Microbiome-Assisted Bioremediation
Rehabilitating Agricultural Soils
- 1st Edition - January 20, 2024
- Latest edition
- Editors: Javid A. Parray, Wen-Jun Li
- Language: English
Microbiome-Assisted Bioremediation: Rehabilitating Agricultural Soils provides a complete reference on the opportunities, technologies, and challenges of remediating contamina… Read more
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Description
Description
Microbiome-Assisted Bioremediation: Rehabilitating Agricultural Soils provides a complete reference on the opportunities, technologies, and challenges of remediating contaminated soils through use of microbial means. Environmental pollution and human exposure associated with heavy metals are attributed to anthropogenic activities such as mining, industrial wastes, and metal containing compounds in domestic and agricultural systems. Addressing the foundational aspects of microbe-based approaches, this book provides a valuable gateway resource for those entering the field, as well as providing in-depth insights into the various tools and techniques for real-world application.
Microbial remediation has appeared as a promising approach to lessen the heavy metal concentration in the environment due to their sequestration and transforming ability of xenobiotic compounds. Microbial bioremediation is an efficient, economical, and environmentally-friendly procedure that reduces the cost of the cleanup process associated with heavy and toxic metal contamination.
Key features
Key features
- Emphasizes microbiome-assisted biodegradation of toxic substances in soil
- Includes complete descriptions of the most recent and advanced techniques
- Addresses the use of GMOs, nanotechnologies and in silico studies
- Outlines developments in the microbial degradation of synthetic plastics in soil and the biodegradation enzymes
Readership
Readership
Researchers in agricultural science biotechnology, biochemistry, environmental Sciences
Table of contents
Table of contents
2. Bioremediation techniques- classification, principles, advantages, limitations and prospects
3. Processes and Mechanism involved in effective bioremediation of xenobiotic substances from agricultural fields
4. Omics and other biotechnological tools in microbial bioremediation
5. Metagenomics and microbial degradation/detoxification of heavy metals
6. In silico studies for the bioremediation of heavy metals from contaminated sites
7. Biodegradation of plastics- an overview
8. The potential role of Microbial metabolomics in bioremediation of chemical pesticides
9. Application of GMOs for biodegradation and detoxification of oil and hydrocarbon pollutants in soil
10. Heavy Metals in Soils and the Remediation Potential of Plant Microbiome
11. Recent Developments in Microbe–Plant Based Bioremediation
12. Phosphate-solubilizing bacteria-assisted phytoremediation of metalliferous soils
13. Genetic diversity and characterization of metal-resistant endophytic bacteria from contaminated sites
14. Potential use of Microalgal metallothioneins and phytochelatins in bioremediation
15. Nanoremediation and role in environmental cleanup
16. Microbial surfactants -Potential commercial applications
17. Emerging strategies for engineering microbial communities to augment bioremediation
18. Applications of Plant Biomass from Phytoremediation of Potential Toxic-Metal-Polluted Soils
19. Halo-tolerance plant growth promoting rhizobacteria for improving productivity and remediation of saline soils
20. Assessment of soil fertility and solid waste utilization: A comprehensive approach
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: January 24, 2024
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Javid A. Parray
Javid A. Parray holds a master’s degree in Environmental Science and completed his MPhil and PhD from the University of Kashmir, and qualified for the prestigious JKSLET exam. He also conducted post-doctoral research at Kashmir University and received a Fast Track Young Scientist Project by the Science and Engineering Research Board of the Government of India. He currently teaches at the Department of Environmental Science, GDC Eidgah Srinagar, affiliated with Cluster University Srinagar. His research interests include ecological and agricultural microbiology, climate change, microbial biotechnology, and environmental microbiomes. He is a prolific author and editor of numerous papers and books and serves on the editorial boards of several high-impact journals. A member of various scientific organizations, he received the “Emerging Scientist of the Year” Gold Medal in 2018. Currently, he is the national coordinator for a Swayam Moocs program on Environmental Science. Recently, he was appointed series editor for Microbiome Research in Plants and Soil by Elsevier and serves as the Executive Editor in Chief for the open-access journal Micro Environer.
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Wen-Jun Li
Wen-Jun Li received his PhD in microbiology from Shenyang Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is currently working as Distinguished Professor in School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China. His research mainly focuses on microbial diversity under those unusual environments, by using culture-dependent and culture-independent methods, as well as mechanisms of extremophilic microbes to adapt those unusual environments. He was awarded the WFCC (The World Federation for Culture Collections) Skerman award for microbial taxonomy in 2007, and other six provincial and ministry level awards for his outstanding research contributions on the field of microbial systematics and microbial ecology. He has successfully trained more than 150 graduate students and postdoc level students in the field of microbial taxonomy and microbial ecology at home and abroad countries.