1st Edition
Marine Microbial Bioremediation
Increased industrialization and urbanization has polluted the marine environment, the largest ecosystem. Hence, sincere efforts must be made to decontaminate marine ecosystem for sustainable use of oceans and their bioresources. Microbial population in the marine environment plays a very crucial role in degrading, transforming and detoxifying the pollutants. This book presents contributions from leading scientists across the globe who have worked extensively on polluted marine ecosystem in removal of pollutants, mycoremediation of salinity ingressed soils, etc. This book will be useful to the scientific community, stake holders and policy makers involved in research related to environmental microbiology and marine microbiology in particular. The book will also be of benefit to the student community interested in marine microbial bioremediation.
1. Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons By Halophilic Aquatic Fungi
Elisabet Aranda, Gabriela Ángeles de Paz, María del Rayo Sánchez and Ramón Alberto Batista-García
2. Applications of Marine-Derived Fungi: Biocontrol, Cell Wall Degradation and Soil Remediation
Yi Wei, Ziyu Zhang, Zhugang Li, Yu Li and Shi-Hong Zhang
3. Effect of Stimulating Agents on Improvement of Bioremediation Processes with Special Focus on PAHs
Dushyant R. Dudhagara, Anjana K. Vala and Bharti P. Dave
4. Phycoremediation–A Potential Approach for Heavy Metal Removal
K. Suresh Kumar, Kamleshwar Singh, Sushma Kumari, Pratibha Kushwaha and P.V. Subba Rao
5. Microalgae Immobilization and Use in Bioremediation
Cátia Palito, Telma Encarnação, Poonam Singh, Artur J.M. Valente and Alberto A.C.C. Pais
6. Bioremediation Markers in Marine Environment
Ananya Mitra, Neelam M. Nathani and Chandrashekar Mootapally
7. Antarctic Marine Fungi and Their Potential Application in Bioremediation
Mayara Baptistucci Ogaki
8. Bacterial Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon in Ocean
Kamleshwar Singh, Sushma Kumari, Pratibha Kushwaha, K. Suresh Kumar and Kyung-Hoon Shin
9. Heavy Metals: Applications, Hazards and Biosalvage
Bhagirath M. Baraiya, Shailesh C. Dabhi, Apoorva Bhayani Anjana K. Vala and Bharti P. Dave
10. Ketamine: Its Abuse and Effect on Aquatic Ecosystem
Rupak Thapa
Biography
Anjana K. Vala is a PhD in Microbiology. She is associated with Department of Life Sciences, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University and involved in PG teaching and research for last 20 years. Her research areas of interest include marine microbial diversity, bioremediation and nanobiotechnology. She has supervised several PG dissertations. Dr. Vala is a recipient of DST Fasttrack young scientist, CSIR SRA and DST Women Scientists (WOS-A) fellowship. She has above 60 publications and one patent (filed in India) to her credit.
Dushyant R. Dudhagara is a faculty member at the Department of Life Sciences, Bhakta Kavi Narsinh Mehta University for last two years. He is a PhD in Microbiology and recipient of National Post-Doctoral Fellowship. Dr. Dudhagara’s research areas of interest include marine microbial bioremediation especially of PAHs. Based on his research work, he has published 14 research papers. He has received international travel awards for presentation of his research work in various conferences.
Bharti P. Dave is a professor in Microbiology. Before joining as Dean, School of Sciences, Indrashil University, Prof Dave was Former Head at the Department of Life Sciences, MK Bhavnagar University. She was also Research Co-Ordinator of the ESTC sponsored by the MoES. Dr. Dave has supervised 17 PhDs. Prof Dave has 30 years of PG teaching and research experience. Her research areas include microbial physiology and bioremediation. She has completed over 15 research projects and has published over 90 papers.
