Microbial Wastewater Treatment

1st Edition - June 12, 2019
Editors: Maulin P. Shah, Susana Rodriguez-Couto
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 6 8 0 9 - 7
eBook ISBN:
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Microbial Wastewater Treatment focuses on the exploitation of microorganisms as decontaminating tools to treat polluted wastewater, a worldwide concern. Microorganism-based processes are seen as promising technologies to treat the ever-increasing problem of polluted wastewater. The book covers recently developed process technologies to solve five major trends in the field of wastewater treatment, including nutrient removal and recovery, trace organic compounds, energy saving and production, sustainability and community involvement.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1. Effects of Microbiological and Non-Microbiological Treatments of Sewage Sludge on Antibiotics as Emerging Pollutants Present in Wastewater: A Review
1. Introduction
2. Antibiotic Concentrations in Sewage Sludge and Soils Where Sewage Sludge Was Spread
3. Efficacy of Different Treatments to Remove Antibiotics From Sewage Sludge
4. Future Research Needs in This Field
Chapter 2. Modeling Microbial Activity in Wastewater Treatment
1. Introduction
2. Mathematical Modeling of Anaerobic Treatment Systems
3. Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment Model Applications
4. Future Trends, Recommendations, and Conclusion
Chapter 3. Electroactive Filter Technology for Water Treatment
1. Introduction
2. Electroactive Filter Based on Anodic Oxidation
3. Electroactive Filter Based on Cathodic Reduction
4. Challenges and Future Perspectives
Chapter 4. Aerobic Granulation in Wastewater Treatment: A General Overview
1. Introduction: Aerobic Granules
2. Physiochemical Properties and Granule Formation
3. Microbial Community
4. Types of Bioreactors
5. Operational Parameters
6. Role of Aerobic Granules in Wastewater Treatment
7. Application of Aerobic Granulation Technology
8. Summary
Chapter 5. Microbes: A Key Player in Industrial Wastewater Treatment
1. Introduction
2. Microbial Diversity in Wastewater Treatment
3. Techniques in Wastewater Treatment
4. Role of Microbes in Treating Waste in Different Industries
5. Conclusions
Chapter 6. Bioremediation of Azo Dye
1. Introduction
2. Conclusion
Chapter 7. Potential of Fungal Laccase in Decolorization of Synthetic Dyes
1. Laccase Production Studies
2. Decolorization of Synthetic Dyes by Laccase
3. Concluding Remarks
Chapter 8. Oleaginous Microorganisms for Simultaneous Biodiesel Production and Wastewater Treatment: A Review
1. Introduction
2. Lipid-Accumulating Microorganisms
3. Nutrient-Rich Byproducts and Wastewaters for Microbial Lipid Production
4. Oleaginous Microorganisms Used for Simultaneous Lipid Production and Wastewater Treatment
5. Biodiesel Predicted Properties Based on the Fatty Acid Composition of Microbial Lipids
6. Industrial Application of Oleaginous Microorganisms: Issues and Outlooks
7. Conclusion
Chapter 9. Microbial Fuel Cell: A Boon in Bioremediation of Wastes
1. Introduction
2. Application of MFC for Treatment of Various Organic and Inorganic Wastes
3. Limitations, Future Prospects, and Conclusion
Abbreviations
Chapter 10. Cyanobacteria/Microalgae for Distillery Wastewater Treatment- Past, Present and the Future
1. Introduction
2. Current Practices of Distillery Wastewater Treatment
3. DWW Treatment by Algae
4. Phycoremediation of Distillery Wastewater
5. Research Challenges and Future Research Goals in DWW Treatment by Algae
6. Conclusions
Chapter 11. Perspectives, Scope, Advancements, and Challenges of Microbial Technologies Treating Textile Industry Effluents
1. Introduction
2. Legislative Acts and Regulations on Water Pollution in India
3. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Transfer of Technology From Lab to On-Sites
4. Textile Effluent Treatment Technologies and Approaches
5. Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Treatment Process
6. Integrated Biotechnological Interventions for Wastewater Treatment
7. Cell Factories and Whole Cell Biocatalysts (WCBs)
8. Microbial Fuel Cell Technology
9. Biomembrane Filtration and Nanotechnology Applications
10. Functional Metagenomics and Gene-Editing Technologies
11. Challenges of Microbial Technologies
12. Conclusion
Abbreviations
Index

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

Susana Rodriguez-Couto

Susana Rodríguez-Couto (female) got her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chemistry (Industrial Chemistry) from the University of Santiago de Compostela in 1992 and her Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1999 from the University of Vigo, obtaining the maximal grade (magna cum laude) and, in addition, she was awarded with the Extraordinary Prize for Doctoral Thesis in Chemistry. She worked as an Associate Professor and an Isidro Parga Pondal Senior Researcher at the University of Vigo (2000-2004), as a Ramón y Cajal Senior Researcher at Rovira i Virgili University (2004-2008) and as an Ikerbasque Research Professor (2009-2019). She has also worked as an Invited Researcher at the Institute from Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology (Austria) and at the Department of Biological Engineering, University of Minho (Portugal). In 2008, she received the I3 Professor from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education to the recognition of an outstanding research activity. In March 2021 she is joining LUT School of Engineering Science at Mikkeli, Finland, as a Full Professor in biological water treatment. She has published more than 140 articles in highly reputed international journals (h index 42). She is editor of several journals (3Biotech, Frontiers) and 14 Elsevier books.

Affiliations and expertise

Full Professor (Biological Water Treatment), Department of Separation Science, LUT School of Engineering Science, LUT University, Finland

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