Marine pollution and microbial remediation. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Milind Mohan Naik, Santosh Kumar Dubey, editors.
• Editors: Naik, Milind Mohan; Dubey, Santosh Kumar
• Contents: Dedication; Acknowledgement; Contents; About the Editors; 1: Assessing Metal Contamination in€Recent Creek Sediments Using Fractionation Technique Along Mumbai Coast, India; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Materials and€Methods; 1.2.1 Study Area; 1.2.2 Sampling; 1.2.3 Enrichment Factor; 1.2.4 Index of€Geoaccumulation (Igeo); 1.3 Results and€Discussion; 1.3.1 Sediment Components; 1.3.2 Clay Mineralogy; 1.3.3 Organic Matter (TOC, TP and€TN); 1.3.4 Metal Geochemistry; 1.3.5 Correlation Analysis; 1.3.6 Enrichment Factor and€Igeo; 1.3.7 Sediment Quality Guidelines (SQGs); 1.3.8 Speciation. 1.4 ConclusionsReferences; 2: Bioremediation of Heavy Metals from Saline Water Using Hypersaline Dissimilatory Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria; 2.1 Heavy Metal Influx in€Saline Waters; 2.2 Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria; 2.3 Bioremediation of€Heavy Metals; 2.4 SRB as€Bioremediators of€Heavy Metals; 2.5 Hypersaline SRB and€Metal Bioremediation; 2.6 Measurement of€SRA and€Its Variation with€Salinity; 2.7 Effect of€Metals on€SRA; 2.8 Bioremediation of€Industrial Effluent with€SRB; 2.9 Conclusion; References. 3: Lead- and€Mercury-Resistant Marine Bacteria and€Their Application in€Lead and€Mercury Bioremediation3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Lead and€Mercury Pollution in€Marine and Estuarine Environments; 3.2.1 Mercury; 3.2.2 Lead; 3.3 Lead- and€Mercury-Resistance Mechanisms in€Marine and€Estuarine Bacteria; 3.3.1 Mercury Resistance Mechanisms; 3.3.1.1 Detoxification of€Toxic Chemicals and€Heavy Metals by€Mercury-Resistant Bacteria; 3.3.2 Lead-Resistance Mechanisms; 3.3.2.1 Co-resistance and€Cross Resistance; 3.4 Conclusion; References. 4: Microbial Remediation of€Organometals and€Oil Hydrocarbons in€the€Marine Environment4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Organometals; 4.2.1 Organometal Contamination in€Marine Environments; 4.2.2 Bioremediation of€Organotin Compounds (OT) in€Marine Environments; 4.3 Oil Hydrocarbons; 4.3.1 Oil Hydrocarbon Contamination in€Marine Environments; 4.3.2 Hydrocarbon Degradation by€Aerobic Marine Bacteria; 4.3.2.1 Pathways of€Aerobic Hydrocarbon Degradation; 4.3.3 Hydrocarbon Degradation by€Anaerobic Marine Bacteria; 4.3.3.1 Pathways of€Anaerobic Hydrocarbon Degradation. 4.3.4 Bioremediation of€Oil Hydrocarbons4.3.4.1 Nutrient Supply; 4.3.4.2 Electron Acceptors; 4.3.4.3 Addition of€Co-substrates; 4.3.4.4 Surfactants; 4.3.4.5 Bioaugmentation; 4.3.5 Consortia of€Marine Bacteria for€Enhanced Hydrocarbon Bioremediation; 4.4 Critical and€Future Perspectives; References; 5: Extracellular Polysaccharide Production by Bacteria as€a€Mechanism of€Toxic Heavy Metal Biosorption and€Biosequestration in€the€Marine Environment; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Marine Microbial Diversity Producing EPS; 5.3 Extracellular Biosequestration of€Metals by€Marine EPS.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (274 pages)
• Subjects: 628.1/683; Marine bioremediation; Marine pollution; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- General; Marine bioremediation; Marine pollution; Environment; Marine & Freshwater Sciences; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution; Environmental Health; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811010446; 9811010447
• Related ISBNs: 9789811010422; 9811010420
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 28, 2016).
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