Environmental Microbial Biotechnology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sukla, Lala Behari (Editor), Pradhan, Nilotpala (Editor), Panda, Sandeep (Editor), Mishra, Barada Kanta (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Soil Biology, 45
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Microbiology.; Waste management.; Life Sciences.; Applied Microbiology.; Waste Management/Waste Technology.

This book provides a timely review of strategies for coping with polluted ecosystems by employing bacteria, fungi and algae. It presents the vast variety of microbial technologies currently applied in the bioremediation of a variety of anthropogenic toxic chemicals, mining and industrial wastes, and...

Table of Contents:

• The Role of Microbial Activity in Sulfide Oxidation at Dumping Sites of Sulfidic Wastes and in Abandoned Mining Areas
• Microbe – Mineral Interactions: Exploring avenues towards development of a sustainable microbial technology for coal beneficiation
• Effect of pollution on aquatic microbial diversity
• Role of Biosensors in Environmental Monitoring
• Microbial bio surfactant for hydrocarbons and heavy metals bioremediation
• Anaerobic treatment of organic saline waste/wastewater: Overcome salinity inhibition by addition of compatible solutes
• Uranium Bioremediation: Approaches and Challenges
• Environmental Microbial Biotechnology inside mining operations from an engineering viewpoint based on LCA
• Neutrophilic Bacteria in Iron Mineral Transformation and their Applications
• Anaerobe Bioleaching by Acidophilic Bacterial Strains
• Microbial Processing for Valorization of Horticultural Wastes
• Microbial Interaction In Mining Soil
• A strategic scheme for resource recovery from sulfurous industrial wastes through plant microbe interaction
• Bioconversion of Cotton Gin Waste to Bioethanol
• Microalgae: Cultivation and Application
• Advances in Manganese pollution and its bioremediation.