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Contents
1 Microbial Degradation of Plastics
and Its Biotechnological Advancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
Alka Kumari, Doongar R. Chaudhary,
and Bhavanath Jha
2 Biodegradation and Bioremediation
of S-Triazine Herbicides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Kumar Rajendran, Latha Pujari,
and Kannapiran Ethiraj
3 Toxic Effects of Pesticides on Avian Fauna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Anindita Mitra, Soumya Chatterjee, Mainak Sarkar,
and Dharmendra Kumar Gupta
4 Genetically Modified Microbial Biosensor
for Detection of Pollutants in Water Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Sunantha Ganesan and Namasivayam Vasudevan
5 Integration of Polyhydroxyalkanoates Production
with Industrial Wastewater Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Safae Sali and Hamish Robert Mackey
6 Fouling and Wetting: A Major Challenge
for Membrane Distillation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Saikat Sinha Ray, Chinmoy Kanti Deb, Hau-Ming Chang,
Shiao-Shing Chen, and Mahesh Ganesapillai
7 Biotechnological Applications of Immobilized Microalgae . . . . . . . . . 193
Svetlana Vasilieva, Elena Lobakova,
and Alexei Solovchenko