Developmentin WastewaterTreatment Researchand Processes
InnovativeMicrobe-Based ApplicationsforRemovalof ChemicalsandMetalsin WastewaterTreatmentPlants
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SubhasishDuttaandJoyaniBhattacharjee
2.1Azodyes
2.2Aciddye
2.3Basicdye
2.4Directdye...
3.1Adsorption...
3.3Emergingphysicalmethodforthetreatmentoftextile
4.1Microfiltration...
4.2Reverseosmosis
5.3Cucurbitiril..
5.4Sodiumhypochlorite
5.5Recentbiochemicaltrend...
7.1Degradationwithbacteria...
7.2Degradationwithalgalculture.
7.3Degradationwithyeast. .............................................16
7.4Degradationwithfungi. .............................................16
7.5Degradationwithwhite-rotfungi .................................16
7.6Enzymesystemofwhite-rotfungi.. .............................17
CHAPTER2Anapproachtowarddevelopingcleangreen
SubhasishDuttaandPitamChakrabarti
2.3Lead
2.4Nickel..
3.4Mycoremediation,erasingenvironmentalpollutants..
3.5Bioventingandbiosparging
3.6Cyanoremediation.
CHAPTER3Microbialdegradationofpesticides:microbial
SangeetaKumari,DeepakKumarand S.M.PaulKhurana
4 Typesofbioremediationtechnologies.. .................................50
4.1Bioremediationfactors.. .............................................52
5 Biochemicalmechanismofpesticidesbioremediation.. ............52
5.1Inference .................................................................54 References... ....................................................................60
CHAPTER4Biodegradationandphotocatalysisof pharmaceuticalsinwastewater ..............................69 SalmanFarissi,SnehaRamesh, MuthukumarMuthuchamyandAnbazhagiMuthukumar
1 Introduction. ....................................................................69
1.1Pharmaceuticals. .......................................................70
2 Biodegradation.. ...............................................................71
3 Biodegradationapproachesforthetreatmentof pharmaceuticalwastes... .....................................................72
3.1Bacterialdegradation .................................................72
3.2Fungaldegradation.. ..................................................73
3.3Enzymaticdegradation.. .............................................74
4 Factorsaffectingthebiodegradationofpharmaceuticals.... .......77
4.1Photocatalysis... .......................................................78
4.2Processenhancementconditions ..................................84
4.3Recentadvancementsandapproaches... ........................85
4.4Photoelectrocatalyticoxidation. ...................................88
5 Conclusion... ....................................................................92 References... ....................................................................93
CHAPTER5Recenttrendsinthemicrobialdegradationand bioremediationofemergingpollutantsin wastewatertreatmentsystem .................................99 JayshreeAnnamalai,SabeelaBeeviUmmalymaand AshokPandey
1 Introduction. ....................................................................99
2 Emergingpollutantsasmicropollutants ...............................100
2.1Pharmaceuticals. .....................................................101
2.2Pesticides ..............................................................102
2.3Plasticizers.. ..........................................................106
2.4Brominatedflameretardants .....................................107
2.5Perfluorinatedcompounds.. ......................................108
3 Fateofemergingmicropollutantsinaqueous environment. ..................................................................109
4 Microbialdegradationofmicropollutants. ...........................111
4.1Degradationpathwaysandmetabolicresiduesof phthalateesters .......................................................111
5 Microbialcellsandtheirenzymesinwastewatertreatment.....112
5.1Bacteriaandfungi. ..................................................114
5.2Microalgae ............................................................116
6 Perspectivesofmicrobialdegradationandchallenges ............117
7 Advancementsinmicrobialcell-basedwastewatertreatment..117
7.1Geneticengineering...
7.2Biogenicnanoparticles .............................................118
1.1Typesofdyes..
1.2Textiledyesandtheirimpactontheenvironment
1.3Methodsforthetreatmentoftextiledyes.
1.4Biologicaltreatment... .............................................134
1.5Decolorizationtreatmentofdispersedtextiledyes ........144
1.6Conclusionandoutlook... ........................................145 References. ....................................................................146 CHAPTER7Importanceandapplicationsofbiofilmin
2.2Mechanismofbiofilmformation..
