Biotechnology in Environmental Monitoring and Pollution Abatement

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BioMed Research International
Biotechnology in Environmental
Monitoring and Pollution Abatement
Guest Editors: Kannan Pakshirajan, Eldon R. Rene,
and Aiyagari Ramesh
Biotechnology in Environmental Monitoring
and Pollution Abatement
BioMed Research International
Biotechnology in Environmental Monitoring
and Pollution Abatement
Guest Editors: Kannan Pakshirajan, Eldon R. Rene,
and Aiyagari Ramesh
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Contents
BiotechnologyinEnvironmentalMonitoringandPollutionAbatement,KannanPakshirajan,
EldonR.Rene,andAiyagariRamesh
Volume2014,ArticleID235472,4pages
DissolutionofArsenicMineralsMediatedbyDissimilatoryArsenateReducingBacteria:Estimationof
thePhysiologicalPotentialforArsenicMobilization,DrewniakLukasz,RajpertLiwia,
ManturAleksandra,andSklodowskaAleksandra
Volume2014,ArticleID841892,12pages
ProductionofBiodieselfromChlorellasp.EnrichedwithOysterShellExtracts,CheolSoonChoi,
WoonYongChoi,DoHyungKang,andHyeonYongLee
Volume2014,ArticleID105728,8pages
EnhancementofBiodieselProductionfromMarineAlga,Scenedesmussp.throughInSitu
TransesterificationProcessAssociatedwithAcidicCatalyst,GaVinKim,WoonYongChoi,
DoHyungKang,ShinYoungLee,andHyeonYongLee
Volume2014,ArticleID391542,11pages
DegradationofDiuronbyPhanerochaetechrysosporium:RoleofLigninolyticEnzymesand
CytochromeP450,JaquelinedaSilvaCoelho-Moreira,AdelarBracht,AlineCristinedaSilvadeSouza,
RoseleneFerreiraOliveira,AnacharisBabetodeSa´-Nakanishi,CristinaGiattiMarquesdeSouza,
andRosaneMarinaPeralta
Volume2013,ArticleID251354,9pages
TheUptakeMechanismofCd(II),Cr(VI),Cu(II),Pb(II),andZn(II)byMyceliaandFruitingBodiesof
Galerinavittiformis,DilnaDamodaran,RajMohanBalakrishnan,andVidyaK.Shetty
Volume2013,ArticleID149120,11pages
ToxicityofSuperparamagneticIronOxideNanoparticlesonGreenAlgaChlorellavulgaris,
LotfiBarhoumiandDavidDewez
Volume2013,ArticleID647974,11pages
DynamicsofIntracellularPolymersinEnhancedBiologicalPhosphorusRemovalProcessesunder
DifferentOrganicCarbonConcentrations,LizhenXing,LiRen,BoTang,GuangxueWu,andYuntaoGuan
Volume2013,ArticleID761082,8pages
KineticsofMolybdenumReductiontoMolybdenumBluebyBacillussp.StrainA.rzi,A.R.Othman,
N.A.Bakar,M.I.E.Halmi,W.L.W.Johari,S.A.Ahmad,H.Jirangon,M.A.Syed,andM.Y.Shukor
Volume2013,ArticleID371058,9pages
EnhancementofOxygenMassTransferandGasHoldupUsingPalmOilinStirredTankBioreactors
withXanthanSolutionsasSimulatedViscousFermentationBroths,SuhailaMohdSauid,
JagannathanKrishnan,TanHueyLing,andMurthyV.P.S.Veluri
Volume2013,ArticleID409675,9pages
BiohydrogenProductionandKineticModelingUsingSedimentMicroorganismsofPichavaram
Mangroves,India,P.Mullai,EldonR.Rene,andK.Sridevi
Volume2013,ArticleID265618,9pages
BackPropagationNeuralNetworkModelforPredictingthePerformanceofImmobilizedCellBiofilters
HandlingGas-PhaseHydrogenSulphideandAmmonia,EldonR.Rene,M.Estefan´ıaLo´pez,
JungHoonKim,andHungSuckPark
Volume2013,ArticleID463401,9pages
MicrobialPurificationofPostfermentationMediumafter1,3-PDProductionfromRawGlycerol,
DariaSzymanowska-PowaThlowska,JoannaPia¸tkowska,andKatarzynaLeja
Volume2013,ArticleID949107,7pages
