Environmental Microbial Biotechnology

Sandeep Panda editor Lala Behari Sukla editor Nilotpala Pradhan editor Barada Kanta Mishra editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG

Published:15th Oct '16

Should be back in stock very soon

Environmental Microbial Biotechnology cover

This book provides a timely review of strategies for coping with polluted ecosystems by employing bacteria, fungi and algae. It presents the vast variety of microbial technologies currently applied in the bioremediation of a variety of anthropogenic toxic chemicals, mining and industrial wastes and other pollutants.

Topics covered include: microbe-mineral interactions, biosensors in environmental monitoring, iron-mineral transformation, microbial biosurfactants, bioconversion of cotton gin waste to bioethanol, anaerobe bioleaching and sulfide oxidation. Further chapters discuss the effects of pollution on microbial diversity, as well as the role of microbes in the bioremediation of abandoned mining areas, industrial and horticultural wastes, wastewater and sites polluted with hydrocarbons, heavy metals, manganese and uranium.

ISBN: 9783319363127

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338 pages

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015