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Bioremediation: Applications for Environmental Protection and Management

  • Highlights key advances in bioremediation technologies
  • Provides information on the use of bioremediation technologies for environmental protection and management
  • Contains chapters on bioremediation technologies richly illustrated with tables, figures, and examples

Part of the book series: Energy, Environment, and Sustainability (ENENSU)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Introduction to Environmental Protection and Management

    • Sunita J. Varjani, Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Edgard Gnansounou, Baskar Gurunathan
    Pages 1-6
  3. Mathematical Modeling in Bioremediation

    • Parthasarthy Vijay, Margavelu Gopinath
    Pages 7-27
  4. Genetically Modified Organisms and Its Impact on the Enhancement of Bioremediation

    • Narasimhan Manoj Kumar, Chandrasekaran Muthukumaran, Govindasamy Sharmila, Baskar Gurunathan
    Pages 53-76
  5. Integration of Lignin Removal from Black Liquor and Biotransformation Process

    • Krishnamurthi Tamilarasan, Periyar Selvam Sellamuthu, Baskar Gurunathan
    Pages 77-97
  6. Role of Nanofibers in Bioremediation

    • Sekar Aiswarya Devi, Muthukumar Harshiny, Manickam Matheswaran
    Pages 99-114
  7. Bioremediation of Industrial Wastewater Using Bioelectrochemical Treatment

    • N. Samsudeen, Manickam Matheswaran
    Pages 115-126
  8. Bioremediation of Heavy Metals

    • P. Senthil Kumar, E. Gunasundari
    Pages 165-195
  9. Pesticides Bioremediation

    • P. Senthil Kumar, C. Femina Carolin, Sunita J. Varjani
    Pages 197-222
  10. Application of Microbes in Remediation of Hazardous Wastes: A Review

    • Moni Kumari, Pooja Ghosh, Indu Shekhar Thakur
    Pages 223-241
  11. Phytoremediation Techniques for the Removal of Dye in Wastewater

    • B. Bharathiraja, J. Jayamuthunagai, R. Praveenkumar, J. Iyyappan
    Pages 243-252
  12. Phenol Degradation from Industrial Wastewater by Engineered Microbes

    • Ravichandran Rathna, Ekambaram Nakkeeran
    Pages 253-276
  13. Insect Gut Bacteria and Their Potential Application in Degradation of Lignocellulosic Biomass: A Review

    • Rajesh Kumar Prasad, Soumya Chatterjee, Sonika Sharma, Pranab Behari Mazumder, Mohan G. Vairale, P. Srinavas Raju
    Pages 277-299
  14. Bioremediation of Volatile Organic Compounds in Biofilters

    • Margavelu Gopinath, Rose Havilah Pulla, K. S. Rajmohan, Parthasarthy Vijay, Chandrasekaran Muthukumaran, Baskar Gurunathan
    Pages 301-330
  15. Bioremediation of Industrial and Municipal Wastewater Using Microalgae

    • Baskar Gurunathan, I. Aberna Ebenezer Selvakumari, R. Aiswarya, S. Renganthan
    Pages 331-357
  16. Phytoremediation of Textile Dye Effluents

    • Shanmugaprakash Muthusamy, Dhilipkumar Govindaraj, Karthik Rajendran
    Pages 359-373
  17. Role of Biosurfactants in Enhancing the Microbial Degradation of Pyrene

    • Gauri Gupta, Avantika Chandra, Sunita J. Varjani, Chiranjib Banerjee, Vipin Kumar
    Pages 375-386
  18. Bioremediation of Nitrate-Contaminated Wastewater and Soil

    • K. S. Rajmohan, Margavelu Gopinath, Raghuram Chetty
    Pages 387-409

About this book

This book examines bioremediation technologies as a tool for environmental protection and management. It provides global perspectives on recent advances in the bioremediation of various environmental pollutants. Topics covered include comparative analysis of bio-gas electrification from anaerobic digesters, mathematical modeling in bioremediation, the evaluation of next-generation sequencing technologies for environmental monitoring in wastewater abatement; and the impact of diverse wastewater remediation techniques such as the use of nanofibers, microbes and genetically modified organisms; bioelectrochemical treatment; phytoremediation; and biosorption strategies. The book is targeted at scientists and researchers working in the field of bioremediation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar, India

    Sunita J. Varjani

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India

    Avinash Kumar Agarwal

  • Bioenergy and Energy Planning Research Group (BPE), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

    Edgard Gnansounou

  • Department of Biotechnology, St. Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai, India

    Baskar Gurunathan

About the editors

Dr. Sunita Varjani is a Scientific Officer at the Gujarat Pollution Control Board, India. She holds an M.Sc. degree in Microbiology (2009) and a Ph.D. in Biotechnology (2014). Her major areas of research are Industrial and Environmental Microbiology/Biotechnology and Molecular Biology. Dr. Varjani has authored 35 publications, including one book, 19 book chapters/reviews and 15 original research papers. She has received several awards and honours, including the Young Scientist Award at the AFRO-ASIAN Congress on Microbes for Human and Environmental Health, New Delhi (2014) and Best Paper Awards for oral presentations at national and international conferences in 2008, 2012 and 2013. Further, she serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Energy and Environmental Sustainability. 

Prof. Avinash K. Agarwal joined the IIT Kanpur in 2001. His areas of interest are IC engines, combustion, alternative fuels, conventional fuels, optical diagnostics, laser ignition, HCCI, emission and particulate control, and large-bore engines. He has published 230+ international journal and conference papers. Prof. Agarwal is a Fellow of the SAE (2012), ASME (2013), ISEES (2015) and INAE (2015). He has received several awards such as the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Engineering Sciences-2016; Rajib Goyal prize-2015; NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award-2012; and INAE Silver Jubilee Young Engineer Award-2012. 

Dr. Edgard Gnansounou is a Professor of Modelling and Planning of Energy Systems at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, where he is the Director of the Bioenergy and Energy Planning Research Group. His current research work focuses on techno-economic and environmental assessment of bio-refinery schemes based on the conversion of agricultural residues. He is leading research projects in this field in several countries including Brazil, Colombia and South Africa. In addition to publishing numerous papers in high-impact scientific journals, Dr. Gnansounou is a member of the editorial board of Bioresource Technology. He graduated with an M.S. in Civil Engineering and a Ph.D. in Energy Systems at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne. He has been a visiting researcher in the USA, France and India. 

Dr. G. Baskar is currently working as a Professor of Biotechnology at St. Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai, India. He has published more than 100 papers in national and international forums, as well as five book chapters. His current research focus is on biofuels, therapeutic proteins, microbial enzymes, nanomedicine and nanocatalysis. The International Bioprocessing Association (International Forum on Industrial Bioprocesses) conferred Dr. Baskar its Young Scientist Award (2015) in recognition of his contributions in the area of Bioprocess Technology. He also received the Indian Society for Technical Education’sISTE-Sayed Sajid Ali National Award (2016) for his outstanding research work on Renewable Energy.

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