EnvironmentalKuznetsCurveAnalysisoftheEconomicDevelopmentandNonpointSourcePollution
intheNingxiaYellowRiverIrrigationDistrictsinChina,ChunlanMao,NingningZhai,JingchaoYang,
YongzhongFeng,YanchunCao,XinhuiHan,GuangxinRen,GaiheYang,andQing-xiangMeng
Volume2013,ArticleID267968,7pages
PerformanceStudyofChromium(VI)RemovalinPresenceofPhenolinaContinuousPackedBed
ReactorbyEscherichiacoliIsolatedfromEastCalcuttaWetlands,BhaswatiChakraborty,SuvenduIndra,
DitipriyaHazra,RupalBetai,LalitagauriRay,andSrabantiBasu
Volume2013,ArticleID373412,8pages
Poly𝛽-HydroxybutyrateProductionbyBacillussubtilisNG220UsingSugarIndustryWasteWater,
GulabSingh,AnishKumari,ArpanaMittal,AnitaYadav,andNeerajK.Aggarwal
Volume2013,ArticleID952641,10pages
TreatmentofSlaughterHouseWastewaterinaSequencingBatchReactor:PerformanceEvaluationand
BiodegradationKinetics,PradyutKundu,AnupamDebsarkar,andSomnathMukherjee
Volume2013,ArticleID134872,11pages
PesticideResidueScreeningUsingaNovelArtificialNeuralNetworkCombinedwithaBioelectric
CellularBiosensor,KonstantinosP.Ferentinos,CostasP.Yialouris,PetrosBlouchos,Georgia
Moschopoulou,andSpyridonKintzios
Volume2013,ArticleID813519,8pages
Rhizobiumpongamiaesp.nov.fromRootNodulesofPongamiapinnata,VigyaKesari,
AadiMoolamRamesh,andLathaRangan
Volume2013,ArticleID165198,9pages
NaturalTreatmentSystemsasSustainableEcotechnologiesfortheDevelopingCountries,
QaisarMahmood,ArshidPervez,BibiSaimaZeb,HabibaZaffar,HajraYaqoob,MuhammadWaseem,
Zahidullah,andSumeraAfsheen
Volume2013,ArticleID796373,19pages
PersistentOrganicPollutantsInducedProteinExpressionandImmunocrossreactivityby
StenotrophomonasmaltophiliaPM102:AProspectiveBioremediatingCandidate,
PiyaliMukherjeeandPranabRoy
Volume2013,ArticleID714232,9pages
EnhancedRemovalofaPesticidesMixturebySingleCulturesandConsortiaofFreeandImmobilized
StreptomycesStrains,Mar´ıaS.Fuentes,GabrielaE.Bricen˜o,JulianaM.Saez,ClaudiaS.Benimeli,
Mar´ıaC.Diez,andMar´ıaJ.Amoroso
Volume2013,ArticleID392573,9pages
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Volume 2014, Article ID 235472, 4 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/235472
Editorial
Biotechnology in Environmental Monitoring and
Pollution Abatement
KannanPakshirajan,1EldonR.Rene,2andAiyagariRamesh1
1DepartmentofBiotechnology,IndianInstituteofTechnologyGuwahati,Guwahati781039,Assam,India
2PollutionPreventionandResourceRecoveryChairGroup,DepartmentofEnvironmentalEngineering
andWaterTechnology,UNESCO-IHEInstituteforWaterEducation,Westvest7,2611AXDelft,TheNetherlands
CorrespondenceshouldbeaddressedtoKannanPakshirajan;[email protected]
Received9March2014;Accepted9March2014;Published23April2014
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cited.
In recent years, the demand for the use of sustainable and practical implications in emerging fields of environmental
eco-friendlyenvironmentalprocessesisrapidlygrowingsub- biotechnology. This special issue highlights certain chal-
jectedtoeconomic,public,andlegislationpressure.Biotech- lenging issues pertaining to environmental monitoring and
nology provides a plethora of opportunities for effectively pollutionabatementthatcanbecategorizedintofivethematic
addressing issues pertainingto themonitoring,assessment, researchareas.
