Soil Biology

Sukla, Lala Behari; Pradhan, Nilotpala; Panda, Sandeep; Mishra, Barada Kanta

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.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2015-07-24

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783319190174

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-19018-1

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 338