Overview
- Highlights the current state and importance of environmental bioremediation & biodegradation
- Introduces emerging trends and advances in environmental bioremediation & biodegradation
- Presents updated vision of the existing bioremediation strategies with their limitations and challenges
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Microbial or biological degradation has long been the subject of active concern, and the rapid expansion and growing sophistication of various industries in the last century has significantly increased the volume and complexity of toxic residues of wastes. These can be remediated by plants and microbes, either natural origin or adapted for a specific purpose, in a process known as bioremediation. The interest in microbial biodegradation of pollutants has intensified in recent years in an attempt to find sustainable ways to clean contaminated environments. These bioremediation and biotransformation methods take advantage of the tremendous microbial catabolic diversity to degrade, transform or accumulate a variety of compounds, such as hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, polaromatic hydrocarbons pharmaceutical substances, radionuclides and metals. Unlike conventional methods, bioremediation does not physically disturb the site. This book describes the basic principles of biodegradation and shows how these principles are related to bioremediation. Authored by leading, international environmental microbiologists, it discusses topics such as aerobic biodegradation, microbial degradation of pollutants, and microbial community dynamics. It provides valuable insights into how biodegration processes work and can be utilised for pollution abatement, and as such appeals to researchers and postgraduate students as well as experts in the field of bioremediation.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr. Maulin Shah received his Ph.D. (2002–2005) in Environmental Microbiology from Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat. He has served as an Assistant Professor at Godhra, Gujarat University, in 2001. He has edited 25 books in the area of wastewater microbiology.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Microbial Bioremediation & Biodegradation
Editors: Maulin P. Shah
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1812-6
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-1811-9Published: 01 May 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-1814-0Published: 01 May 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-1812-6Published: 30 April 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 550
Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations, 48 illustrations in colour
Topics: Pollution, general, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology, Environmental Health