2.3Factorsaffectingbiofilmformation ............................157
2.4Biofilmformedbydifferentmicrobialspecies
6 Typesofpollutantsremediatedbybiofilms. .........................164
7 Applicationofbiofilminbioremediation .............................165
7.1Persistentorganicpollutants(POPs) ...........................165
7.2Inorganicpollutants:heavymetalsandsyntheticdyes...166
7.3Oil-contaminatedwater. ...........................................167
7.4Pharmaceuticalandpersonalcareproducts(PPCPs).....168
7.5Pesticides ..............................................................168
8 Challengesinbiofilmmediatedbioremediation ....................169 References... ..................................................................170
CHAPTER8Microorganism:anecofriendlytoolforwaste managementandenvironmentalsafety .................175
ShubhangiParmar,SagarDaki,SourishBhattacharya andAnupamaShrivastav
1 Introduction. ..................................................................175
2 Typesofwastesanditssources .........................................176
3 Roleofmicroorganismsinwastemanagement. ....................177
3.1Sewagetreatment.... ................................................178
3.2Energyproduction... ................................................178
3.3Treatmentofsoil ....................................................178
3.4Oilspillstreatment.. ................................................179
4 Advantagesofbioremediationoverconventionalmethods. .....179
5 Differentapproachesformicrobialwastemanagement ..........181
5.1Bioleaching. ..........................................................182
5.2Bioaugmentation.....................................................182
5.3Biostimulation... .....................................................183
5.4Bioventing... ..........................................................183
5.5Biopiles. ...............................................................184
5.6Biofiltration. ..........................................................184
5.7Microbeassistedphytoremediation. ...........................185
6 Treatmentofwastewaterusingmicrobes .............................186
6.1Bacteria. ...............................................................186
6.2Algae. ...................................................................186
6.3Fungi ....................................................................189
7 Challengesinmicrobialwastemanagementby bioremediation... .............................................................189
8 Roleofindigenousmicroorganismsforenvironmental protection ......................................................................190
9 Conclusion... ..................................................................191 References... ..................................................................191
3.1Lignindegradationbyfungi......................................199
3.2Lignindegradationbybacteria
7 Sourcesofligninolyticenzymes... ....................................227
8 Applicationofligninolyticenzymes.. ...............................228
8.1Delignificationoflignocelluloses... .........................229
8.2Removalofrecalcitrantpolyaromatichydrocarbons...229
8.3Conversionofcoaltolowmolecularmassfraction ....230
8.4Biopulpingandbiobleachinginpaperindustry ..........230
8.5Polymerizationinpolymerventures ........................231
8.6Biodegradationofcolors... ....................................231
8.7Wastewatertreatment... .........................................232
8.8Soiltreatment... ...................................................233
8.9Lignolyticenzymesapplicationsinvarious industries ............................................................234
8.10Roleofligninolyticenzymesinlignindegradation .....235 9 Improvementstrategiesforligninolyticenzymeproduction..236
MohitaChugh,LakhanKumar,DeeptiBhardwajand NavneetaBharadvaja
2.3Textilesindustries
3.1Arsenic...
3.2Lead..
3.3Mercury..
CHAPTER12Membraneproteinsmediatedmicrobialelectrochemicalremediationtechnology.............265 Jesu ´ sPe´rez-Garcı´a,JavierBacame-Valenzuela, DianaMayraSa´nchezLo ´ pez, Jose ´ deJesu´sGo´mez-Guzma ´ n, MarthaLeticiaJime´nezGonza´lez, LuisOrtiz-FradeandYolandaReyes-Vidal
2.1Microbial-electrochemicalsystemsfor bioremediation .....................................................268
3 Membraneproteincomplexinelectrogenicbacteriafor bioremediation... ..........................................................270
