regulatory networks to carbon flux for their degradation and detoxification, which is
utmost important for environmental safety. Therefore, this book provides a comprehensive knowledge of the fundamental, practical, and purposeful utilization of
bioremediation technologies for the treatment and management of industrial wastes.
The book describes the microbiological, biochemical, and molecular aspects of
biodegradation and bioremediation, including the use of “omics” technologies for
the development of efficient bioremediation technologies for industrial wastes/pollutants to combat the forthcoming challenges.
This book Bioremediation of Industrial Waste for Environmental Safety: Biological Agents and Methods for Industrial Waste Management (Volume II) describes the
toxicity of various organic and inorganic pollutants in industrial wastes, their
environmental impact, and bioremediation approaches for waste treatment and
management. For this book, many relevant topics have been contributed by experts
from different universities, research laboratories, and institutes from around the
globe in the area of biodegradation and bioremediation. In this book, extensive
focus has been relied on the recent advances in bioremediation and phytoremediation
technologies, including the use of an array of microbes for environmental remediation, aquatic macrophytes for phytoremediation of toxic metals from contaminated
industrial wastewaters, constructed wetlands for degradation and detoxification of
industrial wastewaters, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) for degradation and
detoxification of environmental pollutants, bioremediation of toxic metals and
radionuclides in contaminated environments, algae as a phycoremediation tool for
the removal of heavy metals from industrial wastewaters, electro-bioremediation and
nano-bioremediation for the treatment and management of contaminated soil, application of microbial fuel cell (MFC) for the treatment and remediation of highly
polluted wastewaters and power generation, application of plant-microbe interactions in the remediation of environmental pollutants and agro-ecosystem development, the role of endophytes in heavy metal (HM) phytoremediation, microalgae for
the treatment of industrial wastewaters with value-added product potential,
phytotechnologies for wastewater treatment and management, the role of
cyanobacteria in the remediation of wastewaters, bioremediation of pulp paper
mill wastewater and heavy metals like cadmium, etc. Researchers working in the
field of bioremediation, phytoremediation, waste management, and related fields will
find a compilation on the progress made in bioremediation technologies for industrial waste treatment and management for environmental sustainability. To get richer
in the knowledge on the topic, readers may visit our first volume of this book series,
i.e., Bioremediation of Industrial Waste for Environmental Safety: Industrial Waste
and Its Management (Volume I).
At the end, we hope that the book will be of great value to researchers, environmental chemists and scientists, microbiologists and biotechnologists,
eco-toxicologists, waste treatment engineers and managers, environmental science
managers, administrators and policy makers, industry persons, and students at
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utmost important for environmental safety. Therefore, this book provides a comprehensive knowledge of the fundamental, practical, and purposeful utilization of
bioremediation technologies for the treatment and management of industrial wastes.
The book describes the microbiological, biochemical, and molecular aspects of
biodegradation and bioremediation, including the use of “omics” technologies for
the development of efficient bioremediation technologies for industrial wastes/pollutants to combat the forthcoming challenges.
This book Bioremediation of Industrial Waste for Environmental Safety: Biological Agents and Methods for Industrial Waste Management (Volume II) describes the
toxicity of various organic and inorganic pollutants in industrial wastes, their
environmental impact, and bioremediation approaches for waste treatment and
management. For this book, many relevant topics have been contributed by experts
from different universities, research laboratories, and institutes from around the
globe in the area of biodegradation and bioremediation. In this book, extensive
focus has been relied on the recent advances in bioremediation and phytoremediation
technologies, including the use of an array of microbes for environmental remediation, aquatic macrophytes for phytoremediation of toxic metals from contaminated
industrial wastewaters, constructed wetlands for degradation and detoxification of
industrial wastewaters, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) for degradation and
detoxification of environmental pollutants, bioremediation of toxic metals and
radionuclides in contaminated environments, algae as a phycoremediation tool for
the removal of heavy metals from industrial wastewaters, electro-bioremediation and
nano-bioremediation for the treatment and management of contaminated soil, application of microbial fuel cell (MFC) for the treatment and remediation of highly
polluted wastewaters and power generation, application of plant-microbe interactions in the remediation of environmental pollutants and agro-ecosystem development, the role of endophytes in heavy metal (HM) phytoremediation, microalgae for
the treatment of industrial wastewaters with value-added product potential,
phytotechnologies for wastewater treatment and management, the role of
cyanobacteria in the remediation of wastewaters, bioremediation of pulp paper
mill wastewater and heavy metals like cadmium, etc. Researchers working in the
field of bioremediation, phytoremediation, waste management, and related fields will
find a compilation on the progress made in bioremediation technologies for industrial waste treatment and management for environmental sustainability. To get richer
in the knowledge on the topic, readers may visit our first volume of this book series,
i.e., Bioremediation of Industrial Waste for Environmental Safety: Industrial Waste
and Its Management (Volume I).
At the end, we hope that the book will be of great value to researchers, environmental chemists and scientists, microbiologists and biotechnologists,
eco-toxicologists, waste treatment engineers and managers, environmental science
managers, administrators and policy makers, industry persons, and students at
x
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