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Microbial Biodegradation and Bioremediation

Techniques and Case Studies for Environmental Pollution

  • 2nd Edition - November 24, 2021
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Surajit Das, Hirak Ranjan Dash
  • Language: English

Microbial Biodegradation and Bioremediation: Techniques and Case Studies for Environmental Pollution, Second Edition describes the successful application of microbes and their der… Read more

Description

Microbial Biodegradation and Bioremediation: Techniques and Case Studies for Environmental Pollution, Second Edition describes the successful application of microbes and their derivatives for bioremediation of potentially toxic and relatively novel compounds in the environment. Our natural biodiversity and environment is in danger due to the release of continuously emerging potential pollutants by anthropogenic activities. Though many attempts have been made to eradicate and remediate these noxious elements, thousands of xenobiotics of relatively new entities emerge every day, thus worsening the situation. Primitive microorganisms are highly adaptable to toxic environments, and can reduce the load of toxic elements by their successful transformation and remediation.

This completely updated new edition presents many new technologies and techniques and includes theoretical context and case studies in every chapter. Microbial Biodegradation and Bioremediation: Techniques and Case Studies for Environmental Pollution, Second Edition serves as a single-source reference and encompasses all categories of pollutants and their applications in a convenient, comprehensive format for researchers in environmental science and engineering, pollution, environmental microbiology, and biotechnology.

Key features

  • Describes many novel approaches of microbial bioremediation including genetic engineering, metagenomics, microbial fuel cell technology, biosurfactants and biofilm-based bioremediation
  • Introduces relatively new hazardous elements and their bioremediation practices including oil spills, military waste water, greenhouse gases, polythene wastes, and more
  • Provides the most advanced techniques in the field of bioremediation, including insilico approach, microbes as pollution indicators, use of bioreactors, techniques of pollution monitoring, and more
  • Completely updated and expanded to include topics and techniques such as genetically engineered bacteria, environmental health, nanoremediation, heavy metals, contaminant transport, and in situ and ex situ methods
  • Includes theoretical context and case studies within each chapter

Readership

Researchers in Environmental Science, particularly environmental microbiology and remediation. Researchers in environmental engineering and microbiology

Table of contents

1. Microbial bioremediation: A potential tool for restoration of the contaminated areas

2. Heavy metals and hydrocarbons: Adverse effects and mechanism of toxicity

3. Nanotoxicity: Aspects and concerns in biological systems

4. Application of molecular techniques for assessment of microbial communities in contaminated sites

5. Microbial indicators for monitoring pollution and bioremediation

6. Biofilm mediated bioremediation of PAHs

7. Nano-particle based bioremediation

8. Bioremediation using extremophiles

9. Role of Actinobacteria in bioremediation

10. Biology, genetic aspects and oxidative stress response of Streptomyces and strategies for bioremediation of toxic metals

11. Fungal bioremediation strategies

12. Microbial bioremediation of industrial effluents

13. Bioremediation of polythene wastes

14. Phycoremediation of contaminated water and soil coupled with generation of value added products

15. Feasibility of using microbial fuel cell technology for bioremediation

16. Microbial bioremediation: A metagenomic approach

17. In-silico approach in bioremediation

18. Microbial bioremediation of greenhouse gases

19. Enzymes/Enzymatic reactions in bioremediation

20. Microbiological metabolism under chemical stress

21. Bioremediation of pesticides: A case study

22. Microalgae in removal of heavy metal and organic pollutants from soil

23. Bioremediation of aquaculture effluents

24. Aquifer microbiology of different geogenic setting for environmental biogeotechnology

25. Exploring prospects of mono-oxygenases based bio-catalyst in xenobiotics and their computational modelling

26. White-rot fungi and their Environmental applications

27. Remediation of environmental pollution by genetically engineered Bacteria

28. Toxicity on human-health and adverse consequences of cosmetics

29. Bioremediation of Steroidal Estrogens

30. Increased coverage of nanoremediation/ Applications and implications of nanotechnology in remediation of environmental pollutants

31. Bioremediation of Heavy Metals/ New insights into bioremediation of toxic metals

32. Expanded coverage of effluents from various industries

33. New Techniques for contaminant transport/ monitoring of contaminant transport

34. In situ and ex situ methods of bioremediation

35. Factors affecting bioremediation

36. Non-molecular methods of monitoring bioremediation

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 24, 2021
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Surajit Das

Surajit Das, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Life Science at the National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India. He received his PhD in Marine Biology with specialization in marine microbiology from Annamalai University, India, and completed postdoctoral research at the University of Tasmania, Australia, as an Endeavour Research Fellow. His research focuses on environmental biotechnology, marine microbiology, microbial biofilms, bioremediation, wastewater treatment, biodiversity, and microbial ecology, with particular emphasis on the diversity, ecology, and functional applications of marine microorganisms. He leads externally funded research projects on microbial biofilms, environmental remediation, and sustainable biotechnology, and has supervised numerous doctoral researchers. He also serves on national and international scientific committees and editorial boards, including roles as Academic Editor of PLOS One and Associate Editor of BMC Microbiology.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Life Science at the National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India

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Hirak Ranjan Dash

Hirak Ranjan Dash is a Researcher for the Forensic Science Laboratory at India’s National Institute of Technology. His expertise is in the field of environmental and forensic microbiology, DNA fingerprinting, microbial phylogeny and diversity, genetics, bioremediation, degradation of biological materials and applied microbiology. He has authored many publications, including articles, book chapters, and books.
Affiliations and expertise
Researcher, Forensic Science Laboratory, India’s National Institute of Technology, India

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