Biotechnological Applications in Environmental Management

Contents: 1. Removal of heavy metals by wetlands/Himanshu Joshi and Md. Shafiqul Islam. 2. Phytoremediation of metals by Azolla Rubra/K.J. Shiny, K.N. Remani, E. Nirmala and V.K. Sasidharan. 3. Phytoremediation of heavy metal contaminated soils: role of natural and synthetic chelatins/Moyukh Ghosh and S.P. Singh. 4. Modelling of air-lift bio-reactor with external magnetic field/Amit K. Harode, Rahul A. Patil, R.L. Sonolikar and S.L. Pandharipande. 5. Chemical composition of vermicompost and vermimeal (biomass) produced by the epigeic earthworm, eisenia foetida in semiarid region of Karnataka/Pulikeshi M. Biradar and S.D. Amoji. 6. Phytoremediation of RDX to HMX by ophiophogon blackei and lycopersicon sps/Sarvar Khan, Satinder K. Brar and Kshipra Misra. 7. Use of phosphate solubilizing bacteria for supplementing. Phosphorus in transplanted rice/P.K. Deka and H.C. Bhattacharyya. 8. An underground daily fed field plant for biogas production from undiluted cattle dung/R.K. Malik. 9. Removal of Chromium (VI) by natural renewable resources/R.K. Srivastava, A.K. Ayachi and Mona Mishra. 10. Micro-organisms and their role in phosphate solubilization/H.C. Lakshman, P.A. Hosamani and L.B. Kadam. 11. Plants for bioremediation of contaminated land/Moyukh Ghosh and S.P. Singh. 12. Vermicomposting of kitchen wastes/A.K. Sannigrahi and S. Chakrabortty. 13. Chromium uptake by rice: potential for phytoremediation of contaminated chromite mine environment/S. Sayed, B.N. Sahoo and H.K. Patra. 14. Cyanobacteria (Blue Green Algae) biofertilizer for rice/Siba P. Adhikary. 15. Waste management by vermiculture at global level using earthworms/R.K. Srivastava and Purnima A. Beohar. 16. Biosorption of heavy metals by microbes (a review)/Indu Bajwa and Anjali Pandey. 17. Legumes: importance in the revegetation of overburden dumps/Kumar Nikhil. 18. Anaerobic treatment - a method for deinking news paper waste/Pradnya Navalkar and R.H. Balasubramanya. 19. Enrichment of lignocellulosic materials with microbial proteins by solid state fermentation - an inexpensive method of preparing cattle feed/A.A. Kathe and R.H. Balasubramanya. 20. Phyto-remediation of organic pollutants/Jitender Sharma, Vikram Saini, Avtar Singh and Narender Singh. 21. Phytoremediation of soil contaminated with heavy metals/Rajesh Kumar, Jitender Sharma and Parshant Gaur. 22. Sludge Granulation Processes in Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) reactors/Jitender Sharma, Avtar Singh and Rajesh Kumar. 23. Biodegradation of lignin: a search for valuable products/P. Malliga and V. Viswajith. 24. Enzymatic cotton delinting: an attempt to utilize linters as a byproduct/R.B. Somani, V.R. Gupta and Ritu Thakare. 25. A review of phytoremediation technology: a quest for clean and green environment/Satinder K. Brar, Surekha Parthasarathy and Kshripa Misra. 26. Bioaerosols in environmental perspective/P. Chandra Mouli, S. Jayarama Reddy and S. Venkata Mohan. 27. Eco-friendly utilization of biocolours as a redeemer to curb artificial dye pollution/K. Mallika and A. Lakshmanan. 28. Studies on phytoremediation of soil contaminated with nitro compounds/Sarvar Khan, S.K. Singh and Satinder K. Brar. 29. Biopesticides use: a future trend in agriculture/M.H. Fulekar. 30. Use of earthworms for sound environment and sustainable agriculture/P.K. Deka, H.C. Bhattacharya and S.K. Paul. 31. Removal and reuse of iron from industrial waste waters using microorganisms/Asha Lata Singh and P.N. Sarmac. 32. Chemical composition of vermicompost and vermimeal (biomass) produced by the epigeic earthworm, eisenia foetida in semiarid region of Karnataka/Pulikeshi M. Biradar and S.D. Amoji. 33. Biofouling and marine environmental biotechnology/V. Wilsanand. 34. Periodic discontinuous biological operation to enhance process efficiency of wastewater remediation/S. Venkata Mohan, N. Chandrasekhara Rao and P.N. Sharma. 35. Water hyacinth - a green tool for the sustainable development of coalfield areas/Kumar Nikhil. 36. Identifying specialist microbial cultures and determining their roles in wastewater treatment using Fluorescence in situ Hybridisation (FISH)/Tim Robinson, Bruce Jefferson and Poonam Nigam. 37. Studies on aerobic biodegradation of trichlorophenol using phanerochaete chrysosporium. 38. Studies on aerobic biodegradation of aromatic amine (Aniline) using phanerochaete chrysosporium/Sk Masud Hossain and S.H. Ibrahim.

"Environmental Biotechnology has emerged as a very important and promising discipline in the last two decades. Biotechnology has shown a great promise in solving a plethora of environmental problems. This book fills a long felt gap in the field and presents research articles/review papers authored by most active researchers in this area. Broadly the topics covered are: Waste Management, Sludge Management, UASB reactor, microbes for heavy metal uptake, SBR technology, specialist microbial culture for wastewater treatment and aerobiodegradation of organic compounds. A number of papers deal with biopesticides and biocolours. Considerable emphasis in the book is given on phytoremediation of contaminated soils and waters for pesticides, heavy metals, complex organic compounds, nitro compounds, RDX & HMX.

Earthworm Biotechnology is also dealt extensively in the book. Aquatic plants based biotechnological applications in pollution control as well as use of these plants as compost, biofertilizers etc., are also discussed. Biofertilizer biotechnology encompassing blue-green algae and phosphate solubilizing microorganisms are extensively covered. Various other topics covered in the book are biotechnology in solving mining area problems, enzymatic cotton delinting, removal and reuse of several environmental contaminants, biogas technology, bioaerosols in environmental perspectives. Marine environmental biotechnology and control of biofouling are also pat of this book.

The book will be highly useful to the teachers, students and researchers in biotechnology, environmental science, microbiology, botany, zoology, environmental engineering and many other disciplines." (jacket)