Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology : Volume 1: Biovalorization of Solid Wastes and Wastewater Treatment

This book provides up-to-date information on the state of the art in applications of biotechnological and microbiological tools for protecting the environment. Written by leading international experts, it discusses potential applications of biotechnological and microbiological techniques in solid waste management, wastewater treatment, agriculture, energy and environmental health. This first volume of the book “Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology,” covers three main topics: Solid waste management, Agriculture utilization and Water treatment technology, exploring the latest developments from around the globe regarding applications of biotechnology and microbiology for converting wastes into valuable products and at the same time reducing the environmental pollution resulting from disposal. Wherever possible it also includes real-world examples. Further, it offers advice on which procedures should be followed to achieve satisfactory results, and provides insights that will promote the transition to the sustainable utilization of various waste products. Front Matter ....Pages i-xx Perspectives of Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology (Anoop Singh, Dheeraj Rathore, Deepak Pant, Shaili Srivastava)....Pages 1-16 Front Matter ....Pages 17-17 Towards Waste Valorization: A Promising and Sustainable Approach of Waste Management (Goldy Shah, Dhruv Singh, Shivali Sahota, Pooja Ghosh)....Pages 19-34 Bioplastics: A Green Approach Toward Sustainable Environment (Pratibha Singh, Roli Verma)....Pages 35-53 Microbial Procession During Decomposition of Organic Wastes (Mohd Arshad Siddiqui, R. Hiranmai Yadav)....Pages 55-67 Electronic Waste Management: Challenges and Opportunities (Deepak Pant, Tenzin Dolker, Somvir Bajar, Anita Singh)....Pages 69-90 Heavy Metal Pollution: An Insight Towards Its Infiltration, Impact and Remediation (M. K. Ramkumar, K. Preeti, K. Varuna, Maulin P. Shah, S. Senthil Kumar)....Pages 91-112 Biotransformation of Chitinous Waste into Value-Added Products (Manish Kumar, Vivekanand Vivekanand, Nidhi Pareek)....Pages 113-139 Front Matter ....Pages 141-141 Utilization and Management of Agricultural Wastes for Bioenergy Production, Weed Control, and Soil Improvement Through Microbial and Technical Processes (Nicholas E. Korres)....Pages 143-173 Plant Tissue Culture: Beyond Being a Tool for Genetic Engineering (Deepak Sehgal, Tanveer Khan)....Pages 175-200 Microbial and Biotechnological Approaches in the Production of Biofertilizer (P. S. Renjith, K. R. Sheetal, Sandeep Kumar, Jairam Choudhary, Shiv Prasad)....Pages 201-219 A Prelude of Plant Strategies to Deal with the Peril of Salinity: An Archive of Regulatory Responses (Suruchi Singh, Bhavna Jaiswal, S. B. Agrawal, Madhoolika Agrawal)....Pages 221-252 Front Matter ....Pages 253-253 Prime Techniques for Pre- and Post-Treatments of Anaerobic Effluents and Solids (Suman Bajracharya, Nabin Aryal, Jayesh M. Sonawane, Suman Kharel, Shalik Ram Sharma, Deepak Pant)....Pages 255-289 Nanoscale Materials and their Potential Application in Potable Water and Wastewater Treatment (Sumistha Das, Nitai Debnath)....Pages 291-308 Efficiency of Graphene-Based Forward Osmosis Membranes (Hanaa M. Hegab, Ranwen Qu, Christopher P. Saint, Linda Zou, Deepak Pant, Milena Ginic-Markovic et al.)....Pages 309-334 Constructed Wetland: A Green Technology for Wastewater Treatment (Ashutosh Kumar Choudhary, Parveen Kumar)....Pages 335-363 Back Matter ....Pages 365-371 Chapter 1. Perspectives of Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology -- Chapter 2. Towards waste valorization: A promising and sustainable approach of waste management -- Chapter 3. Bioplastics: A Green Approach toward Sustainable Environment -- Chapter 4. Microbial procession during decomposition of organic wastes -- Chapter 5. Electronic waste management: Challenges and opportunities -- Chapter 6. Heavy metal pollution: An insight towards its infiltration, impact and remediation -- Chapter 7. Biotransformation of Chitinous Waste into Value-added Products -- Chapter 8. Utilization and management of agricultural wastes for bioenergy production, weed control and soil improvement through microbial and technical processes -- Chapter 9. Plant Tissue Culture: Beyond being a Tool for genetic engineering -- Chapter 10. Microbial and Biotechnological approaches in the production of biofertilizer -- Chapter 11. A prelude of plant strategies to deal with the peril of salinity: an archive of regulatory responses -- Chapter 12. Prime techniques for Pre-and post-treatments of anaerobic effluents and solids -- Chapter 13. Nanoscale Materials and Their Potential Application in Potable Water and Waste Water Treatment -- Chapter 14. Efficiency of Graphene-based Forward Osmosis Membranes -- Chapter 15. Constructed Wetland: A Green Technology for Wastewater Treatment.