Heavy Metals in the Environment

Microorganisms and Bioremediation
Herausgeber: Donati, Edgardo R.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book serves as a knowledge bank for graduation students in microbiology, chemistry, and environmental sciences, among others. It focuses on heavy metal in the environment and describes methodologies to immobilize and mobilize heavy metals. It also provides case studies which may be of particular interest to persons in the industry.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 155mm x 234mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 568g
• ISBN-13: 9780367781576
• ISBN-10: 0367781573
• Artikelnr.: 61212272

Autorenporträt

Donati Edgardo is a full time Professor at National University of La Plata, Principal Researcher from CONICET, and the Head of CINDEFI (Institute of Applied Biotechnology belonging to CONICET and UNLP). He has a PhD in Chemistry from National University of La Plata. His areas of expertise are biomining, bioremediation, prokaryotic extremophiles in geothermal and mining zones. He has been the Coordinator of Environmental Technology Council (ANPCYT) for 5 years and he has participated as an expert in many scientific commisions. He has published more than 100 papers in biotechnology, 40 papers in science education, 6 books, more than 30 chapters in different books, and presented more than 200 communications at international and national conferences. He has supervised several PhD, master, and degree theses. He has been invited for numerous lectures at conferences in different countries and has been the scientific leader for several national and international projects. He is an associate editor for various international journals, has participated in international evaluation of projects and theses, and has reviewed manuscripts for several international scientific journals.

Inhaltsangabe

Interaction metal(oid)s-microorganisms. Microbial Communities and the
Interaction with Heavy Metals and Metalloids; Impact and Adaptation.
Mechanisms of Bacterial Heavy Metal Resistance and Homeostasis: An
Overview. Microbial Metalloproteins-Based Responses in the Development of
Biosensors for the Monitoring of Metal Pollutants in the Environment.
Exploration and Intervention of Geologically Ancient Microbial Adaptation
in the Contemporary Environmental Arsenic Bioremediation. Strategies of
Bioremediation. Bioaccumulation and Biosorption of Heavy Metals. Heavy
Metal Bioprecipitation. Use of Sulfate-Reducing Microorganisms. Bioleaching
Strategies Applied to Sediments Contaminated with Metals: Current Knowledge
and Biotechnological Potential for Remediation of Dredged Materials.
Innovative Biomining: Metal Recovery from Valuable Residues. The Challenges
of Remediating Metals Using Phytotechnologies. Bioremediation of Relevant
Metal(loid)s. Bioremediation of Arsenic using Bioflocculants and
Microorganisms. Bioremediation: A Powerful Technique for Cadmium Removal
from the Environment. Process Oriented Characterization in Bioleaching
Co-Cu Minerals. Lead Resistant Mechanisms in Bacteria and Co-Selection to
other Metals and Antiobiotics: A Review. Mercury Toxicity: The Importance
of Microbial Diversity for Improved Environmental Remediation. Field
Applications. Potential Application of an Indigenous Actinobacterium to
Remove Heavy Metal from Sugarcane Vinasse. Bioremediation of Polluted Soils
in Uranium Deposits. Macrophyte Role and Metal Removal in Constructed
Wetlands for the Treatment of Effluents from Metallurgical Industries.