Biotechnology of Environment : Applications and Implications

Contents: Preface. 1. Potential of Keratinase isolated from Bacillus Badius RSI as a dehairing agent in leather industry/Amit Verma, Hukum Singh Pal, Rachna Singh and Sanjeev Agrawal. 2. Evaluation of bio-pesticidal property of some medicinal plants against tobacco caterpillar spodoptera litura fab./Anju Basera and R.P. Srivastava. 3. Molecular characterization of Salmonella rare serovars isolated from Gangetic water based on REP-PCR/Balwant Singh, D.P. Mishra, Amit Tyagi and M.K. Saxena. 4. Bench scale performance study of the UASB for the treatment of biopharmaceutical effluent/C.T.Puttaswamy, L. Udaya Simha, R. Vinay, K.R. Swathi and N.N. Rakesha. 5. Partial purification and characterization of alkaline protease from Bacillus sp. isolated from soil/R. Agrawal, A. Verma, P. Panwar and A.K. Verma. 6. Isolation and screening of pectinase producing micro organism/Vibha Bhardwaj and Neelam Garg. 7. Screening of bacterial isolates for extra cellular amylase/Rachna, Amit Verma, Piyush Kumar, Vinod Sangwan and Sanjeev Agarwal. 8. Biosorption of carcinogenic dye onto chemically modified rice husk used as adsorbent in packed bed column mode: a low cost environment friendly approach/Rahul Mishra, Praveen Kushwaha and Papita Saha. 9. Bioenergy: a potential source for global cooling/K.P. Singh, Manjul Mungali and Rajesh Kumar. 10. DHS down flow hanging sponge bio-tower: a self sustainable sewage treatment system for developing country/Rakesh Kumar Bhardwaj, Rajpal Singh, Hariom Sharma and Surender Kumar Bhardwaj. 11. Nanobiosensor: a modern tool of diagnostics/K.P. Singh and Sweeti Ahlawat. 12. Biotechnology environemnt and biosafety: predicting long-term implications of GMOs/Vir Singh, Nanda Nautiyal and Akansha Rastogi. 13. Mutagenetic studies in soybean glycine max L. Merrill: a reveiw/Deepika and Deepak Kumar. 14. Induced mutagenesis in urdbean vigna mungo L. Hepper/Deepika, Deepak Kuma and V.K. Vatsa. Index.…