Applied Technologies for Clean Up of Environmental Contaminants covers the features of remediation and biocontrol technology, a multidisciplinary field combining environmental and industrial microbiology with biotechnology to improve environmental management. Studying the advanced microbial processes involved in geomicrobiology, aeromicrobiology, microbial loop and nutrient availability, as well as microbial energetics in the contaminated environment with an emphasis on innovative methodologies, the book provides readers with a better understanding of basic microbiology, allowing them to comprehend the mechanism and behavior of various biochemical processes that are used in bioremediation and biocontrol technologies.
Including coverage of key subjects such as management of waste, energy generation, restoration processes, water treatment processes, co-metabolism, and nutrient recycling as well as emerging advances in environmental microbial biotechnology, green nanotechnology, metagenomic and proteomic strategies, DNA microarray, and biosensor-based technologies, this book provides potential implications for environmental management.
Including coverage of key subjects such as management of waste, energy generation, restoration processes, water treatment processes, co-metabolism, and nutrient recycling as well as emerging advances in environmental microbial biotechnology, green nanotechnology, metagenomic and proteomic strategies, DNA microarray, and biosensor-based technologies, this book provides potential implications for environmental management.
Table of Contents
SECTION 1 Microbial-based management of environmental pollutants1. Microbes in sequestration of micropollutants including microplastics
2. Microbial surfactants: The ecofriendly tools for sustainable bioremediation of petroleum and organic contaminants for environmental safety
3. Insecticides: Current status, properties, and the biological degradation strategies
4. Microplastics contamination in agricultural ecosystems: Challenges and sustainable approaches for green environment
5. Pesticides and their degradation: A microbiological perspective
6. Current status and perspectives of municipal wastewater treatment using microalgal systems
7. Biotransformation of environmental pollutants: Exploring halophilic microbial interventions
SECTION 2 Microbial-based management of resource
8. Microbee-Mineral interface (MMI): Study and assessment of abiotic biomolecules from molecular to macroscopic scale
9. Microbes in energy generation
10. Microbial fuel cell (MFC) in bioremediation, wastewater treatment, resource recovery, and bioelectricity generation: Advances, challenges, and, opportunities
11. Microbes in water treatment process
12. The role of microorganisms in energy generation
13. Microbial-based strategies for remediation of agricultural wastes
14. Microbial electrochemical technologies for the valorization of food wastes: A comprehensive review
15. Prospects of large-scale microalgae culture using industrial wastewater for biofuel production
16. Microbes in the biomining process: A nanobiotechnological perspective
SECTION 3 Rhizospheric ecology of contaminated environment
17. Role of rhizobacteria in rapid growth and phytopathogenic mitigation of Arecales
SECTION 4 Role of biofilms in environment pollution control
18. Role of biofilms in control of heavy metal pollution and subsequent control of algal blooms
19. An overview on role of biofilms in environment pollution remediation
20. Microbial biofilm in bioremediation of environmental contaminants and wastewater treatment: Challenges and opportunities
SECTION 5 Microbes as remediating agent
21. Degradation of crude oil in bioreactors by oleophilic bacteria
22. Microbes in bioremediation of heavy metals
23. Microbes in bioremediation of pesticides
24. Microbes in bioremediation of petroleum pollutants
25. Microbes in xenobiotics biodegradation
SECTION 6 Energetics of microbial processes in the polluted environment
26. An insight into the ecological toxicity triggered by anthropogenically driven heavy metal micropollutants on biotic community
SECTION 7 DNA microarray applications in environmental microbiology
27. Metagenomic and proteomic approach for bioremediation of environmental pollutants
28. Metagenomics of River Ganga: A potential approach in bioremediation
29. Strategies and methods of OMICS-based approaches in microbial environmental bioremediation
SECTION 8 Microbial biosensors for environmental monitoring
30. Microbial biosensors in environmental monitoring
31. Biosensors in heavy metal and metalloid detection: Genetic, cellular, and nanomaterial applications
Authors
Maulin P. Shah Chief Scientist and Head, Industrial Waste Water Research Lab, Division of Applied and Environmental Microbiology Lab at Enviro Technology Ltd., Ankleshwar, Gujarat, India.Dr. Maulin P. Shah is an active researcher and scientific writer in his field for over 20 years. He received a B.Sc. degree (1999) in Microbiology from Gujarat University, Godhra (Gujarat), India. He also earned his Ph.D. degree (2005) in Environmental Microbiology from Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar (Gujarat) India. His research interests include Biological Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Microbiology, Biodegradation, Bioremediation, & Phytoremediation of Environmental Pollutants from Industrial Wastewaters. He has published more than 250 research papers in national and international journals of repute on various aspects of microbial biodegradation and bioremediation of environmental pollutants. He is the editor of 200 books of international repute (Elsevier, RSC, Nova Sciences, De Gruyter, Springer, Wiley, IOP and CRC Press).
