Bioremediation in Latin America

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Impacts of Agriculture in Latin America: Problems and Solutions

   • Neli Romano-Armada, María Julia Amoroso, Verónica B. Rajal

   Pages 1-16

3. Organochlorinated Contaminants in General Population of Argentina and Other Latin American Countries

   • Adriana S. Ridolfi, Gloria B. Álvarez, María E. Rodríguez Girault

   Pages 17-40

4. Strategies to Ameliorate Soils Contaminated with Boron Compounds

   • Norma B. Moraga, María Julia Amoroso, Verónica B. Rajal

   Pages 41-51

5. Advances in Chile for the Treatment of Pesticide Residues: Biobeds Technology

   • Gabriela Briceño, Gonzalo Tortella, Olga Rubilar, Graciela Palma, M. Cristina Diez

   Pages 53-68

6. Bioremediation of Soils Contaminated with Pesticides: Experiences in Mexico

   • M. Laura Ortiz-Hernández, Alexis Rodríguez, Enrique Sánchez-Salinas, M. Luisa Castrejón-Godínez

   Pages 69-99

7. Bioremediation and Biotransformation of Carbon Nanostructures Through Enzymatic and Microbial Systems

   • Nelson Durán, Amauri J. Paula, Diego Stéfani T. Martinez, Amedea B. Seabra

   Pages 101-121

8. Phytoremediation: Strategies of Argentinean Plants Against Stress by Heavy Metals

   • Mariana Rosa, Fernando Prado, Mirna Hilal, Eduardo Pagano, Carolina Prado

   Pages 123-134

9. Microbial Consortia, a Viable Alternative for Cleanup of Contaminated Soils

   • Liliana Beatriz Villegas, María Alejandra Martínez, Analia Rodríguez, María Julia Amoroso

   Pages 135-148

10. Application of Integrated Microbial Processes for Heavy Metal Recovery from Industrial Wastes of Buenos Aires, Argentina

    • Josefina Plaza Cazón, Nadia Yagnentovsky, Marisa Viera, Edgardo Donati

    Pages 149-163

11. Microbial Generation of Acid Mine Drainage: Its Bioremediation in Buenos Aires, Argentina

    • Leonardo Benítez, Josefina Plaza Cazón, Graciana Willis Poratti, Edgardo Donati

    Pages 165-178

12. Co-contaminated Soils Bioremediation by Actinobacteria

    • Juan D. Aparicio, María Z. Simón Solá, Mariana C. Atjián, Claudia S. Benimeli, María Julia Amoroso

    Pages 179-191

13. Molecular Markers in Hydrocarbon Degradation: State of the Art and Prospective in South America

    • Mariana P. Lanfranconi, Héctor M. Alvarez

    Pages 193-208

14. Perspective in Bioremediation: Enhancing the Hexavalent Chromium Removal Using Native Yeasts from Tucumán, Argentina

    • Pablo M. Fernández, Elías L. Cruz, Lucía I. C. de Figueroa

    Pages 209-221

15. Ecology of Dye Decolorizing Yeasts

    • Hipólito F. Pajot, María M. Martorell, Lucía I. C. de Figueroa

    Pages 223-240

16. Copper Resistance and Oxidative Stress Response in Rhodotorula mucilaginosa RCL-11. Yeast Isolated from Contaminated Environments in Tucumán, Argentina

    • Verónica Irazusta, Lucía I. C. de Figueroa

    Pages 241-253

17. Surface-Active Compounds of Microbial Origin and Their Potential Application in Technologies of Environmental Remediation

    • Verónica Leticia Colin, Álvaro Juárez Cortes, Analía Rodríguez, María Julia Amoroso

    Pages 255-265

18. Use of Actinobacteria Consortia to Improve Methoxychlor Bioremediation in Different Contaminated Matrices

    • María S. Fuentes, Analía Alvarez, Juliana M. Saez, Claudia S. Benimeli, María Julia Amoroso

    Pages 267-277

19. Biodegradation of α- and β-Hexachlorocyclohexane by Indigenous Actinobacteria

    • Pedro Sineli, Claudia S. Benimeli, María Julia Amoroso, Sergio A. Cuozzo

    Pages 279-288

20. Cell Immobilization Technique for the Enhanced Removal of Lindane Using Streptomyces Strains Isolated from Northwestern Argentina

    • Juliana Maria Saez, Claudia Susana Benimeli, María Julia Amoroso

    Pages 289-299

The book compiles an update information about the state of bioremediation in emerging Latin American countries. Some of the studied regions are sites that suffered decades of pollution by agrochemicals, heavy metals and industrial waste due to the lack of control by government regulations. Such is the case of Northern Argentina, where were illegally deposited over 30 tn of obsolete organochlorine pesticides in 1994. The content has focused in the use of native organisms (from bacteria to plants) as a viable solution to the problem of pollution, using low-cost and powerful techniques, socially well accepted and appropriate from the environmental point of view. In this context, levels of pesticide found in the Latin American population are informed. It was also displayed as a multidisciplinary approach based on concerns of a diverse group of researchers (biochemists, biologists, chemical engineers and geneticists) about a global problem, dealing with specific cases of study, with a view to project their findings to worldwide. In this regard, researchers provide their findings to regulatory sectors, whom could make appropriate decisions.

• Bioremediation and Phytoremediation
• Microbiology
• Toxicology
• Xenobiotic Metabolism

• Pilot Plant of Industrial and Microbiology National Council of Scientific and Techniques, Natural Sciences College and Miguel Lillo Institute, Argentina

  Analía Alvarez, Marta Alejandra Polti

Dr. ALVAREZ, ANALÍA Pilot Plant of Industrial and Microbiological Processes (PROIMI) 1; National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) 2; National University of Tucuman (UNT) 3 Tucuman, in Argentina.

Dr. POLTI, MARTA ALEJANDRA Pilot Plant of Industrial and Microbiological Processes (PROIMI) 1; National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) 2; National University of Tucuman (UNT) 3 Tucuman, in Argentina.

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