3.1Respiratorycomplexesof Shewanellaoneidensis and heavymetalsbiodegradation... ................................270
3.2Redoxmediatorsof Pseudomonasaeruginosa in environmentalbioremediation. ................................272
3.3 Geobactersulfurreducens cytochromesand nanowiresinheavymetalsreduction.. ......................272
4.1Oxidoreductases... ................................................274
4.2Peroxidases..........................................................274
4.3Oxygenases..........................................................275
4.4Monooxygenases.. ................................................275
4.5Methaneoxygenase(MMO)... ................................276
4.6Laccases..............................................................276
5 Electrochemicalcharacterizationofredoxenzymes ............277
5.1Cyclicvoltammetry ...............................................277
5.2Electrochemicalimpedancespectroscopy(EIS)... .......278
5.3Coupledspectroscopicandelectrochemical techniques. ..........................................................279
CHAPTER13Bioremediationstrategiestoovercomeheavy metalsandradionuclidesfromthe environment.......................................................287
SanchayitaBasu,PujaitaBanerjee,SudeshnaBanerjee, BhaswatiGhosh,ArunimaBhattacharjee,DipanjanRoy, PragatiSinghandAshutoshKumar
1 Introduction .................................................................287
2 Microbialinteractionswithradionuclidesandheavymetals.289
3 Organismsinvolvedinbioremediation ..............................292
4 Bioremediationofheavymetalsandradionuclides... ..........295
5 Limitationsandfutureprospects.. ....................................297
6 Conclusion ..................................................................298 References. ..................................................................298
CHAPTER14Microbialremediationoftannerywastewater ......303
LakhanKumar,Khushbu,MohitaChughand NavneetaBharadvaja
1 Introductiontotanneries.. ..............................................303
2 Characteristicsoftannerywastewater ..............................305
3 Environmentalandhealthimpacts ...................................305
4 Wastewatertreatmentmethodsadoptedintanneries.. ..........308
4.1Physicochemicalremediationoftannerywastewater constituents.. ........................................................310
4.2Biologicaltreatmentorbioremediationoftannery wastewater... ........................................................312
5 Microbialremediation ...................................................312
5.1Bacterialremediationoftanneryeffluent constituents.. ........................................................313
5.2Phycoremediationoralgalremediationoftannery wastewaterconstituents. .........................................317
5.3Fungalremediationormycoremediationoftannery wastewaterconstituents. .........................................317
6 Challengesandlimitationstobiologicalwastewater treatmentmethodsemployedintanneryindustries ..............320
7 Recentadvancements. ...................................................321
7.1Metagenomicapproachforbioprospectingpotential microbesandenzymesfortannerywastewater treatment .............................................................321
7.2Microbialbiosensorsfordetectionandmonitoringof contaminantspresentintannerywastewater...............322
8 Solidwastemanagementpractices ...................................323 References. ..................................................................323
CHAPTER15Biologicalmethodsfordegradationoftextile dyesfromtextileeffluent ....................................329 MuhammadShoaib,AmbreenAshar, ZeeshanAhmadBhutta,IqraMuzammil, MoazamAliandAyeshaKanwal
3.1Physicochemicalmethods.
CHAPTER16Biodegradationofazodyeusingmicrobiological consortium
ChitraDeviVenkatachalam,MothilSengottian, SathishRaamRavichandranand SivakumarVenkatachalam
2.1Classificationofazodyes.
2.2Impactoftextileeffluentscontainingazodyeson environment
3.1Degradationmechanismwithbacteria ......................360
3.2Degradationmechanismwithalgae
3.3Degradationmechanismwithfungi
3.4Advantagesofusingmicrobiologicalconsortia...
Parametersinvolvedduringmicrobialazo-dyedegradation..364
4.3Effectofdyeconcentration. ....................................366
4.4Effectofinoculumsize ..........................................366
4.5EffectofpH.... .....................................................366
4.6Effectoftemperature.. ...........................................366
4.7Effectoftime..
4.8Effectofagitation.
