Marine Pollution and Microbial Remediation

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Naik, Milind Mohan (Editor), Dubey, Santosh Kumar (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Environment.; Environmental monitoring.; Environmental health.; Water pollution.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Environmental Health.; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis.

Marine environment is the largest habitat covering approximately 70% of the total earth surface. Oceans are the main regulatory agent of earth’s climate and harbour a huge diversity of living organisms. Marine environment provide a unique ecological niche to different microbes which play a significa...

Table of Contents:

• 1.Assessing Metal Contamination in Recent Creek Sediments Using Fractionation Technique Along Mumbai Coast, India
• 2.Bioremediation of heavy metals from saline water using hypersaline dissimilatory sulphate reducing bacteria
• 3.Lead and Mercury Resistant Marine Bacteria and Their Application in Lead and Mercury Bioremediation
• 4.Microbial Remediation of Organometals and Oil Hydrocarbons in the Marine Environment
• 5.Extracellular Polysaccharides Production by Bacteria as a Mechanism of Toxic Heavy Metal Biosorption and Biosequestration in the Marine Environment
• 6.Biosurfactant - A Promising Approach Towards the Remediation of Xenobiotics, a Way to Rejuvenate the Marine Ecosystem
• 7.Optimization of Cultural Conditions for Marine Microbial Biosurfactant Production: Future Prospects From Untapped Marine Resources
• 8.Biosurfactant Producing Denitrifying Bacteria in Marine Petroleum Contaminated Environmental Sites
• 9.Interaction of Haloarchaea with Metals
• 10.Manganese Tolerant Bacteria From the Estuarine Environment and Their Importance in Bioremediation of Contaminated Estuarine Sites
• 11. Pathogenic Bacteria of Public Health Significance in Estuarine Mangrove Ecosystem
• 12. Global Concerns of Ship’s Ballast Water Mediated Translocation of Bacteria
• 13. Genotoxic Biomarkers A as Indicators of Marine Pollution
• 14.Applications of Siderophore Producing Marine Bacteria in Bioremediation of Metals and Organic Compounds
• 15.Bacterial Degradation of Algal Polysaccharides in Marine Ecosystem
• 16.Impact of Pollution on Phytoplankton and Implications for Marine Econiches
• 17.Selenium Pollution in Marine Environment and Marine Bacteria in Selenium Bioremediation.