1st Edition

Environmental Biotechnology Sustainable Remediation of Contamination in Different Environs

360 Pages 13 Color & 7 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

360 Pages 13 Color & 7 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

360 Pages 13 Color & 7 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

This book provides a review of innovative and novel biotechnological techniques that can be implemented to assess, analyze, and mitigate harmful pollutants and wastes that result from agricultural and industrial operations. It helps to meet the much-needed demand for improvement of low-cost technologies that tackle pollution problems scientifically for the safeguard of the environment, focusing... Read more

1. Assessment of Some Hazards Associated with Dangerous Chemicals

Monica Butnariu and Elena Bonciu

2. Environmental Degradation as a Multifaceted Consequence of Human Development

Zulaykha Khurshid Dijoo and Rizwana Khurshid

3. Persistent Organic Pollutants: Sources, Impacts, and Their Remediation by Microalgae

Dig Vijay Singh, Atul Kumar Upadhyay, Ranjan Singh, and D. P. Singh

4. Microbial Intervention for Degradation of Agricultural Wastes

Tawseef Ahmad Mir, Muatasim Jan, and Mir Sajad Rabani

5. Microbial Consortium: A Biotechnological Tool for Enhanced Bioremediation in Pollution-Affected Environments

Saba Mir, Moonisa Aslam Dervash, Asif B. Shikari, and Wasia Showkat

6. Bioaugmentation: A Way Out for Remediation of Polluted Environments

Mohammad Yaseen Mir, Saima Hamid, and Gulab Khan Rohela

7. Biodegradable Waste: Renewable Energy Source

Monica Butnariu and Elena Bonciu

8. Intrusion of Biotechnology for Degradation of Organic Wastes

Rubiya Dar, Baba Uqab, Shah Ishfaq, Saleem Farooq, Riasa Zaffar, and Hina Mushtaq

9. Biotechnological Intervention for the Management of Agricultural Waste

Tijjani Sabiu Imam, Hadiza Abdullahi Ari, and Adamu Yunusa Ugya

10. Biofuels: Current Challenges and Possible Solutions

Adeyemi Adesina

11. Biotechnological Intercession in Biofuel Production

Wasia Showkat, Moonisa Aslam Dervash, Khalid Z. Masoodi, Javeed A. Mugloo, S. A. Gangoo, and Saba Mir

12. Biosensors: A Biotechnological Tool for Monitoring Environmental Pollution

Irteza Qayoom, Zulaykha Khurshid Dijoo, and Mehvish Hameed

13. New Insights of Bacteriophages: Potential Tool for Wastewater Treatment

Saima Hamid and Mohammad Yaseen Mir

Biography

Rouf Ahmad Bhat, Khalid Zaffar Masoodi