Marine Pollution and Microbial Remediation

1. Front Matter

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2. Assessing Metal Contamination in Recent Creek Sediments Using Fractionation Technique Along Mumbai Coast, India

   • Lina L. Fernandes, G. N. Nayak

   Pages 1-13

3. Bioremediation of Heavy Metals from Saline Water Using Hypersaline Dissimilatory Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria

   • Savita Kerkar, Kirti Ranjan Das

   Pages 15-28

4. Lead- and Mercury-Resistant Marine Bacteria and Their Application in Lead and Mercury Bioremediation

   • Milind M. Naik, S. K. Dubey

   Pages 29-40

5. Microbial Remediation of Organometals and Oil Hydrocarbons in the Marine Environment

   • Andreia Cruz, Ana Julia Cavaleiro, Ana M. S. Paulo, António Louvado, M. Madalena Alves, Adelaide Almeida et al.

   Pages 41-66

6. Extracellular Polysaccharide Production by Bacteria as a Mechanism of Toxic Heavy Metal Biosorption and Biosequestration in the Marine Environment

   • P. V. Bramhachari, Ganji Purnachandra Nagaraju

   Pages 67-85

7. Biosurfactant: A Promising Approach Toward the Remediation of Xenobiotics, a Way to Rejuvenate the Marine Ecosystem

   • Siddhardha Busi, Jobina Rajkumari

   Pages 87-104

8. Optimization of Cultural Conditions for Marine Microbial Biosurfactant Production: Future Prospects from Untapped Marine Resources

   • K. V. Deepika, Ganji Purnachandra Nagaraju, P. V. Bramhachari

   Pages 105-128

9. Biosurfactant-Producing Denitrifying Bacteria in Marine Petroleum-Contaminated Environmental Sites

   • Trelita de Sousa

   Pages 129-141

10. Interaction of Haloarchaea with Metals

    • Sanika Shivdas Naik, Irene Furtado

    Pages 143-151

11. Manganese-Tolerant Bacteria from the Estuarine Environment and Their Importance in Bioremediation of Contaminated Estuarine Sites

    • Flory Pereira

    Pages 153-175

12. Applications of Siderophore Producing Marine Bacteria in Bioremediation of Metals and Organic Compounds

    • Teja Gaonkar, Sunita Borkar

    Pages 177-187

13. Bacterial Degradation of Algal Polysaccharides in Marine Ecosystem

    • Md Imran, Preethi B. Poduval, Sanjeev C. Ghadi

    Pages 189-203

14. Impact of Pollution on Phytoplankton and Implications for Marine Econiches

    • Priya Mallika D’Costa, Maria Shamina D’Silva, Ravidas Krishna Naik

    Pages 205-222

15. Selenium Pollution in the Marine Environment and Marine Bacteria in Selenium Bioremediation

    • Lakshangy S. Charya

    Pages 223-237

16. Pathogenic Bacteria of Public Health Significance in Estuarine Mangrove Ecosystem

    • Krupali Poharkar, Swapnil Doijad, Savita Kerkar, Sukhadeo Barbuddhe

    Pages 239-253

17. Global Concerns of Ship’s Ballast Water Mediated Translocation of Bacteria

    • Lidita Khandeparker, A. C. Anil

    Pages 255-262

18. Genotoxic Biomarkers as Indicators of Marine Pollution

    • M. K. Praveen Kumar, Avelyno D’costa, S. K. Shyama

    Pages 263-270

Marine environment is the largest habitat covering approximately 70% of the total earth surface. Oceans are the main regulatory agent of earth’s climate and harbour a huge diversity of living organisms. Marine environment provide a unique ecological niche to different microbes which play a significant role in nutrient recycling as well as various environmental activities. However with rapid industrialization, urbanisation, ship trafficking and mining activities enormous amounts of waste including heavy metals, hydrocarbons, chemicals, dyes, organic load, agriculture waste, pesticides, antifoulants (e.g. tributyltin) and bacterial pathogens have accumulated in marine/estuarine environments over several decades and pose a serious threat to marine macro and micro biota and humans and therefore require special attention. However some natural marine microbes are known to possess diverse resistance mechanisms and degradation pathways to variety of toxic pollutants and these unique characteristics of marine/estuarine bacteria proved to be an ideal tool in bioremediation of contaminated marine and estuarine environmental sites. Reclamation of marine polluted environments using marine microbes has been found to be effective, affordable and ecofriendly technological solution over conventional physical and chemical methods.

Objective of this book is focus on marine pollution and application of marine microorganisms in cost effective and ecofriendly methods of pollution abatement.

• Bio-monitoring
• Bioremediation
• Environmental Hazards
• Marine Environment
• Marine Pollution
• marine and freshwater sciences
• water quality and water pollution

• Department of Microbiology, Goa University Department of Microbiology, Goa, India

  Milind Mohan Naik, Santosh Kumar Dubey

Dr. Milind Mohan Naik is PhD in Microbiology from Goa University. He joined the Department of Microbiology Goa University as Assistant Professor of Marine Microbiology in the year 2013. His research efforts have been focused on understanding the metal resistant mechanism in bacteria from marine and terrestrial environments and their potential applications in bioremediation of polluted environmental sites. He has published over 20 research papers. He is a recipient of SERB-DST Young scientist project award. He has guided 8 postgraduate dissertation projects. He also worked as Scientist ‘C’ on “Malaria Evolution in South Asia” project funded by NIH and University of Washington, USA in National Institute of Malaria Research (ICMR). Worked as Scientist in Molbio diagnostics Pvt Ltd. Goa in Research & Development department in 2012. Research interest are environmental Microbiology and nanobiotechnology. Aim is to gain knowledge in the Research field of Marine Microbiology and Biotechnology with the aim of learning new concepts.

Prof. Santosh Kumar Dubey is PhD. in Botany from BHU Uttar pradesh. He joined the Department of Microbiology, Goa University in the year 1996. His research efforts have been focused on understanding the metal resistant mechanism in bacteria from marine and terrestrial environments, Metagenomics, agriculture microbiology and molecular biology. He has published over 40 international research papers and 4 book chapters. He guided 9 Ph.D. students and 30 dissertation students. He has 5 post doc experiences in USA (Clarkson University; University at Buffalo; Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, USA; University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, USA) and recipient of JSPS fellowship Japan. Programme Coordinator, UGC sponsored Innovative - M.Sc programme in Marine Microbiology in Department of Microbiology, Goa University. Visiting Scientistship from Centre of Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan. National Overseas Scholarship (PDF) awarded by Department of Education M/O Human Resource Development, Govt. of India. Member, Institutional Biosafety committee, Goa University. Completed 2 major projects funded by DBT and DOD Govt. of India.

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