Preface
In recent years, the environment is contaminated to a substantial extent from both
natural and anthropogenic sources. The prevalence and persistence of a wide range
of toxic pollutants in the soils, sediments and waters are of major concern. Though
lot of physical and chemical methods are available, they are not economical, safe
and eco-friendly. Hence, alternate viable methods using microbes and plants for
cleaning up the pollutants are employed. Due to the regulations of strict laws for the
protection of the environment, alternate clean technologies has become an important area of research in academia, government and industry. Bioremediation and
clean technologies is an area of promising research over the recent years giving
scope to many biotechnologists and microbiologists to engineer technologies for the
restoration of contaminated zones. This book is a compilation of research conducted
over varied geographical areas contaminated by regional commercial activities. The
editors have sincerely worked over three years to carefully select and compile the
contributed manuscripts, edit and revise them to the scope of the book. Several
engineered solutions are present in the market to degrade contaminants at small and
large scales accordingly; however, a long-standing technology is yet to be standardized. In this book, the impact of contamination on various environmental
resources is documented, and several solutions researched through microbial,
biotechnological methods and biochemical methods are put forth. Contaminant
removal and degradation by the use of simple natural methods and conversion to
innovative alternate have been discussed. The contributed articles suggest novel
approaches to combat the ever increasing contamination and pollution problem.
Though this book suggests alternative from regional studies, the findings can be
adopted globally paving way for new research areas.
Tiruchirappalli, India
Prashanthi Devi Marimuthu
Tiruchirappalli, India
Rajakumar Sundaram
Salem, India
Aravind Jeyaseelan
Tiruchirappalli, India
Thamaraiselvi Kaliannan
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In recent years, the environment is contaminated to a substantial extent from both
natural and anthropogenic sources. The prevalence and persistence of a wide range
of toxic pollutants in the soils, sediments and waters are of major concern. Though
lot of physical and chemical methods are available, they are not economical, safe
and eco-friendly. Hence, alternate viable methods using microbes and plants for
cleaning up the pollutants are employed. Due to the regulations of strict laws for the
protection of the environment, alternate clean technologies has become an important area of research in academia, government and industry. Bioremediation and
clean technologies is an area of promising research over the recent years giving
scope to many biotechnologists and microbiologists to engineer technologies for the
restoration of contaminated zones. This book is a compilation of research conducted
over varied geographical areas contaminated by regional commercial activities. The
editors have sincerely worked over three years to carefully select and compile the
contributed manuscripts, edit and revise them to the scope of the book. Several
engineered solutions are present in the market to degrade contaminants at small and
large scales accordingly; however, a long-standing technology is yet to be standardized. In this book, the impact of contamination on various environmental
resources is documented, and several solutions researched through microbial,
biotechnological methods and biochemical methods are put forth. Contaminant
removal and degradation by the use of simple natural methods and conversion to
innovative alternate have been discussed. The contributed articles suggest novel
approaches to combat the ever increasing contamination and pollution problem.
Though this book suggests alternative from regional studies, the findings can be
adopted globally paving way for new research areas.
Tiruchirappalli, India
Prashanthi Devi Marimuthu
Tiruchirappalli, India
Rajakumar Sundaram
Salem, India
Aravind Jeyaseelan
Tiruchirappalli, India
Thamaraiselvi Kaliannan
vii