dyes classification
- 4: Influence of textile wastewater on environment
- 5: Potential pollutants in textile wastewater
- 6: Environmental and health impacts of textile wastewaters
- 7: Bio-remediation techniques
- 8: Nano-remediation
- 9: Phyto-remediation
- 10: Synergistic strategies for degradation of textile dyes and effluents
- 11: Reactor development and constructed wetland strategies for phytoremediation of textile dyes and effluents
- 12: Plant mechanisms for treatment of textile dyes and effluents
- 13: Factors affecting phytoremediation
- 14: Conclusion and futuristic approach
- References
- Chapter 22: Plant-microbes association: Psychrophilic and psychrotrophic microorganisms associated with plants and their potential environmental services
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Plant-psychrotrophic microorganism interactions
- 3: Plant-psychrophilic microorganism interactions
- 4: Environmental services of psychrotrophic and psychrophilic bacteria associated with plants
- References
- Chapter 23: Metal–organic frameworks-based emerging platforms for recognition and monitoring of environmentally hazardous organic contaminants
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Potential applications of electrochemical sensors based on MOF for the sensing of organic pollutants
- 3: Conclusion and future prospects
- References
- Chapter 24: Bioaugmentation of metal phytoremediation through plant-microbe interaction
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Biological availability of metals in soil
- 3: Metal hyperaccumulator plants
- 4: Limitations of hyperaccumulator plants
- 5: Using the rhizobiome to enhance hyperaccumulator competency
- 6: Rhizobiome attributes that are advantageous for metal hyperaccumulators
- 7: Application of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in mitigation of metal stress in plants
- 8: Endophytic bacteria versus rhizobacteria in alleviating metal stress
- 9: Other applications of PGPB
- 10: Conclusions and future research aspects
- References
- Section 4: Emerging green technologies in bioremediation and metagenomics
- Chapter 25: Lignin-based hybrid materials in wastewater cleanup
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Lignin
- 2: Modification in lignin
- 3: Applications of lignin
- 4: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 26: Immobilized enzyme reactors for bioremediation
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Types of enzymes
- 3: Enzyme immobilization techniques
- 4: Immobilized enzyme reactors—recent advancements
- 5: Pros and cons of immobilized enzyme reactors
- 6: Immobilized enzyme reactor for wastewater treatment
- 7: Future perspectives
- References
- Chapter 27: Biochar processing for green and sustainable remediation: Wastewater treatment, bioenergy, and future perspective
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Biomass conversion techniques
- 3: Effects of process parameters on biochar yield
- 4: Adsorption mechanism for aqueous contaminant removal
- 5: Application in wastewater treatment
- 6: Bioenergy production
- 7: Future perspective: Concept of nano-biochar
- References
- Chapter 28: High-throughput sequencing technologies in metagenomics
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Current high throughput sequencing technology
- 3: Various commercially available second-generation platforms for metagenomic studies
- 4: Various commercially available third-generation platforms for metagenomic research
- 5: Data analysis
- 6: Challenges and future directions
- 7: Applications
- 8: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 29: Genetically engineered microbes for bioremediation and phytoremediation of contaminated environment
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 30: Proteomics monitoring of microbes in contaminated environments
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Techniques for metaproteomic studies
- 3: Fundamental developments of MS-based proteomics
- 4: Microbial community proteomics in different environments
- 5: Challenges
- 6: Perspectives
- 7: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 31: Development of biosensors for application in industrial biotechnology
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Development of biosensor
- 3: Application of biosensors in industrial biotechnology
- 4: Latest advancement in biosensors
- 5: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 32: Microbial enzymes: Versatile tools for pollution abatement
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Global scenario of pollution generation and possible remediation
- 3: Microbial enzymes and their coding genes: Multi-omics in bioremediation of major pollutants
- 4: Enzyme-based smart technologies
- 5: Future prospects and conclusion
- References
- Further reading
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 30, 2022
- No. of pages (Paperback): 832
- No. of pages (eBook): 832
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323961134
- eBook ISBN: 9780323994804
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Vineet Kumar
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Muhammad Bilal
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Sushil Kumar Shahi
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