Enhancing Cleanup of Environmental Pollutants

Volume 1: Biological Approaches

Naser A. Anjum, Sarvajeet Singh Gill, Narendra Tuteja

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9783319554259
• eBook ISBN:
  9783319554266
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Biochemistry
• Index: Technology & Engineering

This two-volume work is an effort to provide a common platform to environmental engineers, microbiologists, chemical scientists, plant physiologists and molecular biologists working with a common aim of sustainable solutions to varied environmental contamination issues. Chapters explore biological and non-biological strategies to minimize environmental pollution. Highly readable entries attempt to close the knowledge gap between plant - microbial associations and environmental remediation.

Volume 1 focuses on important concepts such as biological remediation strategies to enhance soil quality at contaminated sites; synergistic influences of tolerant plants and rhizospheric microbial strains on the remediation of pesticide contaminated soil, and the role of plant types such as hyperaccumulator plants in the cleanup of polluted soils. Readers will discover mechanisms and underlying natural inherent traits of various plants and microbes for tolerating, excluding, remediating, accumulating, or metabolizing a variety of pollutants.

Table of contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• Contributors
• Biological Approaches for Enhancing the Cleanup of Environmental Pollutants: An Introduction
• Degradation of the Dinitrotoluene Isomers 2,4- and 2,6-DNT: Appraising the Role of Microorganisms
• Bioremediation Approaches for Petroleum Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Environments
• Bioremediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons-Polluted Soils at Laboratory and Field Scale: A Review of the Literature on Plants and Microorganisms
• Organic Micropollutants in the Environment: Ecotoxicity Potential and Methods for Remediation
• The Contributions of Mycorrhizas in the Mineralization of Organic Contaminants
• Remediation of Mine Tailings and Fly Ash Dumpsites: Role of Poaceae Family Members and Aromatic Grasses
• Bioremediation of Sulfide Mine Tailings: Response of Different Soil Fractions
• Remediation of Polluted Soils Using Hyperaccumulator Plants
• Metal Bioaccumulation by Plants in Roadside Soils: Perspectives for Bioindication and Phytoremediation
• Soil Quality Protection at Heavy Metal-­Contaminated Manufactured Gas Plant Sites: Role of Biological Remediation
• Plant Physiology Processes Associated with “Plant-Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria” Bioassays for the Enhanced Heavy Metal Removal
• Exploiting Nitrogen-Fixing Rhizobial Symbionts Genetic Resources for Improving Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soils
• Environmental Bioremediation by Biosorption and Bioaccumulation: Principles and Applications
• Index