Bioremediation Technology: Hazardous Waste Management

ISBN-13: 9780367273101 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 366 str.

M. H. Fulekar; Bhawana Pathak

Opis

The book covers hazardous waste industries, sources of waste generation, characterization and treatment processes/ methods, technique and technology to deal with the treated waste as per the prescribed techniques of bioremediation. Advanced treatment techniques using biotechnological tools/bionanotechnology tools have also been included.

Spis treści

1. The Microbial Degredation of DDT and Potential Remediation Strategies. 2. Biological Degredation and Detoxification of Toxic Contaminants in Leachate: An Environmentally Friendly Perspective. 3. Microbial Strategies for the Decolorization and Degredation of Distillery Spent Wash Containing Melanoidins. 4. Bioremediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs): An Overview. 5. Relative Influence of "Physicochemical Variables" and "Indigenous Bacterial Diversity" on the Efficiency of Bioaugmentation-Mediated In Situ Bioremediation. 6. Role of Enzymes in Bioremediation of Organic Pollutants. 7. Bacterial Biodegredation of Phenolics and Derivatives of Phenolics. 8. Enhanced Bioavailability and Biodegredation of DDx in an Anoxic Organic Soil. 9. Use of Concob Residues (Zea mays) and Activated Carbons Obtained from This Material for the Decontamination of Aqueous Media with Ni²⁺. 10. Bioremediation--With Special Reference to Hydrocarbon Degredation. 11. Rhizosphere Bioremediation: Green Technology to Clean Up the Environment. 12. Macrophytes as Bioremediators of Toxic Inorganic Pollutants of Contaminated Water Bodies. 13. Restoration and Conservation Strategies of Historical Monuments. 14. Wastewater Treatment: Common Effluent Treatment Plant--Case Study. 15. Nanomaterials-Based Wastewater Treatment Technology: An Overview. 16. Nanomaterials Developement and Their environmental Applications. 17. Environmental Nanotechnology Approaches for the Remediation of Contaminants.