Biotransformations
This volume provides a clear understanding of how microbes, following their degradative processes, contribute maximally to the benefit of mankind through biotransformations of waste materials as well as a wide variety of health-risk compounds.\ The book contains twenty four chapters contributed by leading scientists from different parts of the world, covering various aspects of bioremediation of xenobiotics such as toxic, carcinogenic, teratogenic, and mutagenic compounds, which include...
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This volume provides a clear understanding of how microbes, following their degradative processes, contribute maximally to the benefit of mankind through biotransformations of waste materials as well as a wide variety of health-risk compounds.The book contains twenty four chapters contributed by leading scientists from different parts of the world, covering various aspects of bioremediation of xenobiotics such as toxic, carcinogenic, teratogenic, and mutagenic compounds, which include halogenated aromatics, derivatives of heavy metals, microbial toxins, tannins, dyes, sulfur compounds of coal and petroleum and pesticides. The bioremediation of agricultural residue, industrial as well as municipal wastes, fuel oils, lubricants, natural rubber products, and other synthetic polymers, which pollute the environment substantially, also constitutes an important component of the book. All biotechnological aspects of microbial transformations pertaining to biodegradation/bioremediation of hazardous wastes, ranging from screening methods for microbes with degradative potential, processes of degradation, strain improvement for enhanced biodegradation and elimination of xenobiotics of health and environmental concern have been dealt with.The book intends to widen the scope of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology in general and biotransformations in particular. It will provide an opportunity for scientists in the areas of biochemistry, food industry, environmental science and engineering and their implications in technologically feasible, environment friendly and economically viable bioremediation options. Also, it forms an interface between agro-industrial establishments and the academic world and will generate new thought provoking ideas for scientists of future generations for the safeguard of both human and animal health as well as the environment.
PrefaceList of abbreviationsList of contributors1Bioremediation of compounds hazardous to health and the environment: An overview12Microbial degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the environment293Biodegradation of fuel oils and lubricants: Soil and water bioremediation options694Bioremediation technology for environmental protection through bioconversion of agro-industrial wastes1015Enzymatic transformations of xenobiotics of health and environmental concern1296Microbial degradation of chlorobenzoates (CBAs) Biochemical aspects and ecological implications1497Microbial degradation of insecticides: An assessment for its use in bioremediation1758Microbial variables for bioremediation of heavy metals from industrial effluents1899Lactic acid bacteria in winemaking: Influence on sensorial and hygienic quality23110Microbial transformation of aflatoxins26311Biotransformations of tannery wastes27912Oxidation of organic and inorganic sulfur compounds by aerobic heterotrophic marine bacteria29113Lignin degradation by bacteria31114Microbial bioremediation of textile effluents33115Biodegradation of diaryl esters: Bacterial and fungal catabolism of phenylbenzoate and some of its derivatives34916Degradation of natural rubber products by Nocardia species36517Sewage treatment systems: Microbiological aspects37718Electro-physical properties of microbial cells during the aerobic metabolism of toxic compounds40319Microbial degradation of sulfur compounds present in coal and petroleum42720Algae-dependent bioremediation of hazardous wastes45721Some physiological characteristics of saprotrophic and ectomycorrhizal fungi producing sporophores on the urea-treated forest floor51722Bioremediation of contaminated water bodies53723Biotransformations and biodegradation in extreme environments54924Bioremediation of hazardous ethylenebisdithiocarbamate (EBDC) fungicides573Index583
