Environmental Microbial Biotechnology (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015)

This book provides a timely review of strategies for coping with polluted ecosystems by employing bacteria, fungi and algae. It presents the vast variety of microbial technologies currently applied in the bioremediation of a variety of anthropogenic toxic chemicals, mining and industrial wastes and other pollutants. Topics covered include: microbe-mineral interactions, biosensors in environmental monitoring, iron-mineral transformation, microbial biosurfactants, bioconversion of cotton gin waste to bioethanol, anaerobe bioleaching and sulfide oxidation. Further chapters discuss the effects of pollution on microbial diversity, as well as the role of microbes in the bioremediation of abandoned mining areas, industrial and horticultural wastes, wastewater and sites polluted with hydrocarbons, heavy metals, manganese and uranium.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Soil Biology, 45
Release date:	October 2016
First published:	2015
Editors:	Lala Behari Sukla • Nilotpala Pradhan • Sandeep Panda • Barada Kanta Mishra
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	338
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-36312-7
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Microbiology (non-medical) > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Waste management > General
LSN:	3-319-36312-3
Barcode:	9783319363127

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