Bioremediation of Selenium Contaminated Wastewater

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: van Hullebusch, Eric D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Analytical chemistry.; Biochemical engineering.; Microbiology.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Water pollution.; Biochemical Engineering.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Analytical Chemistry.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.

This book features the reduction and removal of selenium in wastewater via bioremediation. Arranged over five chapters, this book provides information regarding the interaction between micro-organisms and selenium, and it also explains the biogeochemistry of selenium in engineered ecosystems designe...

Table of Contents:

• Bacterial metabolism of selenium - for survival or profit
• Understanding selenium biogeochemistry in engineered ecosystems: Transformation and analytical methods
• Bioprocess approaches for the removal of selenium from industrial waste and wastewater by Pseudomonas stutzeri NT-I
• Industrial selenium pollution: sources and biological treatment technologies
• Industrial selenium pollution: wastewaters and physical-chemical treatment technologies.