Bioremediation Technology Recent Advances /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fulekar, M. H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Subjects: Environmental sciences.; Waste disposal.; Biotechnology.; Pollution.; Environment.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.; Waste Management/Waste Technology.; Pollution, general.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3678-0

Environmental pollutants have become a major global concern. The modern growth of industrialization, urbanization, modern agricultural development and energy generation have resulted in indiscriminate exploitation of natural resources for fulfilling the human desires and needs, which have contribute...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Contributors
• 1. Global Status of Environmental Pollution and Its Remediation Strategies
• 2. Bioremediation of Xenobiotics-contaminated Sites: Concept and Selected Case Studies
• 3. Biosorption in Environmental Remediation
• 4. Lignins and Polyphenols in Bioremediation
• 5. Bioremediation
• Technology for Hazardous Wastes  Recent Advances
• 6. Biodegradation Technology for Pesticide Toxicity Elimination
• 7. Genomics Approach to Bioremediation
• 8. Recombinant DNA Technology for Bioremediation of Pollutants
• 9. Bioaccumulation and Biotransformation of Heavy Metals
• 10. Reclamation & Remediation of Solid Waste through Bio-chemical Process
• 11. Phytoremediation of Low Level Nuclear Waste
• 12. Improving Plants for Zinc Acquisition
• 13. Environmental Nanotechnology: Nanoparticles for Bioremediation of Toxic Pollutants
• Index.