Microbial biotechnology : energy and environment

411 Pages·2006·9.69 MB·English

by  Rajesh Arora

Microbial Biotechnology

Energy and Environment
Adorations and salutations to

Surya Narayana
the Sun God
(Chandogya Upanishad, 3.19.1)

The Lord of Light,
the source of all Energy,
the purifier of Environment
and the Sustainer of Life on this planet

‘Surya Atma Jagatastasthushashcha’
(the Sun God is the Soul of all beings, moving and non-moving)
- from the Vedas
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This book is d edicated to

Late Professor C.M. GOVIL

my Teacher
with a deep sense of gratitude and love
Microbial Biotechnology

Energy and Environment

Editor

Rajesh Arora, PhD

Staff Officer
Office of the Distinguished Scientist and
Chief Controller Research and Development
Defence Research and Development Organization
Ministry of Defence, Government of India
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Microbial biotechnology : energy and environment / editor, Rajesh Arora.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-84593-956-4 (alk. paper)
I. Arora, Rajesh.
[DNLM: 1. Bioelectric Energy Sources. 2. Biodegradation, Environmental.
3. Biofuels. QT 34]

333.72--dc23
2012009991

ISBN-13: 978 1 84593 956 4

Commissioning editor: Rachel Cutts
Production editor: Fiona Chippendale
Printed and bound in the UK from copy supplied by the authors by CPI Group
(UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY.
Contents

Contributors x

Foreword xii

Acknowledgements xiii

About the Editor xiv

Part 1: Microbial Biotechnology: Present and Future Prospects

1. Emerging Trends in Microbial Biotechnology: Energy
and Environment 1
Rajesh Arora

Part 2: Harnessing Sustainable Energy Sources from Microbes

2. The Microbiology of Microbial Electric Systems 16
Sarah A. Hensley, Madeline Vargas and Ashley E. Franks

3. A Comparative Assessment of Bioelectrochemical Systems
and Enzymatic Fuel Cells 39
Deepak Pant, Gilbert Van Bogaert, Ludo Diels and
Karolien Vanbroekhoven

4. Electrical Energy from Microorganisms 58
Sheela Berchmans

5. Rumen Microbial Fuel Cells 78
Chin-Tsan Wang, Che-Ming J. Yang, Yung-Chin Yang

Part 3: Mechanistics of Bioenergy Production

6. Systems Microbiology Approach to Bioenergy 97
Qasim K. Beg and Ritu Sarin

7. Nanotechnology and Bioenergy: Innovations and Applications 112
Mrunalini V. Pattarkine

8. Host Engineering for Biofuel-Tolerant Phenotypes 148
Becky J. Rutherford and Aindrila Mukhopadhyay

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Part 4: Bioenergy from Wastes and Pollutant Removal

9. Microbial Fuel Cells: Electricity Generation from Organic 162
Wastes by Microbes
Kun Guo, Daniel J. Hassett and Tingyue Gu

10. Integration of Anaerobic Digestion and Oil Accumulation:
Bioenergy Production and Pollutants Removal 190
Mi Yan, Jianguo Zhang, Bo Hu

11. Biohydrogen Generation Through Solid Phase Anaerobic
Digestion from Organic Solid Waste 207
S. Jayalakshmi

Part 5: Microalgae for Biofuels

12. Algae – A Novel Biomass Feedstock for Biofuels 224
Senthil Chinnasamy, Polur Hanumantha Rao, Sailendra Bhaskar,
Ramasamy Rengasamy and Manjinder Singh

13. Biofuel from Microalgae: Myth versus Reality 240
Jubilee Purkayastha, Hemanta Kumar Gogoi, Lokendra Singh and
Vijay Veer

Part 6: Bioremediation Technologies for Petroleum
Hydrocarbons, PAHs and Xenobiotics

14. Biodegradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Contaminated
Soils 250
Aniefiok E. Ite and Kirk T. Semple

15. Bioremediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) 279
Carl G. Johnston and Gloria P. Johnston

16. The Role of Biological Control in the Creation of Bioremediation
Technologies 297
Yana Topalova

Part 7: Bioremediation of Nuclear Waste

17. Bioremediation of Uranium, Transuranic Waste and
Fission Products 310
Evans M.N. Chirwa

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18. Uranium Bioremediation: Nanotechnology and Biotechnology
Advances 349
Mrunalini V. Pattarkine

Part 8: Extremophilic Microbes: Role in Environmental
Cleanup

19. Going Extreme for Small Solutions to Big Environmental
Challenges 363
Chris Bagwell

Index 382

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