Overview
- Brings out in-depth information on importance of microorganisms in the environment and their role in the degradation/removal of pollutants
- Highlights the uses and synthesis of value-added products by microbial reactions
- Provide detailed knowledge on the various emerging and eco-friendly approaches for the removal of contaminants including in wastewaters treatment and their useful by-products
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This book is about different Enzymes from various sources that play an important role in the degradation of an array of pollutants with simultaneous generation of value-added products.
This is an “Edited Book” which deals a comprehensive knowledge on the role of different microorganisms/their enzymes in the degradation of pollutants, wastewater treatment with simultaneous production of value added products. It also deals the current state, perspectives and various challenges associated with the microbial/enzymatic degradation of environmental pollutants.
This book will provide a profound knowledge on the importance of microorganisms/their enzymes in the degradation of pollutants like pesticides, antibiotics, toxic/hazardous chemicals, endocrine disrupting chemicals/compounds with production of value-added products like bioplastics for the sustainable development of society. It covers various existing wastewater treatment approaches using microorganisms alone and /or in combination of other methods with their merits, demerits and future prospects.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Ram Naresh Bharagava earned B.Sc. in Zoology, Botany and Chemistry from University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (U.P.), India and M.Sc. in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology (GBPUAT), Pantnagar, Uttarakhand (U.K.), India. Subsequently, he earned Ph.D., in Microbiology jointly from Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow and Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. Currently, Dr. R. N. Bharagava is working as Assistant Professor and actively engaged in teaching and research activities in Government sponsoredprojects on biodegradation and bioremediation of environmental pollutants at Department of Microbiology (DM), Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Central University, Lucknow (U.P.), India. He has published more than 75 research papers in National and International Journal of repute with 01 author and 09 edited books. He is also serving as reviewer for various national and international journals of his field. His major thrust areas of research are the Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology (Biodegradation and Bioremediation of Environmental Pollutants, Metagenomics, Ecotoxicology and Wastewater Microbiology). He is life member of the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), India, Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), Biotech Research Society (BRSI), and Academy of Environmental Biology (AEB)
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Enzymes for Pollutant Degradation
Editors: Sikandar I. Mulla, R. N. Bharagava
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4574-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-4573-0Published: 23 April 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-4576-1Published: 23 April 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-4574-7Published: 21 April 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 339
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Microbiology, Cell Biology, Biotechnology, Enzymology