CHAPTER17Removalofpesticidesfromwaterandwaste waterbymicrobes .............................................371 PinalBhattandAnupamaShrivastav
2.1Organochloridepesticide ........................................374
2.2Organophosphatepesticide. ....................................375
2.3Carbamatepesticide ..............................................375
2.4Otherclasses
4.1Applicationofadsorbent ........................................378
5 Biodegradation .............................................................382
5.1Typesofpesticides-degradingmicroorganism.. ..........384
5.2Themechanismofmicrobialdegradationof pesticides ............................................................384
5.3Commonlyusedpesticidedegradationof microorganisms. ...................................................388
5.4Microbialdegradationofpesticidetechnology. ..........388
6 Factorsaffectbiodegradation. .........................................389
6.1Environmentalfactors... .........................................390
6.2Effectofpesticidestructure ....................................391
6.3Theimpactofmicroorganisms. ...............................392
Currentscenario... ........................................................392
CHAPTER18Anecofriendlyapproachtowardwaste managementandenvironmentalsafetythrough microorganisms .................................................401
KunwaliDas,SurajChetri,PriyaKhadgawat, SidakMinocha,AveepsaSengupta, BipinKumarSharmaandAshutoshKumar
2.3Viruses... .............................................................404
2.4Protozoa. .............................................................405
2.5Algae. .................................................................405
2.6Archaea. .............................................................406
CHAPTER20Azodyes:anotoriousclassofwaterpollutant, androleofenzymestodecolorizeand degradethem.....................................................433
ShamsherS.Kanwar
peroxidases
5 Mechanismofdegradationanddecolorizationby azoreductases.. .............................................................441
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Contributors
KunwaliDas
DepartmentofMicrobiology,TripuraUniversity(ACentralUniversity),Agartala, Tripura,India
MoazamAli
DepartmentofClinicalMedicineandSurgery,UniversityofAgriculture, Faisalabad,Punjab,Pakistan
JayshreeAnnamalai
CentreforEnvironmentalStudies,DepartmentofCivilEngineering,Anna University,CEGCampus,Chennai,TamilNadu,India
AmbreenAshar
DepartmentofChemistry,GovernmentCollegeWomenUniversity,Faisalabad, Punjab,Pakistan
JavierBacame-Valenzuela
CenterofResearchandTechnologicalDevelopmentinElectrochemistry, Quere ´ taroTechnologyPark,PedroEscobedo,Quere ´ taro,Me ´ xico;CONACYTCenterofResearchandTechnologicalDevelopmentinElectrochemistry, Quere ´ taroTechnologyPark,PedroEscobedo,Quere ´ taro,Me ´ xico
PujaitaBanerjee
DepartmentofLifeSciences,PresidencyUniversity,Kolkata,WestBengal,India
SudeshnaBanerjee
DepartmentofMicrobiology,AmityUniversity,Lucknow,UttarPradesh,India
SanchayitaBasu
DepartmentofMicrobiology,TripuraUniversity(ACentralUniversity),Agartala, Tripura,India
ManaswiniBehera
SchoolofInfrastructure,IndianInstituteofTechnologyBhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar,Odisha,India
HirenN.Bhalani
CollegeofAgriculture,JunagadhAgriculturalUniversity,Junagadh,Gujarat, India
NavneetaBharadvaja
PlantBiotechnologyLaboratory,DepartmentofBiotechnology,Delhi TechnologicalUniversity,NewDelhi,Delhi,India
DevikabenBharatbhaiVishani
DepartmentofMicrobiology,ParulInstituteofAppliedSciences,ParulUniversity, Vadodara,Gujarat,India
DeeptiBhardwaj
PlantBiotechnologyLaboratory,DepartmentofBiotechnology,Delhi TechnologicalUniversity,NewDelhi,Delhi,India
PinalBhatt
DepartmentofMicrobiology,ParulInstituteofAppliedSciences,ParulUniversity, Vadodara,Gujarat,India
JoyaniBhattacharjee
DepartmentofBiotechnology,HaldiaInstituteofTechnology,Haldia,West Bengal,India
ArunimaBhattacharjee
