Environmental Biotechnology: For Sustainable Future

✍ Scribed by Ranbir Chander Sobti, Naveen Kumar Arora, Richa Kothari

• Publisher: Springer Singapore
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 397
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Environmental sustainability is one of the biggest issues faced by the mankind. Rapid & rampant industrialization has put great pressure on the natural resources. To make our planet a sustainable ecosystem, habitable for future generations & provide equal opportunity for all the living creatures we not only need to make corrections but also remediate the polluted natural resources. The low-input biotechnological techniques involving microbes and plants can provide the solution for resurrecting the ecosystems. Bioremediation and biodegradation can be used to improve the conditions of polluted soil and water bodies. Green energy involving biofuels have to replace the fossil fuels to combat pollution & global warming. Biological alternatives (bioinoculants) have to replace harmful chemicals for maintaining sustainability of agro-ecosystems. The book will cover the latest developments in environmental biotech so as to use in clearing and maintaining the ecosystems for sustainable future.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-viii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Biochar for Effective Cleaning of Contaminated Dumpsite Soil: A Sustainable and Cost-Effective Remediation Technique for Developing Nations (Paromita Chakraborty, Moitraiyee Mukhopadhyay, R. Shruthi, Debayan Mazumdar, Daniel Snow, Jim Jian Wang)....Pages 3-29
Scope of Nanoparticles in Environmental Toxicant Remediation (Anupam Dhasmana, Swati Uniyal, Vivek Kumar, Sanjay Gupta, Kavindra Kumar Kesari, Shafiul Haque et al.)....Pages 31-44
Removal of Inorganic and Organic Contaminants from Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems Through Phytoremediation and Biosorption (Dhananjay Kumar, Sangeeta Anand, Poonam, Jaya Tiwari, G. C. Kisku, Narendra Kumar)....Pages 45-71
Environmental Health Hazards of Post-Methanated Distillery Effluent and Its Biodegradation and Decolorization (Sangeeta Yadav, Ram Chandra)....Pages 73-101
Heavy Metal Contamination: An Alarming Threat to Environment and Human Health (Sandhya Mishra, Ram Naresh Bharagava, Nandkishor More, Ashutosh Yadav, Surabhi Zainith, Sujata Mani et al.)....Pages 103-125
Front Matter ....Pages 127-127
Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria: Diversity and Applications (Maya Verma, Jitendra Mishra, Naveen Kumar Arora)....Pages 129-173
Plausible Role of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria in Future Climatic Scenario (R. Z. Sayyed, N. Ilyas, B. Tabassum, A. Hashem, E. F. Abd_Allah, H. P. Jadhav)....Pages 175-197
Plant Growth-Promoting Microbes: Contribution to Stress Management in Plant Hosts (Krishna Sundari Sattiraju, Srishti Kotiyal, Asmita Arora, Mahima Maheshwari)....Pages 199-236
Chemistry, Therapeutic Attributes, and Biological Activities of Dillenia indica Linn (Ashok K. Singh, Sudipta Saha)....Pages 237-260
Front Matter ....Pages 261-261
Implication of Algal Microbiology for Wastewater Treatment and Bioenergy Production (Vinayak V. Pathak, Shamshad Ahmad, Richa Kothari)....Pages 263-286
Efficiency of Constructed Wetland Microcosms (CWMs) for the Treatment of Domestic Wastewater Using Aquatic Macrophytes (Saroj Kumar, Venkatesh Dutta)....Pages 287-307
Modelling Water Temperature’s Sensitivity to Atmospheric Warming and River Flow (Shaik Rehana, Francisco Munoz-Arriola, Daniel A. Rico, Shannon L. Bartelt-Hunt)....Pages 309-319
Front Matter ....Pages 321-321
Thermophiles vs. Psychrophiles: Cues from Microbes for Sustainable Industries (Monica Sharma)....Pages 323-340
Role of Solar Energy Applications for Environmental Sustainability (Atin K. Pathak, Kapil Chopra, Har Mohan Singh, V. V. Tyagi, Richa Kothari, Sanjeev Anand et al.)....Pages 341-374
Natural Sensitizers and Their Applications in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell (A. K. Pandey, Muhammad Shakeel Ahmad, Nasrudin Abd Rahim, V. V. Tyagi, R. Saidur)....Pages 375-401

✦ Subjects

Environment; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology; Sustainable Development; Waste Management/Waste Technology; Agriculture; Microbiology