Biodegradation of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals: Detection and Mineralization

This reference book discusses the applications of microorganisms as a crucial solution for the sustainable management of toxic pollutants. It describes the microbial remediation of different kinds of pollutants like wastewater, antibiotics, and toxic chemicals. It highlights the technical, scientific, regulatory, safety, and societal impacts of various sustainable biodegradation approaches. The book describes various sensors in environmental pollution monitoring and pollutant detection.

KEY FEATURES

• Provides a deep understanding of the use of sensors in environmental water monitoring and pollutant detection
• Covers exciting topics like biological upcycling of plastic wastes into value-added chemicals
• Presents future research needs on biodegradation and scientific challenges in the mitigation of environmental pollutants
• Brings out the latest themes, such as eco-design study of bio-nanomaterials, bio-nanofilters, and assessment for the treatment of emerging pollutants
• Reviews the biodegradation of toxicants to improve the quality of water and air and environmental sustainability

This book is meant for scientists, ecologists, microbiologists, industry experts, researchers, students, innovators involved in biotechnology research, and policymakers focused on bioremediation.

Prof Kashyap Kumar Dubey is currently working as Professor at School of Biotechnology, JNU New Delhi. His research interests are in biochemical engineering and wastewater treatment which includes process development of value added pharmaceutical products through optimization of enzyme reactions and toxicological studies of micro-pollutants.

Prof Kamal K Pant is currently Director, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee and has been Petrotech Chair Professor and Dean Faculty and Head of the Chemical Engineering Department at IIT Delhi. He is working on cutting edge and futuristic technologies for coal to methanol conversion, e-waste treatment, waste plastic conversion, biomass valorization, etc. using catalysis and reaction engineering.

Prof. Ashok Pandey is currently Distinguished Scientist at the Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India. His major research and technological development interests are industrial & environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels & chemicals, waste to wealth, energy, industrial enzymes, etc.

Prof. Maria Ángeles Sanromán is the head of the Bioengineering & Sustainable Processes Group at the University of Vigo, Spain. Currently, main research lines carried out are Environmental Technology applied to soil and water remediation, Advanced Oxidation Processes; Reuse, Recycling & Valorisation of wastes; Green Chemistry and Catalyst.