Environmental Biotechnologies for Bioremediation of Contaiminated Lands & Soil by Microbes, Plants & Earthworms

Rajiv K Sinha, Dalsukh Valani, Shweta Sinha (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

112 Seiten

2010
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-61668-148-7 (ISBN)

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Bioremediation is a soft bioengineering technique to clean up contaminated lands and soils using microbes, plants and earthworms. It is also a technique to stabilise the eroded lands and prevent soil erosion. This book addresses these issues regarding the benefits of microbes, plants and earthworms in bioremediation.

Bioremediation is a soft bioengineering technique to clean up contaminated lands and soils using microbes, plants and earthworms. It is also a technique to stabilise the eroded lands and prevent soil erosion. Microbes are adapted to thrive in 'adverse conditions' of high acidity, alkalinity, toxicity and high temperature. Under favourable conditions of growth, microbes can biodegrade and biotransform the complex hazardous organic chemicals into simpler and harmless ones. Environmentalists are viewing microbes such as yeast, bacteria, algae, diatoms and actinomycetes as an 'eco-friendly nano-factories' for metal remediation. This book addresses these issues regarding the benefits of microbes, plants and earthworms in bioremediation.

Introduction; Microbial Remediation of Polluted Lands & Soils by Adaptive Microbes; Phytoremediation of Polluted Lands & Soils by Adapted Plants; Vermiremediation of Polluted Lands & Soils by Earthworms: Charles Darwin's 'Unheralded Soldiers of Mankind Working Day & Night Under the Soil'; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.7.2010
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	230 x 155 mm
Gewicht	178 g
Themenwelt	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	1-61668-148-9 / 1616681489
ISBN-13	978-1-61668-148-7 / 9781616681487
Zustand	Neuware