Environmental Biotechnology Vol. 2

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-38198-1
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 251 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 468 g

Reihe: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World

This book provides the technological insight on biorefinery and nanoremediation and provides comprehensive reviews on applications of Biochar for environmental sustainability. Critical review on biosurfectants in food applications as well as sustainable agricultural practices has also been provided in this book. It also highlights the microbial-omics and microRNAs for protecting ecotoxicity. Overall, this book provides critical as well as comprehensive chapters on wastewater treatment using different technologies.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gothandam, K. M.

Ranjan, Shivendu

Dasgupta, Nandita

Lichtfouse, Eric

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Abwasseraufbereitung, Abwasserentsorgung
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Organische Chemie Polymerchemie
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Luftreinhaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Biochar technology for Environmental SustainabilityMahesh Ganesapillai, Aruna Singh and Dhanaraj Sangeetha
Chapter 2. Biorefinery: A Concept For Co-Producing Biofuel With Value Added ProductsEkambaram Nakkeeran and Senthil Nagappan
Chapter 3. Nanobioremediation technologies for potential application in Environmental CleanupSurbhi Sinha, Tithi Mehrotra, Ashutosh Srivastava, Arti Srivastava and Rachana Singh
Chapter 4. Biosurfactant in Food and Agricultural ApplicationS. Nalini, R. Parthasarathi and D. Inbakandan
Chapter 5. Influence of sustainable agricultural practices on healthy food cultivationRajesh K. Srivastava
Chapter 6. Application of Microbial Fuel Cells for Treatment of Paper and Pulp Industry Wastewater: Opportunities and ChallengesElangovan Elakkiya and Subramaniapillai Niju
Chapter 7. MicroRNAs as biomarkers for prediction of environmental health and toxicity: A systematic overviewPadmanaban S. Suresh, Abhishek Shetty, Neethu Mohan, Rie Tsutsumi and Thejaswini Venkatesh
Chapter 8. Microbial -omics: Role in ecological studies and environmental control measuresNeelam M. Nathani, Riddhi H. Rajyaguru, Ninian Prem Prashanth, Chandrashekar Mootapally and Bharti P Dave
Chapter 9. Wastewater: Sources of Pollutants and its RemediationRaghupatruni Lakshmi Manasa and Alka Mehta
Chapter 10. Biotechnological applications of fungal enzymes with special reference to bioremediationMadan L. Verma, Meenu Thakur, Jatinder S. Randhawa, Deepka Sharma, Akhilesh Thakur, Harmanpreet Meehnian and Asim K. Jana

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Gothandam K. M. is Professor in Department of Biotechnology, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore. His research interest includes Plant Molecular Biology, Plant and Microbial Metabolites, cancer biology, Environmental Biotechnology etc. He has published many scientific research and review articles in international peer-reviewed journals and also refereed many journals of high impact.

Dr. Shivendu Ranjan is scientist at the Chaperon Biotech, SIDBI Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. He is also serving as a senior research associate, adjunct, at the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His research interests include nanotechnology, nanomedicine, science policy and diplomacy. He is associate editor of Environmental Chemistry Letters and editorial board member of Biotechnology and Biotechnological Equipment. He has received 20 awards and honors.

Dr. Nandita Dasgupta has vast working experience in nanoscience and is working as Assistant Professor at Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow, India. She has worked on Mesenchymal stem cell derived exosomes for the treatment of uveitis. She has successfully engineered micro-vehicles for model drug molecules. Her areas of interest include nanomaterial fabrication and its applications in medicine, food, environment, agriculture and biomedical.She is the associate editor of Environmental Chemistry Letters. She has received several awards and recognitions from different national and international organizations.

Dr. Eric Lichtfouse is an environmental chemist working at the University of Aix-Marseille, France. He has invented carbon-13 dating. He is teaching scientific writing and communication, and has published the book Scientific Writing for Impact Factors. He is founder and Chief Editor of scientific journals and series in environmental chemistry and agriculture. He got the Analytical Chemistry Prize from the French Chemical Society, the Grand Prize of the Universities of Nancy and Metz, and a Journal Citation Award by the Essential Indicators.