modeling, and treatment of contaminated water, air, and
Environmental Monitoring and Modeling. In developing
solidwastestreams.Inthiscontext,sourcetrackingofenvi-
countries, water, air, and soil pollution has become a per-
ronmentalpollutantsandprocessmodelingusingbiological
sisting environmental problem due to rapid industrializa-
basedmethodsarebecomingincreasinglyimportant,mainly
tion and urbanization. Using environmental Kuznets curve
owingtotheaccuracyandrobustnessofsuchtechniques.The
(EKC)itwasobservedthat,duringearlystagesofeconomic
different biotechniques available nowadays, thus, represent
development in a particular region, the environment paid
bothwell-establishedandnovel(bio)technologies,although
a high price for economic growth as the human race used
severalaspectsoftheirperformancearestilltobetested.For
technology to exploit all possible valuable resources. Nev-
instance,theuseofnovelbiocatalystsandreactordesigns,the
ertheless, in agricultural areas, N, P, and K compounds are
understandingofmicrobialcommunitydynamicsandmech-
easily transported by farmland drainage and surface water
anismsoccurringwithina(bio)reactor,andtheassessmentof
to valuable water resources resultingin the deteriorationof
theperformanceof(bio)reactorsduringlong-termoperation
water quality that warrants the use of novel biosensors to
anditsmodeling.Ifthesemechanismsareunderstoodandthe
monitor water quality. Recently, it has been proposed that
barriers are overcome, novel biotechniques will potentially
cellular-basedbiosensortechnologies,thatis,thebioelectric
changethewayusersrebuildtechnologiesforthesustainable
recognitionassay(BERA),utilizelive,functionalcellsinagel
use of different biological processes for wastewater, air, and
matrixcoupledwithasensorsystemthatisabletomeasure
solidwastetreatment.
changesinthecellularelectricproperties.Cellsthatareable
This special issue received 34 research/review articles
tospecificallyinteractwithatargetanalyteproduceaunique
over a period of 6 months, of which 21 high-quality papers
patternofelectricalpotentialasaresultoftheirinteraction
(62%) were accepted for publication following a double
withthisanalyte.
blind peer-review process. These accepted papers focus on
the various fundamental and applied engineering aspects Concerningmodeling,traditionally,theperformanceof
of different techniques and processes that have potential many bioprocesses [1] has been modeled/predicted using
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process-based models that are based on mass balanceprin- (7) “Toxicityofsuperparamagneticironoxidenanoparti-
ciples,simplereactionkinetics,andaplugflowofwater/air clesongreenalgaChlorellavulgaris” byL.Barhoumi
stream. An alternate modeling procedure consists of a data andD.Dewez.
driven approach wherein the principles of artificial intelli-
(8) “Enhanced removal of a pesticides mixture by single
gence(AI)areappliedwiththehelpofneuralnetworks[2,3].
culturesandconsortiaoffreeandimmobilizedStrepto-
The concept of neural network modeling has widespread
mycesstrains”byM.S.Fuentesetal.
applicationsinthefieldsofappliedbiosciencesandbioengi-
neering. The following research papers (1–3) were accepted
underthiscategory. BiofuelsProduction.Biohydrogenproductionthroughanaer-
obic fermentation is a sustainable alternative for managing
(1) “Environmental Kuznets curve analysis of the eco- the recent (dogging) energy crisis and creating a sustain-
nomic development and nonpoint source pollution in ablegreenenvironment.Fermentativehydrogenproduction
theNingxiaYellowRiverirrigationdistrictsinChina” processes are technically feasible and economically cost-
byC.Maoetal. competitive and have large-scale commercialization impli-
cations [6, 7]. Besides some of the pure microbial species,
(2) “Backpropagationneuralnetworkmodelforpredicting
thatcanbeusedtoproducebiofuels,asoflate,itwasshown
theperformanceofimmobilizedcellbiofiltershandling
that microbes present in the sediments of mangroves have
gas-phase hydrogen sulphide and ammonia” by E. R.
thecapabilitytoyieldbiohydrogen.Mangrovesedimentsare
Reneetal.
inherently rich in organic content and offer the following
(3) “Pesticide residue screening using a novel artificial advantages:flexiblesubstrateutilizationandthesimplicityof
neural network combined with a bioelectric cellular handling,nomajorstorageproblems,minimalpreculturing
biosensor”byK.P.Ferentinosetal. requirements, and sediments being available at low cost.
Alternatively, the development of (bio)energy using marine
andfreshwatermicroalgaeasa3rdgenerationbiomassfeed-
Pollutant Removal and Toxicity. Environmental pollutants
stockhasalsobeenexploredrecentlybecausemicroalgaecan
such as heavy metals and pesticides are commonly present
growfastwithhighspecificgrowthratesandhaveexcellent
inwateremanatingfromacidminedrainageorotherindus-
tries and from agricultural runoffs. These toxic pollutants CO2 absorption capacity and better regulation of lipid and
sugar content under various culture conditions. Microalgae
can accumulate in living organisms and produce adverse
exhibitahighphotosyntheticefficiencyandastrongcapacity
effect such as carcinogenicity and acute toxicity. Complete
toadapttotheenvironment(e.g.,highsalinity,heavymetal
mineralizationand/orremovalofthesepollutantsandtheir
toxic byproducts can be achieved using biological process ioncontent,presenceoftoxicants,andhighCO2 concentra-
tion).Thefollowingpapers(9–11)describetheproductionof
thatusesactivebacterial/fungal/mixedmicrobialcultures[4].
biohydrogenandbiodiesel.
