Abatement of Environmental Pollutants: Trends and Strategies

Abatement of Environmental Pollutants: Trends and Strategies addresses new technologies and provides strategies for environmental scientists, microbiologists and biotechnologists to help solve problems associated with the treatment of industrial wastewater. The book helps readers solve pollution challenges using microorganisms in bioremediation technologies, including discussions on global technologies that have been adopted for the treatment of industrial wastewater and sections on the lack of proper management. Moreover, limited space, more stringent waste disposal regulations and public consciousness have made the present techniques expensive and impractical.

Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop sustainable management technologies for industries and municipalities. To remove the damaging effect of organic pollutants on the environment, various new technologies for their degradation have been recently discovered.

Covers bioremediation of petrochemical pollutants, such as Benzene, Toluene, Xylene, Ethyl Benzene, and phenolic compoundIncludes discussions on genetic engineering microbes and their potential in pollution abatementContains information on plant growth promoting bacteria and their role in environment management

1. Recent trends in the degradation of organic pollutants 2. Environmental Fate of Organic Pollutants and effect on human health 3. Strategies for abatement of grossly polluting industries 4. Bioremedation of petrochemical pollutants (Benzene, Toluene, Xylene, Ethyl Benzene, phenolic compound, etc.) 5. Biodegradation of Dye stuff from and effluent released from dye industries 6.Genetic engineering microbes and their role in pollution abatement 7. Rizosphere remediation of organic pollutants 8. Phytoremediation of organic pollutants 9. Factors responsible for biodegradation of organic pollutants 10. Advancement in Reactors used in Biodegradation process 11. Plant growth promoting bacteria and their role for environmental management 12. Entophytic microbes in abiotic stress (heavy metals, xenobiotics) management 13. Potential of various fungus strains in the degradation of petrochemical hydrocarbons 14. Cyanobacteria: potential and role for environmental remediation