Microbes Based Approaches for the Management of Hazardous Contaminants

Learn the various microbiological aspects one deals with in environment management and the remediation of toxic contaminants in the environment

In recent years, the accumulation of hazardous contaminants has caused a broad-based deterioration in global environmental quality. These have had wide-ranging negative social impacts, affecting climate, soil and water ecosystems, and more. As traditional methods of contaminant mitigation have proven inadequate to the task, microbial-based remediation offers the clearest, most environmentally friendly path forward for this crucial aspect of global environmental stewardship.

Microbes Based Approaches for the Management of Hazardous Contaminants offers comprehensive coverage of novel and indigenous microbes and their applications in contaminant mitigation. Surveying all the major microbial products and methods for degrading and remediating hazardous pollutants, it offers a key tool in the fight against global environmental degradation. The result is a cutting-edge introduction to an essential subject.

Microbes Based Approaches for the Management of Hazardous Contaminants will also find:

• Current and future approaches to microbial degradation
• Detailed discussion of biofilms, exopolysaccharides, enzymes, metabolites, and many more
• Coverage of metabolic engineering as an alternative strategy

Microbes Based Approaches for the Management of Hazardous Contaminants is ideal for those working in the field for the application of microbes in the remediation of hazardous pollutants and environment management, particularly those interested in environmental sciences, microbiology and microbial technology, environmental biotechnology, and molecular biology.

Ajay Kumar, PhD, is currently working as an assistant professor at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, India.

Livleen Shukla, PhD, is currently working as Principal Scientist at the Division of Microbiology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India.

Joginder Singh, PhD, is working as a Professor at the Department of Botany, Nagaland University, Nagaland, India.

Luiz Fernando R. Ferreira, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Catholic University of Brassilia, Brasilia, Brazil, focused on Environmental Engineering, Microbiotechnology, Biotechnology, and Biomedical Engineering.