Microbe Mediated Remediation of Environmental Contaminants

Ajay Kumar, Vipin Kumar Singh, Pardeep Singh, Virendra Kumar Mishra

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9780128211991
• eBook ISBN: 9780128232071
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Ecology
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Microbe Mediated Remediation of Environmental Contaminants presents recent scientific progress in applying microbes for environmental management. The book explores the current existing practical applications and provides 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, and waste 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 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. - Explores microbial application redressing for soil and water contamination challenges - Includes information on microbial synthesized nanomaterials for remediation of contaminated soils - Presents a uniquely hybrid approach, combining microbial interactions with other chemical and physical methods

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• List of Contributors
• Chapter 1. Emerging contaminants in environment: occurrence, toxicity, and management strategies with emphasis on microbial remediation and advanced oxidation processes
• Chapter 2. Role of bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi in phytomining: status and future perspectives
• Chapter 3. Biotization and in vitro plant cell cultures: plant endophyte strategy in response to heavy metals knowledge in assisted phytoremediation
• Chapter 4. Environmental contaminants and their management using microorganisms
• Chapter 5. Environmental factors affecting the bioremediation potential of microbes
• Chapter 6. Microbial enzymes and their exploitation in remediation of environmental contaminants
• Chapter 7. Plant growth-promoting bacteria: application in bioremediation of salinity and heavy metal–contaminated soils
• Chapter 8. Role of plant–microbe systems in remediation of petrochemical-contaminated water and soil environment
• Chapter 9. Biosurfactant producing microbes for clean-up of soil contaminants
• Chapter 10. Rhizoremediation for efficient management of inorganic and organic contaminants in soil
• Chapter 11. Metal-oxidizing microbes and potential application in bioremediation
• Chapter 12. Extremophilic microbes and their application in bioremediation of environmental contaminants
• Chapter 13. Microbes as natural degraders of polychlorinated biphenyls
• Chapter 14. Perspectives in desulfurization of coal using microbes
• Chapter 15. Microbially synthesized nanomaterials for remediation of contaminated soil and water environment
• Chapter 16. Microbial systems as a source of novel genes for enhanced phytoremediation of contaminated soils
• Chapter 17. Bioremediation potential of methylotrophic bacteria
• Chapter 18. Advancement in bioinformatics and microarray-based technologies for genome sequence analysis and its application in bioremediation of soil and water pollutants
• Chapter 19. Application of plant–microbe systems in bioremediation of metalloid-contaminated soils
• Chapter 20. Microbe-based bioreactor system for bioremediation of organic contaminants: present and future perspective
• Chapter 21. Microbial biofilms for the remediation of contaminated water
• Chapter 22. Microbial technologies for environmental remediation: potential issues, challenges, and future prospects
• Chapter 23. Microbially synthesized nanomaterials for remediation of organic contaminants
• Chapter 24. Bioremediation of radionuclides by plant-microbe system: current progress and challenges
• Chapter 25. Environmental pollution and their socioeconomic impacts
• Chapter 26. Remediation action on persistent organic pollutants by wonder weeds and associated microbiomes
• Chapter 27. Sources, fate, and treatment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from the polluted environment
• Chapter 28. Electrochemical technologies for wastewater treatment and resource reclamation
• Chapter 29. Sources, fate, and impact of pharmaceutical and personal care products in the environment and their different treatment technologies
• Chapter 30. Mycoremediation: A novel approach for sustainable development
• Chapter 31. Heavy metals toxicity to food crops and application of microorganisms in bioremediation
• Chapter 32. Role of omics approaches in microbial bioremediation
• Index