Synergistic Approaches for Bioremediation of Environmental Pollutants: Recent Advances and Challenges focuses on the exploitation of various biological treatment technologies and their use to treat toxic contaminants present in industrial effluent and in restoring contaminated sites, which lacks in a more comprehensive manner in existing titles on similar topics available on the global market. The book comprises advanced biotechnologies and updated information, along with sustainable waste management developments and future directions for researchers and scientists working in the field of microbiology.
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Table of Contents
1. Conversion of wastes/biomass into biochar and its characteristics2. Removal of emerging contaminants in water/wastewater by biochar
3. Application of biochar/microbes for wastewater treatment
4. Biochar based water treatment system as a potential low-cost and sustainable technology for clean water provision
5. Removal of pharmaceutical compounds from water and wastewater by biochar and microbes
6. Role of biochar/microbes in the removal of organic and inorganic contaminants from wastewater
7. Bioremediation of industrial toxins by biochar for environmental safety
8. Application of biochar for soil remediation
9. Biochar for remediation of soil heavy metal contamination
10. Mechanism of removal of contaminants by modified biochar
11. Mechanism of metal sorption by biochar/microbes
12. Using biochar for remediation of soils contaminated with heavy metals and organic pollutants
13. Efficacy of biochar in removal of pesticides from watershed system
14. Synergistic approaches in the bioremediation of industrial effluents.
Authors
Riti Thapar Kapoor Associate Professor, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India. Dr. Riti Thapar Kapoor is Associate Professor in Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India. Dr. Kapoor received her Ph.D from University of Allahabad and worked as post - doctoral fellow at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. Dr. Kapoor has fourteen years of teaching and research experience, and her area of specialization is environmental biotechnology, bioremediation, wastewater treatment and abiotic stresses. Dr. Kapoor has published 7 books and over 105 research papers in various journals of national and international repute. She has successfully supervised three research students for Ph.D. degree besides several (more than 70) masters and graduate students for their dissertation thesis. Maulin P. Shah Chief Scientist and Head, Industrial Waste Water Research Lab, Division of Applied and Environmental Microbiology Lab at Enviro Technology Ltd., Ankleshwar, Gujarat, India.Dr. Maulin P. Shah is Chief Scientist and Head of the Industrial Waste Water Research Lab, Division of Applied and Environmental Microbiology Lab at Enviro Technology Ltd., Ankleshwar, Gujarat, India. His work focuses on the impact of industrial pollution on the microbial diversity of wastewater following cultivation-dependent and cultivation-independent analysis. His major work involves isolation, screening, identification, and genetically engineering high-impact microbes for the degradation of hazardous materials. His research interests include biological wastewater treatment, environmental microbiology, biodegradation, bioremediation, and phytoremediation of environmental pollutants from industrial wastewaters.
