Microbe Mediated Remediation of Environmental Contaminants

Microbe Mediated Remediation of Environmental Contaminants presents recent scientific progress in applying microbes for environmental management. The polluting effects on the world around us of soil erosion, the unwanted migration of sediments, chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and the improper treatment of human and animal wastes have resulted in serious environmental and social problems around the world, problems which require us to look for solutions elsewhere than in established physical and chemical technologies. Often the answer lies in hybrid applications in which microbial methods are combined with physical and chemical ones. When we remember that these highly effective microorganisms, cultured for a variety of applications, are but a tiny fraction of those to be found in the world around us, we realize the vastness of the untapped and beneficial potential of microorganisms. Microbe Mediated Remediation of Environmental Contaminants explores the current existing practical applications as well as providing information to help readers develop new practices and applications. Edited by recognized leaders in the field, this penetrating assessment of our progress to date in deploying microorganisms to the advantage of environmental management and biotechnology will be widely welcomed by those working in soil contamination management, agriculture, environment management, soil microbiology, waste management, soil contamination and their management strategies. Explores microbial application redressing for soil and water contamination challengesIncludes information on microbial synthesized nanomaterials for remediation of contaminated soilsPresents a uniquely hybrid approach, combining microbial interactions with other chemical and physical methods INDICE: 1. Emerging organic contaminants in soil and their management by microorganisms2. Environmental factors affecting the bioremediation potential of microbes3. Microbial enzymes and their exploitation in remediation of environmental contaminants4. Plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB): Application and challenges in bioremediation of metal contaminated soil system5. Role of microbes in remediation of petrochemicals contaminated water6. Bio-surfactant producing microbes for clean-up of soil contaminants7. Rhizoremediation for efficient management of soil contaminants8. Metal oxidizing microbes and role in bioremediation of polluted water9. Extremophilc microbes and application in bioremediation of environmental contaminants10. Microbe assisted phytoremediation for decontamination of polluted soils11. Microbes as natural degraders of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)12. Perspectives in desulfurization of coal using microbes13. Genetically engineered microbes for decontamination of polluted soil and water system14. Microbially synthesized nanomaterials for remediation of contaminated soil and water environment15. Bacteria as a source of novel genes for metal hyperaccumulation16. Methylotrophic bacteria for control of environmental pollution17. Phosphate accumulating bacteria and their implications in wastewater treatment18. Application of microbes in bioremediation of metalloids19. Microbe based bioreactor system for bioremediation of environmental contaminants: Present and future perspectives20. Microbial biofilms for remediation of polluted water21. Management of acid mine drainage (AMD) water by microbes: opportunities and challenges22. Sulfate reducing prokaryotes: harnessing their potential for hazardous metal immobilization and remediation23. Bioremediation of radionulcides by microbes: current progress and challenges24. The use of microorganisms in biofilters to reduce methane emissions from landfills25. Removal of pharmaceutical contaminants by microbiological processes

• ISBN: 978-0-12-821199-1
• Editorial: Woodhead Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 450
• Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2020
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés