Table Of ContentEnvironmental and Microbial Biotechnology
Ram Prasad Editor
Environmental
Pollution and
Remediation
Environmental and Microbial
Biotechnology
SeriesEditor
RamPrasad,DepartmentofBotany,MahatmaGandhiCentralUniversity,
Motihari,Bihar,India
Innovative and novel advances in microbial biotechnology are providing great
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apply principles of biology to different arenas of science. Sustainable elucidations
are emerging to address the concerns on improving crop productivity through
microbes, depleting natural resources, environmental pollution, microbial
degradation of pollutants, nanomaterials, nanotoxicity & safety issues, safety of
food & agricultural products etc. Simultaneously, there is an increasing demand
for natural bio-products of therapeutic and industrial significance (in the areas of
healthcare, environmental remediation, microbial biotechnology). Growing aware-
ness and an increased attention on environmental issues such as climate change,
energyuse,andlossofnon-renewableresourceshavecarriedoutasuperiorquality
for research that provides potential solutions to these problems. Emerging
microbiome approaches potentially can significantly increase agriculture
productivity & human healthcare and henceforth can contribute to meet several
sustainabledevelopmentgoals.
The main objectives have provided an impetus for research on plants and
microorganisms that produce novel bio-products with variable properties and
understanding their mechanisms of action at cellular and molecular level. Hence,
research activities of the environmental and microbial Biotechnology are
comprehensively focused up on major sectors viz., bioresources, biorefining,
bioremediation of organic and inorganic pollutants, environmental risk analysis of
microorganisms, environmental assessment using microbiological indicators,
enzymes for environment, food & industrial applications, nanomaterials &
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Environmental Pollution
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RamPrasad
DepartmentofBotany
MahatmaGandhiCentralUniversity
Motihari,Bihar,India
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Contents
1 NanotechnologyinAgriculture,theFoodSector,andRemediation:
Prospects,Relations,andConstraints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
AnnaGorczyca,EwaPociecha,andEwelinaMatras
2 Nanotechnology-BasedTreatmentSystemsforArsenicSequestration
inGroundwater:Contamination,ChallengesandFutureScope
ofStudies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
AjayKumar,PankajKumarGupta,andSanjayKumarGupta
3 DevelopmentofPolyhydroxyalkanoate(PHA)andItsCopolymers
asaPossible“Cure”forthePlasticPollution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
RamamoorthiSivashankariandTakeharuTsuge
4 AdvancedTechnologiesforEcologicalReconstructionand
BioremediationofDegradedLand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
MarianButu,IoanSarac,MihaelaCorneanu,andMonicaButnariu
5 TheRecentStrategiesEmployedinChemicalAnalysis
ofContaminatedWaters,SedimentsandSoilsasaPart
oftheRemediationProcess:Extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
LuciaNemčekandIngridHagarová
6 FluorideRemediationUsingMembraneProcesses. . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
VijaylaxmiandSuphiyaKhan
7 ATwo-StageConstructedWetlandDesignIntegratingArtificial
AerationandSludgeMineralizationforMunicipalWastewater
Treatment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
AlexandrosI.Stefanakis
8 PersistentOrganicPollutants(POPs):Sources,Types,Impacts,
andTheirRemediation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
AmtulBariTabindaAkhtar,SamraNaseem,AbdullahYasar,
andZunairaNaseem
9 EmergingMicrofiberPollutionandItsRemediation. . . . . . . . . . . . 247
SunandaMishra,PrasantKumarRout,andAlokPrasadDas
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10 EnvironmentRemediationTools:ChemosensorsandBiosensors. . 267
J.Brindha,MilindShrinivasDangate,andM.M.Balamurali
11 AdsorptiveChromatography:ASustainableStrategyforTreatment
ofFoodandPharmaceuticalIndustrialEffluents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
AnandS.Gupta,PiyushKumar,SoumyaPandit,andRamPrasad
12 RemediationofHeavyMetalsThroughGeneticallyEngineered
Microorganism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
NeerjaSrivastava
13 HeavyMetalRemovalProcessesbySulfate-ReducingBacteria. . . . 367
MaríaIsabelNeria-GonzálezandRicardoAguilar-López
14 BiologicalImplicationsofDioxins/FuransBioaccumulationin
Ecosystems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
JoseGnanaleelaAswinJeno,RavichandranRathna,
andEkambaramNakkeeran
15 TheRoleofMicroorganismsinRemediationofEnvironmental
Contaminants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
GaganpreetKaur,DamanjeetKaur,andSaurabhGupta
16 Causes,EffectsandSustainableApproachestoRemediate
ContaminatedSoil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
MeenuGautam,SrishtiMishra,andMadhoolikaAgrawal
Editor and Contributors
About the Editor
RamPrasad ispresentlyworkingasanAssociatePro-
fessorintheDepartmentofBotanyat MahatmaGandhi
CentralUniversity,Motihari,Bihar,India.Hisresearch
interest includes applied and environmental microbiol-
ogy, plant-microbe-interactions, sustainable agriculture
and nanobiotechnology. Dr. Prasad has more than one
175publicationstohiscredit,includingresearchpapers,
reviewarticlesandbookchaptersaswellasfivepatents
issued or pending, and has edited or authored several
books. Dr. Prasad has 12 years of teaching experience
and has been awarded the Young Scientist Award and
Prof.J.S.DattaMunshiGoldMedalbytheInternational
SocietyforEcologicalCommunications;FSABfellow-
ship by the Society for Applied Biotechnology; the
American Cancer Society UICC International Fellow-
ship for Beginning Investigators, USA; Outstanding
Scientist Award in the field of Microbiology by Venus
InternationalFoundation;andBRICPLScienceInvesti-
gator Award and Research Excellence Award. He has
been serving as editorial board member of Frontiers in
Microbiology,FrontiersinNutrition,AcademiaJournal
of Biotechnology, Phyton, International Journal of
Experimental Botany, Archives of Phytopathology and
Plant Protection, Journal of Renewable Materials,
Biocell,IETNanobiotechnology,includingSerieseditor
of Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences, Springer
Nature,USA.Previously,Dr.PrasadservedasAssistant
Professor, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India;
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Whiting School of Engi-
neering, Department of Mechanical Engineering at
JohnsHopkinsUniversity,USA;andResearchAssoci-
ate Professor at School of Environmental Science and
Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou,
China.
Contributors
Madhoolika Agrawal Laboratory of Air Pollution and Global Climate Change,
Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi,
India
Ricardo Aguilar-López Departamento de Biotecnología y Bioingeniería,
CINVESTAV-IPN,CiudaddeMéxico,México
Amtul Bari Tabinda Akhtar Sustainable Development Study Centre, Govern-
mentCollegeUniversity,Lahore,Pakistan
M. M. Balamurali Chemistry Division, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore
InstituteofTechnology,Chennai,Tamilnadu,India
J.Brindha ChemistryDivision,SchoolofAdvancedSciences,VelloreInstituteof
Technology,Chennai,Tamilnadu,India
Monica Butnariu Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary
Medicine“KingMichaelIofRomania”fromTimisoara,Timis,Romania
Marian Butu National Institute of Research and Development for Biological
Sciences,SplaiulIndependentei,Bucharest,Romania
Mihaela Corneanu Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary
Medicine“KingMichaelIofRomania”fromTimisoara,Timis,Romania
Milind Shrinivas Dangate Chemistry Division, School of Advanced Sciences,
Vellore,InstituteofTechnology,Chennai,Tamilnadu,India
Alok Prasad Das Department of Life Science, Rama Devi Women’s University,
Bhubaneswar,Odisha,India
MeenuGautam LaboratoryofAirPollutionandGlobalClimateChange,Depart-
mentofBotany,InstituteofScience,BanarasHinduUniversity,Varanasi,India
AnnaGorczyca DepartmentofMicrobiologyandBiomonitoring,FacultyofAgri-
cultureandEconomics,UniversityofAgricultureinKrakow,Krakow,Poland
Anand S. Gupta Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Mumbai,
Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
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PankajKumarGupta FacultyofEnvironment,UniversityofWaterloo,Waterloo,
ON,Canada
SanjayKumarGupta EnvironmentalEngineering,DepartmentofCivilEngineer-
ing,IndianInstituteofTechnologyDelhi,NewDelhi,India
Saurabh Gupta Department of Microbiology, Mata Gujri College, Fatehgarh
Sahib,Punjab,India
Ingrid Hagarová Institute of Laboratory Research on Geomaterials, Faculty of
NaturalSciences,ComeniusUniversityinBratislava,Bratislava,Slovakia
Jose Gnanaleela Aswin Jeno Department of Biotechnology, Sri Venkateswara
CollegeofEngineering(Autonomous),SriperumbudurTk,TamilNadu,India
Damanjeet Kaur Department of Microbiology, Mata Gujri College, Fatehgarh
Sahib,Punjab,India
GaganpreetKaur DepartmentofBiotechnology&MedicalSciences,BabaFarid
GroupofInstitutions,BabaFaridCollege,Bathinda,Punjab,India
Suphiya Khan Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Banasthali
Vidyapith,BanasthaliTonk,Rajasthan,India
AjayKumar IndianInstituteofTechnologyRoorkee,Roorkee,Uttrakhand,India
Piyush Kumar Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Mumbai,
Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
Ewelina Matras Department of Microbiology and Biomonitoring, Faculty of
AgricultureandEconomics,UniversityofAgricultureinKrakow,Krakow,Poland
Srishti Mishra Laboratory of Air Pollution and Global Climate Change, Depart-
mentofBotany,InstituteofScience,BanarasHinduUniversity,Varanasi,India
Sunanda Mishra Department of Life Science, Rama Devi Women’s University,
Bhubaneswar,Odisha,India
Ekambaram Nakkeeran Department of Biotechnology, Sri Venkateswara Col-
legeofEngineering(Autonomous),SriperumbudurTk,TamilNadu,India
Samra Naseem Sustainable Development Study Centre, Government College
University,Lahore,Pakistan
Zunaira Naseem Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Clayton,
VIC,Australia
LuciaNemček InstituteofLaboratoryResearchonGeomaterials,FacultyofNatu-
ralSciences,ComeniusUniversityinBratislava,Bratislava,Slovakia
María Isabel Neria-González División de Ingeniería Química y Bioquímica,
TecnológicodeEstudiosSuperioresdeEcatepec,EcatepecdeMorelos,EdoMéxico,
México
