Industrial Biotechnology : Problems and Remedies

Contents: Preface. 1. Pulp and paper industry. 2. Distillery industry. 3. Leather tanning industry. 4. Petroleum industry. 5. Food and beverages industry. 6. Pesticide industry. 7. Dye industry. 8. Pharmaceutical industry. 9. Heavy metal industry. 10. Thermal power plants. Index.

"The last five decades have witnessed a tremendous upsurge in the amount of Xenobiotic compounds in the environment by industrial activities, some of them being highly toxic, recalcitrant with high bio-accumulating and bio-magnification properties.

The aim of this book is to determine the processes and utilization of raw materials in the industries, formation and release of pollutants (air, water and soil) in the environment, effect and impact of the pollutants on biotic and abiotic components of the environment and finally identifying the physical, chemical, biological and alternating methods for treatment of pollutants in the industrial effluents. Efforts have also been made to identify the methods for bioconversion and recovery and products from the effluents by biotechnological methods."