Enzymes for Pollutant Degradation

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.

List of contents

1 Oxidoreductases for removal of environmental pollutants.- 2 Synthesis of industrial enzymes from lignocellulosic fractions.- 3 Pleurotus-derived laccases, immobilization, and bioremediation applications.- 4 Microbial lipases for polyester degradation.- 5 Application of Microbial Biofilms in Biocatalysis and Biodegradation.- 6 Pyrethroid-degrading microorganisms and their potential application for the bioremediation of contaminated environments.- 7 Bacterial Biodegradation of Phenolic Hydrocarbons.- 8 Biosorption of Industrial wastewater by microalgae.- 9 Plastic degradation and utilization by microbes: Challenges and scope.- 10 Marine Microorganisms: From pollutant degradation to added-value products.- 11 Biodegradation of pesticides used in the agriculture by soil microorganisms.- 12 Probiotic enzymes in biodegradation and value-added products.- 13 Current state, challenges and perspectives on microbial degradation of dioxine and furan.- 14 The Management of Crude Oil Spill by Bioremediation Technique.- 15 Bacterial Pigments- an Untapped Colorful Microbial World.- 16 Bioinoculants for rapid production of vermicompost.- 17 Microbial-mediated mechanism to improve rock phosphate solubilization and its agronomic implications.

About the author

Dr. Sikandar I. Mulla is working as an Assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry, School of Applied Sciences, REVA University, Bangalore, Karnataka State, India. He has completed his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Department of Biochemistry, Karnatak University, Dharwad, India. Soon after the completion of his Ph.D., he has joined as a Teaching Assistant (Equivalent to Assistant Professor) in the Department of Biochemistry, Karnatak University. Thereafter, he got a prestigious TWAS-CAS Post-Doctoral fellowship and joined as a TWAS-CAS Post-Doctoral Researcher at Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, China. He also worked as a Post-Doctoral researcher at Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea. Presently, few Ph.D., students are working under his supervision. He has published more than 77 articles in reputed journals (International and National), 19 Book Chapters in Edited Books (Elsevier and Springer Publisher) and 1 Book (Lambert academy publishing, Herstellung, Germany). He also a member of review in several reputed international journals. Dr. Sikandar I. Mulla has keen interest in bioremediation of pollutants, biofuel and value-added product synthesis, enzyme immobilization, gene cloning, plant-microbial interactions and green synthesis of nanoparticles.

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)

Product details

• Assisted by: R. N. Bharagava (Editor), Sikandar I Mulla (Editor), Sikandar I. Mulla (Editor), N Bharagava (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.05.2023
• EAN: 9789811645761
• ISBN: 978-981-1645-76-1
• No. of pages: 339
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 18 mm x 235 mm
• Illustrations: VIII, 339 p. 1 illus.
• Series: Microorganisms for Sustainability; Microorganisms for Sustainabil
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Microbiology