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Microbe Mediated Remediation of Environmental Contaminants

Summarizes the current and potential uses of microbes to improve agricultural environment health, including practical solutions for soil contamination management

Ajay Kumar (Edited by), Vipin Kumar Singh (Edited by), Pardeep Singh (Edited by), Virendra Kumar Mishra (Edited by)

9780128211991

Paperback, published 15 October 2020

474 pages
27.6 x 21.5 x 3 cm, 1.31 kg

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. 

1. Emerging contaminants in the environment: Occurrence, toxicity and management2. Role of bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi in phytomining: Status and future perspectives3. Biotization and in vitro plant cell cultures: Plant endophytes strategy in response to heavy metals knowledge in assisted phytoremediation4. Organic contaminants in soil and their management by microorganisms5. Environmental factors affecting the bioremediation potential of microbes6. Microbial enzymes and their exploitation in remediation of environmental contaminants7. Plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB): Application and challenges in bioremediation of metal and salt contaminated soils8. Role of plant-microbe systems in remediation of petrochemicals contaminated water and soil environment9. Bio-surfactant producing microbes for clean-up of soil contaminants10. Rhizoremediation for efficient management of inorganic and organic contaminants in soil11. Metal oxidizing microbes and potential application in bioremediation12. Extremophilc microbes and application in bioremediation of environmental contaminants13. Microbes as natural degraders of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)14. Perspectives in desulfurization of coal using microbes15. Microbially synthesized nanomaterials for remediation of contaminated soil and water environment16. Bacterial systems as a source of novel genes for enhanced phytoremediation of contaminated soils17. Methylotrophic bacteria for control of environmental pollution18. Advancement in bioinformatics and microarray-based technologies for genome sequence analysis and its application in bioremediation of soil and water pollutants19. Application of plant-microbe systems in bioremediation of metalloid contaminated soils20. Microbe based bioreactor system for bioremediation of organic contaminants: Present and future perspectives21. Microbial biofilms for remediation of contaminated water22. Microbial Technologies for Environmental Remediation: Potential Issues, Challenges, and Future Prospects23. Microbially Synthesized Nanomaterials for Remediation of Organic Contaminants24. Bioremediation of radionuclides by plant-microbe system: current progress and challenges25. Environmental pollution and their socio-economic impacts26. Remediation action on POPs by wonder weeds and associated microbiomes27. Genetically engineered microbes for decontamination of polluted soil and water system28. Electrochemical technologies for wastewater treatment and resource reclamation29. Removal of pharmaceutical contaminants by microbiological processes30. Mycoremediation: A Novel Approach for Sustainable Development31. Heavy metals toxicity to food crops and application of microorganisms in bioremediation32. Role of Omics-Approaches in Microbial Bioremediation

Subject Areas: Agronomy & crop production [TVK], The environment [RN], Soil science, sedimentology [RBGB], Ecological science, the Biosphere [PSAF]

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