Microbialconsortiahavebeenshowntobemoresuitablefor
bioremediationofrecalcitrantcompoundssuchaspesticide
(9) “Biohydrogen production and kinetic modeling using
residues, as their biodiversity supports environmental sur-
sediment microorganisms of Pichavaram mangroves,
vivalandincreasesthenumberofcatabolicpathwaysavail-
India”byP.Mullaietal.
able for contaminant biodegradation. In the case of heavy
metalcontaminatedwastewaters,biosorptionhasemergedas (10) “Production of biodiesel from Chlorella sp. enriched
apromisinglow-costmethodologywhereinbiologicalcata- withoystershellextracts”byC.S.Choietal.
lystsareemployedtoremoveandrecoverheavymetalsfrom
(11) “Enhancement of biodiesel production from marine
aqueous solutions [5]. The metal removal mechanism is a
alga,Scenedesmussp.throughinsitutransesterification
complexprocessthatdependsonthechemistryofmetalions,
processassociatedwithacidiccatalyst”byG.V.Kimet
cellwallcompositionsofmicroorganisms,physiologyofthe
al.
organism,andphysicochemicalfactorslikepH,temperature,
time,ionicstrength,andmetalconcentration.Thefollowing
papers(4–8)wereselectedforpublicationunderthissection Microbial Products for the Environment. With increasing
ofthespecialissue. concern for the natural environment, biosynthetic and
biodegradablebiopolymerssuchaspoly-𝛽-hydroxybutyrate
(4) “Dissolution of arsenic minerals mediated by dissim- (PHB)haveattractedgreatinterestbecauseoftheirexcellent
ilatory arsenate reducing bacteria: estimation of the biodegradabilityandbeingenvironmentallybenignandsus-
physiologicalpotentialforarsenicmobilization” byD. tainable.ThehighproductioncostofPHBcanbecurtailedby
Lukaszetal. straindevelopment,improvingfermentationandseparation
processes, and using inexpensive carbon source. Due to
(5) “Kinetics of molybdenum reduction to molybdenum
recentadvancementsinfermentationtechnologyandallied
bluebyBacillussp.strainA.rzi” byA.R.Othmanet
sciences, alternative purification solutions are under inves-
al.
tigation, among which microbiological ways of utilization
(6) “The uptake mechanism of Cd(II), Cr(VI), Cu(II), of byproducts are very interesting and promising. Such a
Pb(II), and Zn(II) by mycelia and fruiting bodies of solution could result in better overall process productivity
Galerinavittiformis”byD.Damodaranetal. andfacilitatethedownstreamprocessing.Concerningtheuse
BioMedResearchInternational 3
ofenzymes,owingtoitslignolyticenzymesystem,thewhite- world[9].Forthe(bio)treatmentofslaughterhousewastew-
rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium has been applied ater, sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) were recommended
in many bioremediation studies [8]. Its ability to degrade a as one of the best options because they are capable of
varietyofpollutantsisthusrelatedtotheproductionoflignin removing organic carbon, nutrients, and suspended solids
peroxidaseandmanganeseperoxidase,twolignin-modifying from wastewater in a single tank and also have low capital
enzymesgenerallyexpressedundernitrogen-limitedculture and operational costs. In order to maintain the long-term
conditions, as well as to the intracellular cytochrome P450 performanceofbioreactors(e.g.,stirredtankbioreactor),var-
system. Another practical aspect worth highlighting in this iousstrategiestoimprovetheoxygentransferinbioreactors
section is the use of an enhanced biological phosphorus havebeenproposed,forinstance,dispersinganonaqueous,
removal (EBPR) for phosphorus removal from wastewa- organic,secondliquid-phasethatisimmiscibletothesystem.
ters. In EBPR, alternative anaerobic and aerobic phases are Thepresenceofthisorganicphasemodifiesthemediumin
adoptedandpolyphosphateaccumulatingorganisms(PAOs) suchawaythatitcouldcarrymoreoxygenandthisapproach
withexcessphosphorusaccumulationabilitycanbeenriched. was found successful in the past. The organic phase has
Duringtheanaerobicphase, PAOs takeup organiccarbons strongaffinityforoxygensothatitcanincreasetheapparent
such as acetate and propionate and store them as intracel- solubility of oxygen in water, which in turn increases the
lular polymers such as PHBs, with polyphosphate as the specific activity of microorganisms, yielding high removal
energy source and glycogen as the reducing power source. of target pollutant in bioreactors. In this special issue, four
The metabolism of PAOs and dynamics of polymers under papers (18–21) deal with the operational characteristics of
different organic carbon concentrations deserves in-depth naturalandconventionalbioprocessesandtheiradvantages
examination in order to elucidate the function of polymers totreatspecificindustrialwastewaters.
