Biotechnology for Treatment of Residual Wastes Containing Metals

ISBN-13: 9788770221146 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 250 str.

Norma G. Rojas Avelizapa

Opis

This text contains nine chapters related to the problem of the metal contamination in the environment as well as some of the different biotechnological alternatives that have been applied for the reduction and/or recovery of metal contamination.

Spis treści

• Contributors index;
• Foreword;
• Content;
• 1. Overview of metals;
• 2. Environmental impacts of solid waste containing metals;
• 3. Parameters involved in biotreatment of solid wastes containing metals;
• 4. Industrial biotechnology and its role in the mining industry;
• 5. Biotechnology for metal mechanic industrial wastes;
• 6. Metal resistance genes in microorganisms a biotechnological approach for Ni-V removal;
• 7. Bioweathering of heap rock material by basidiomycetes;
• 8. Biotechnology for the recovery of metals using agro-industrial wastes;
• 9. Environmental pollution and current bioremediation strategies for cadmium containing residues

O autorze

Norma Gabriela Rojas-Avelizapa