Fungi as Bioremediators

Ebrahim Mohammadi Goltapeh, Younes Rezaee Danesh, Ajit Varma (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

XI, 489 Seiten

2015 | 2013
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-43038-1 (ISBN)

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Featuring pioneering research on fungi's recently established agency in soil remediation, this volume opens new vistas in biochemistry and enzymology, exploring the capacity of filamentous fungi to tackle contaminants as dangerous as radioactive heavy metals.

Biological remediation methods have been successfully used to treat polluted soils. While bacteria have produced good results in bioremediation for quite some time now, the use of fungi to decontaminate soils has only recently been established.

This volume of Soil Biology discusses the potentials of filamentous fungi in bioremediation. Fungi suitable for degradation, as well as genetically modified organisms, their biochemistry, enzymology, and practical applications are described. Chapters include topics such as pesticide removal, fungal wood decay processes, remediation of soils contaminated with heavy and radioactive metals, of paper and cardboard industrial wastes, and of petroleum pollutants.

Ecophysiology of Fungal Bioremediation.- Application of Mycoremediation Against Organic Pollutants.- Mycoremediation of Inorganic Pollutants.- Mycoremediation: Agricultural and Forest Ecosystem Sustainability.- Techniques in Mycoremediation.

From the book reviews:

"This book is useful to a wide range of clientele including scientist, genetic engineers, waste site managers and any expert in allied fields. This book is suitable for graduate and undergraduate students dealing with the fungal bioremediations. Hopefully this information will stimulate research in greater and wider scope in microremediation process in the coming times. Should be available in all research laboratories dealing with mycology, community and university libraries." (Anupama Daranagamaand Kevin D. Hyde, Fungal Diversity, December, 2014)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.3.2015
Reihe/Serie	Soil Biology
Zusatzinfo	XI, 489 p. 23 illus., 3 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	765 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
Schlagworte	Contaminated soil • Heavy and radioactive metals bioaccumulation • Industrial wastes • Pesticide removal • Petroleum pollutant • wood decay
ISBN-10	3-642-43038-4 / 3642430384
ISBN-13	978-3-642-43038-1 / 9783642430381
Zustand	Neuware