Microbial biotechnology : energy and environment /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2012.
• Subjects: Microbial biotechnology.; Bioelectric Energy Sources.; Biodegradation, Environmental.; Biofuels.; Energy.; Pollution and Degradation.; Biotechnology (General), (Revised June 2002); Industrial Wastes and Effluents.; Biodegradation.; Algae.; Aquatic organisms.; Aquatic plants.; Aromatic hydrocarbons.; Bioenergy.; Bioremediation.; Biotechnology.; Energy resources.; Environmental management.; Microorganisms.; Petroleum hydrocarbons.; Pollutants.; Pollution.; Polycyclic hydrocarbons.; Radioactive wastes.; Renewable energy.; Renewable resources.; Sustainability.; Waste utilization.; Xenobiotics.; Electronic books.
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This book focuses on two key issues confronting humanity, viz., energy and environment. There is a need to devise strategies for protecting the environment, at the same time adequately meeting the ever-growing energy needs of the world. Harnessing the power of microbes is one step towards finding ch...

Table of Contents:

• Emerging trends in microbial biotechnology : energy and environment / Rajesh Arora
• The microbiology of microbial electric systems / Sarah A. Hensley, Madeline Vargas, and Ashley E. Franks
• A comparative assessment of bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) and enzymatic fuel cells (EFCs) / Deepak Pant, Gilbert Van Bogaert, Ludo Diels and Karolien Vanbroekhoven
• Electrical energy from microorganisms / Sheela Berchmans
• Rumen microbial fuel cells / Chin-Tsan Wang, Che-Ming J. Yang, Yung-Chin Yang
• Systems microbiology approach to bioenergy / Qasim K. Beg and Ritu Sarin
• Nanotechnology and bioenergy: innovations and applications / Mrunalini V. Pattarkine
• Host engineering for biofuel tolerant phenotypes / Becky J. Rutherford and Aindrila Mukhopadhyay
• Microbial fuel cells : electricity generation from organic wastes by microbes / Kun Guo, Daniel J. Hassett and Tingyue Gu
• Integration of anaerobic digestion and oil accumulation-bioenergy production and pollutants removal / Mi Yan, Jianguo Zhang, Bo Hu
• Biohydrogen generation through solid phase anaerobic digestion from organic solid waste / S. Jayalakshmi
• Algae : a novel biomass feedstock for biofuels / Senthil Chinnasamy, Polur Hanumantha Rao, Sailendra Bhaskar, Ramasamy Rengasamy and Manjinder Singh
• Biofuel from microalgae : myth vs. reality / Jubilee Purkayastha, Hemanta Kumar Gogoi, Lokendra Singh and Vijay Veer
• Biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in contaminated soils / Aniefiok E. Ite and Kirk T. Semple
• Bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) / Carl G. Johnston and Gloria P. Johnston
• The role of biological control in the creation of bioremediation technologies / Yana Topalova
• Bioremediation of uranium, transuranic waste and fission products / Evans M.N. Chirwa
• Uranium Bioremediation : Nanotechnology and biotechnology advances / Mrunalini V. Pattarkine
• Going extreme for small solutions to big environmental challenges / Chris Bagwell.