in EBPR. Investigating the dynamics of polymers under
(18) “Enhancementofoxygenmasstransferandgasholdup
endogenousrespirationconditionswillalsoprovidesolutions
usingpalmoilinstirredtankbioreactorswithxanthan
for controlling and adjusting the EBPR performance under
solutionsassimulatedviscousfermentationbroths”by
loworganiccarboninducedshockconditions.Thefollowing
S.M.Sauidetal.
papers(12–17)wereacceptedforpublicationunderthetheme
of“microbialproductionfortheenvironment.” (19) “Treatment of slaughter house wastewater in a
sequencingbatchreactor:performanceevaluationand
(12) “DegradationofdiuronbyPhanerochaetechrysospo- biodegradationkinetics”byP.Kunduetal.
rium: role of ligninolytic enzymes and cytochrome
(20) “Performancestudyofchromium(VI)removalinpres-
P450”byJ.daSilvaCoelho-Moreiraetal.
ence of phenol in a continuous packed bed reactor by
(13) “Dynamicsofintracellularpolymersinenhancedbio- EscherichiacoliisolatedfromEastCalcuttawetlands”
logical phosphorus removal processes under different byB.Chakrabortyetal.
organiccarbonconcentrations”byL.Xingetal.
(21) “Naturaltreatmentsystemsassustainableecotechnolo-
(14) “Microbial purification of postfermentation medium giesforthedevelopingcountries”byQ.Mahmoodetal.
after 1,3-PD production from raw glycerol” by D.
Itisquiteapparentfromthediscussionsandconclusions
Szymanowska-Powałowskaetal.
madebytheauthorsfromthepaperspublishedinthisspecial
(15) “Rhizobiumpongamiaesp.nov.fromrootnodulesof issue,aswellasotherrecentlypublishedscientificliterature
Pongamiapinnata”byV.Kesarietal. related to environmental research, that there is an urgent
need to translate most of the lab-based research into field-
(16) “Persistentorganicpollutantsinducedproteinexpres-
based research in order to witness sustainable solutions to
sionandimmunocrossreactivitybyStenotrophomonas
persisting environmental problems. Future research should
maltophiliaPM102:aprospectivebioremediatingcan-
focus/addresscrucialissuespertainingto(i)biomarkersfor
didate”byP.MukherjeeandP.Roy.
environmentalpollutants,(ii)developmentofnewbiosensors
(17) “Poly 𝛽-hydroxybutyrate production by Bacillus sub- forenvironmentalmonitoring,(iii)developmentofnewbio-
tilis NG220 using sugar industry wastewater” by G. catalysts(bacteria,fungi,yeast,andalgae)forenvironmental
Singhetal. applications, (iv) development of innovative bioreactors for
wastewaterandairpollutioncontrol,and(v)studiesonthe
Eco-EfficientBioprocessesfortheEnvironment.Nutrient-rich socioeconomicimplicationsandtechnologicalevaluationof
wastewater streams when discharged into receiving water newbioprocesses.
bodies often lead to undesirable problems such as algal Wefirmlybelievethatthecollectionofpaperspresented
blooms, eutrophication, and oxygen deficit. For such com- in thisspecial issue will stimulateinterest withinthe global
monly reported situations in many developing countries, researchcommunityandwouldhelppeersintheirresearch
advanced treatment technologies cannot be applied to treat pursuits.
wastewaterduetotherequirementofhighenergyandskilled
labor force, high operating and maintenance costs. Under Acknowledgments
such conditions, low-cost natural treatment systems can be
effectively used not only for waste treatment, but also for Wearegratefultoalltheauthorsfortheirgeneroussupport
conserving biological communities in poor nations of the and dedication and for submitting high-quality papers to
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this special issue. The final outcome of this special issue
wouldnothavebeenpossiblewithoutthesupportofexpert
reviewers for contributing their knowledge and providing
criticalinsightduringthereviewprocess.Wewouldalsolike
to thank the respective organizations, IIT Guwahati, India,
and UNESCO-IHE, The Netherlands, for supporting our
editorialdisseminationandoutreachactivities.
KannanPakshirajan
EldonR.Rene
AiyagariRamesh
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