Microbial biodegradation and bioremediation

✍ Scribed by Surajit Das

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 611
• Series: Elsevier insights
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Microbial Biodegradation and Bioremediation brings together experts in relevant fields to describe the successful application of microbes and their derivatives for bioremediation of potentially toxic and relatively novel compounds. This single-source reference encompasses all categories of pollutants and their applications in a convenient, comprehensive package.

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, every day thousands of xenobiotics of relatively new entities emerge, 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.

• 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

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front-matter, Pages i,iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Pages xvii-xviii
Biography, Page xix
List of Contributors, Pages xxi-xxv, Devin Alvarez, María Julia Amoroso, Juan Daniel Aparicio, A.C. Bastos, Claudia S. Benimeli, A. Beyer, Punyasloke Bhadury, Chiranjib Bhattacharjee, Sutapa Bose, H. Brangsch, Anirban Chakraborty, Jaya Chakraborty, Sudip Chakraborty, Ashvini Chauhan, Archana Chuahan, Lowell Collins, Chanchal K. DasGupta, Surajit Das, Hirak R. Dash, Jaysankar De, Kashyap Kumar Dubey, et al.
1 - Microbial Bioremediation: A Potential Tool for Restoration of Contaminated Areas, Pages 1-21, Surajit Das, Hirak R. Dash
2 - Heavy Metals and Hydrocarbons: Adverse Effects and Mechanism of Toxicity, Pages 23-54, Surajit Das, Ritu Raj, Neelam Mangwani, Hirak R. Dash, Jaya Chakraborty
3 - Nanotoxicity: Aspects and Concerns in Biological Systems, Pages 55-83, Supratim Giri
4 - Application of Molecular Techniques for the Assessment of Microbial Communities in Contaminated Sites, Pages 85-113, Anirban Chakraborty, Chanchal K. DasGupta, Punyasloke Bhadury
5 - Microbial Indicators for Monitoring Pollution and Bioremediation, Pages 115-136, Tingting Xu, Nicole Perry, Archana Chuahan, Gary Sayler, Steven Ripp
6 - Mercury Pollution and Bioremediation—A Case Study on Biosorption by a Mercury-Resistant Marine Bacterium, Pages 137-166, Jaysankar De, Hirak R. Dash, Surajit Das
7 - Biosurfactant-Based Bioremediation of Toxic Metals, Pages 167-201, Jaya Chakraborty, Surajit Das
8 - Biofilm-Mediated Bioremediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Pages 203-232, Sudhir K. Shukla, Neelam Mangwani, T.Subba Rao, Surajit Das
9 - Nanoremediation: A New and Emerging Technology for the Removal of Toxic Contaminant from Environment, Pages 233-250, Avinash P. Ingle, Amedea B. Seabra, Nelson Duran, Mahendra Rai
10 - Bioremediation Using Extremophiles, Pages 251-268, Tonya L. Peeples
11 - Role of Actinobacteria in Bioremediation, Pages 269-286, Marta A. Polti, Juan Daniel Aparicio, Claudia S. Benimeli, María Julia Amoroso
12 - Biology, Genetic Aspects, and Oxidative Stress Response of Streptomyces and Strategies for Bioremediation of Toxic Metals, Pages 287-299, Anindita Mitra
13 - Bacterial and Fungal Bioremediation Strategies, Pages 301-323, S. Gouma, S. Fragoeiro, A.C. Bastos, N. Magan
14 - Microbial Bioremediation of Industrial Effluents, Pages 325-339, Deviprasad Samantaray, Swati Mohapatra, Bibhuti Bhusan Mishra
15 - Phycoremediation Coupled with Generation of Value-Added Products, Pages 341-387, Lowell Collins, Devin Alvarez, Ashvini Chauhan
16 - Feasibility of Using Bioelectrochemical Systems for Bioremediation, Pages 389-405, Song Jin, Paul H. Fallgren
17 - Microbial Bioremediation: A Metagenomic Approach, Pages 407-419, Muthuirulan Pushpanathan, Sathyanarayanan Jayashree, Paramasamy Gunasekaran, Jeyaprakash Rajendhran
18 - In Silico Approach in Bioremediation, Pages 421-433, Puneet Kumar Singh, Jahangir Imam, Pratyoosh Shukla
19 - Microalgae in Bioremediation: Sequestration of Greenhouse Gases, Clearout of Fugitive Nutrient Minerals, and Subtraction of Toxic Elements from Waters, Pages 435-456, K. Uma Devi, G. Swapna, S. Suneetha
20 - Bioreactor and Enzymatic Reactions in Bioremediation, Pages 457-497, Arijit Nath, Sudip Chakraborty, Chiranjib Bhattacharjee
21 - Microbiological Metabolism Under Chemical Stress, Pages 499-511, Rashmi Kataria, Rohit Ruhal
22 - Bioremediation of Pesticides: A Case Study, Pages 513-520, Sujata Ray
23 - Microalgae in Removal of Heavy Metal and Organic Pollutants from Soil, Pages 521-539, Madhu Priya, Neelam Gurung, Koninika Mukherjee, Sutapa Bose
24 - Bioremediation of Aquaculture Effluents, Pages 541-555, Marcel Martinez-Porchas, Luis Rafael Martinez-Cordova, Jose Antonio Lopez-Elias, Marco Antonio Porchas-Cornejo
25 - Aquifer Microbiology at Different Geogenic Settings for Environmental Biogeotechnology, Pages 557-577, A. Beyer, A. Weist, H. Brangsch, J. Stoiber-Lipp, E. Kothe
26 - Exploring Prospects of Monooxygenase-Based Biocatalysts in Xenobiotics, Pages 579-616, Kashyap Kumar Dubey, Punit Kumar, Puneet Kumar Singh, Pratyoosh Shukla