Naresh Bharagava and Mr. Gaurav Saxena, is particularly useful to researchers
working in the fields of bioremediation, phytoremediation, and waste management.
All the chapters are contributed by leading experts in the field. This book provides
excellent source materials on the different aspects of biodegradation and bioremediation of industrial wastes. It introduces the readers to the potential toxic effects of
various pollutants in industrial wastes and their environmental impacts. It examines
the role of biological agents (such as bacteria, fungi, algae, plants, microalgae, and
genetically modified organisms) in biodegradation and biodetoxification of a variety
of organic and inorganic pollutants (e.g., phenols, chlorophenols, petroleum hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, organic solvents, azo dyes, pesticides, recalcitrant compounds, toxic metals, to name but a few), as well as their potential in
electricity production, biofuel generation, and phytomining (where plants are used to
recover valuable metals from contaminated sites).
I appreciate the editor’s effort in editing this valuable book, which will go some
way to make our planet greener and cleaner. I congratulate the book editors for
bringing out this valuable compilation with up-to-date knowledge in the field of
industrial waste bioremediation. I wish this book a great success as it is of great value
to the stakeholders, including researchers, academicians, students, environmentalists, and policy makers. It also makes a fine companion to the volume I of this book
title.
Dr. Diane Purchase, Ph.D., FHEA, FIES, FIEnvSci
Honorary Secretary, Committee of Heads of Environmental Sciences, UK
Editor, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, a Springer Nature Journal
Coordinating Editor, Environmental Geochemistry and Health, a Springer Nature Journal
Professor of Environmental Biotechnology
Department of Natural Sciences
School of Science and Technology
Middlesex University
The Burroughs, Hendon, London NW4 4BT, England, UK
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working in the fields of bioremediation, phytoremediation, and waste management.
All the chapters are contributed by leading experts in the field. This book provides
excellent source materials on the different aspects of biodegradation and bioremediation of industrial wastes. It introduces the readers to the potential toxic effects of
various pollutants in industrial wastes and their environmental impacts. It examines
the role of biological agents (such as bacteria, fungi, algae, plants, microalgae, and
genetically modified organisms) in biodegradation and biodetoxification of a variety
of organic and inorganic pollutants (e.g., phenols, chlorophenols, petroleum hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, organic solvents, azo dyes, pesticides, recalcitrant compounds, toxic metals, to name but a few), as well as their potential in
electricity production, biofuel generation, and phytomining (where plants are used to
recover valuable metals from contaminated sites).
I appreciate the editor’s effort in editing this valuable book, which will go some
way to make our planet greener and cleaner. I congratulate the book editors for
bringing out this valuable compilation with up-to-date knowledge in the field of
industrial waste bioremediation. I wish this book a great success as it is of great value
to the stakeholders, including researchers, academicians, students, environmentalists, and policy makers. It also makes a fine companion to the volume I of this book
title.
Dr. Diane Purchase, Ph.D., FHEA, FIES, FIEnvSci
Honorary Secretary, Committee of Heads of Environmental Sciences, UK
Editor, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, a Springer Nature Journal
Coordinating Editor, Environmental Geochemistry and Health, a Springer Nature Journal
Professor of Environmental Biotechnology
Department of Natural Sciences
School of Science and Technology
Middlesex University
The Burroughs, Hendon, London NW4 4BT, England, UK
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