Bioremediation Technology: Recent Advances

Contents: Preface. 1. Global Status of Environmental Pollution and its remediation strategies/M.H. Fulekar. 2. Bioremediation of Xenobiotics-contaminated Sites: Concept and selected case studies/T. Chakrabarti and T.K. Ghosh. 3. Biosorption in Environmental remediation/Maria Gavrilescu. 4. Lignins and Polyphenols in Bioremediation/Valentin I. Popa, Alina Petronela Stingu and Irina Volf. 5. Bioremediation Technology for Hazardous Wastes – Recent advances/M.H. Fulekar. 6. Biodegradation Technology for Pesticide Toxicity Elimination/E.A. El-Sheikh and M-B.A. Ashour. 7. Genomics Approach to Bioremediation/V.V. Lakshmi. 8. Recombinant DNA Technology for Bioremediation of Pollutants/Pradeep Kumar and Gayatri Baul. 9. Bioaccumulation and Biotransformation of Heavy Metals/Asha A. Juwarkar and Santosh K. Yadav. 10. Reclamation and Remediation of Solid Waste through Bio-chemical Process/S.S. Ramteke. 11. Phytoremediation of Low Level Nuclear Waste/M.H. Fulekar and Anamika Singh. 12. Improving Plants for Zinc Acquisition/Prachy Dixi and Susan Eapen. 13. Environmental Nanotechnology: Nanoparticles for Bioremediation of Toxic Pollutants/Swaranjit Singh Cameotra and Sonia Dhanjal. Index.

Environmental pollutants have become a major global concern. The modern growth of industrialization, urbanization, modern agricultural development and energy generation have resulted in the indiscriminate exploitation of natural resources for fulfilling the human desires and needs, which have contributed in disturbing the ecological balance on which the quality of environment depends. The modern technological advancements in chemical process/operations have generated new products and also new pollutants in abundant levels which are above the self-cleaning capacity of the environment. One of the major issues in present times is the threat to human lives, due to progressive deterioration of the environment. This book discusses bioremediation technology-based remediation to restore contaminated sites and protect the environment. It studies the opportunities for more efficient biological processes in molecular bilgy and ecology. Notable accomplishments of these studies include the cleaning-up of polluted water and contaminated land. The book includes invited papers by eminent contributors who provide cost-effective bioremediation strategies to immobilize contaminants for cleanup of the environment. The book is directed towards postgraduate students in biotechnology/life sciences/ environmental sciences/biosciences and researchers in universities and research institutes and industries.