DepartmentofMicrobiology,TripuraUniversity(ACentralUniversity),Agartala, Tripura,India
SourishBhattacharya
ProcessDesignandEngineeringCell,CSIR CentralSaltandMarineChemicals ResearchInstitute,Bhavnagar,Gujarat,India
ZeeshanAhmadBhutta
TheRoyal(Dick)SchoolofVeterinaryStudies,UniversityofEdinburgh,Easter BushCampus,Midlothian,Scotland,UnitedKingdom
PitamChakrabarti
DepartmentofBiotechnology,HaldiaInstituteofTechnology,Haldia,West Bengal,India
VivekChauhan
DepartmentofBiotechnology,HimachalPradeshUniversity,SummerHill, HimachalPradesh,India
SurajChetri
DepartmentofZoology,CottonUniversity,Guwahati,Assam,India
MohitaChugh
PlantBiotechnologyLaboratory,DepartmentofBiotechnology,Delhi TechnologicalUniversity,NewDelhi,Delhi,India
AnjaliDahiya
DepartmentofChemistry,IndianInstituteofTechnologyGuwahati,Guwahati, Assam,India
SagarDaki
ProcessDesignandEngineeringCell,CSIR CentralSaltandMarineChemicals ResearchInstitute,Bhavnagar,Gujarat,India
Jose ´ deJesu ´ sGo ´ mez-Guzma ´ n
CenterofResearchandTechnologicalDevelopmentinElectrochemistry, Quere ´ taroTechnologyPark,PedroEscobedo,Quere ´ taro,Me ´ xico
SubhasishDutta
DepartmentofBiotechnology,HaldiaInstituteofTechnology,Haldia,West Bengal,India
SalmanFarissi
DepartmentofEnvironmentalScience,SchoolofEarthScienceSystems,Central UniversityofKerala,Kasaragod,Kerala,India
JanhaviGadkari
DepartmentofMicrobiology,ParulInstituteofAppliedSciences,ParulUniversity, Vadodara,Gujarat,India
PriyaGautam
DepartmentofBiotechnology,HimachalPradeshUniversity,SummerHill, HimachalPradesh,India
BhaswatiGhosh
DepartmentofMicrobiology,SarsunaCollege,UniversityofCalcutta,Kolkata, WestBengal,India
MarthaLeticiaJime ´ nezGonza ´ lez
CenterofResearchandTechnologicalDevelopmentinElectrochemistry, Quere ´ taroTechnologyPark,PedroEscobedo,Quere ´ taro,Me ´ xico
RisheeK.Kalaria
ASPEEShakilamBiotechnologyInstitute,NavsariAgriculturalUniversity,Surat, Gujarat,India
AyeshaKanwal
InstituteofBiochemistry,BiotechnologyandBioinformatics,TheIslamia UniversityofBahawalpur,Bahawalpur,Punjab,Pakistan
ShamsherS.Kanwar
DepartmentofBiotechnology,HimachalPradeshUniversity,SummerHill, HimachalPradesh,India
PriyaKhadgawat
DepartmentofGenetics,UniversityofDelhi,NewDelhi,Delhi,India
Khushbu
DepartmentofAppliedChemistry,DelhiTechnologicalUniversity,NewDelhi, Delhi,India
VeenaGayathriKrishnaswamy
DepartmentofBiotechnologyStellaMarisCollege(Autonomous),Affiliatedto UniversityofMadras,Chennai,TamilNadu,India
DeepakKumar
AmityInstituteofBiotechnology,AmityUniversityHaryana,Gurugram,Haryana, India
LakhanKumar
PlantBiotechnologyLaboratory,DepartmentofBiotechnology,Delhi TechnologicalUniversity,NewDelhi,Delhi,India
AshutoshKumar
DepartmentofMicrobiology,TripuraUniversity(ACentralUniversity),Agartala, Tripura,India
SangeetaKumari
AmityInstituteofBiotechnology,AmityUniversityHaryana,Gurugram,Haryana, India
SidakMinocha
DepartmentofGenetics,UniversityofDelhi,NewDelhi,Delhi,India
MuthukumarMuthuchamy
DepartmentofEnvironmentalScience,SchoolofEarthScienceSystems,Central UniversityofKerala,Kasaragod,Kerala,India
AnbazhagiMuthukumar
DepartmentofEnvironmentalScience,SchoolofEarthScienceSystems,Central UniversityofKerala,Kasaragod,Kerala,India
IqraMuzammil
DepartmentofClinicalMedicineandSurgery,UniversityofAgriculture, Faisalabad,Punjab,Pakistan
LuisOrtiz-Frade
CenterofResearchandTechnologicalDevelopmentinElectrochemistry, Quere ´ taroTechnologyPark,PedroEscobedo,Quere ´ taro,Me ´ xico
AshokPandey
CSIR-IndianInstituteofToxicologicalResearch,Lucknow,UttarPraesh,India
ShubhangiParmar
ProcessDesignandEngineeringCell,CSIR CentralSaltandMarineChemicals ResearchInstitute,Bhavnagar,Gujarat,India
HirenK.Patel
SchoolofSciences,PPSavaniUniversity,Surat,Gujarat,India
BhismaK.Patel
DepartmentofChemistry,IndianInstituteofTechnologyGuwahati,Guwahati, Assam,India
S.M.PaulKhurana
AmityInstituteofBiotechnology,AmityUniversityHaryana,Gurugram,Haryana, India
Jesu ´ sPe ´ rez-Garcı ´ a
CenterofResearchandTechnologicalDevelopmentinElectrochemistry, Quere ´ taroTechnologyPark,PedroEscobedo,Quere ´ taro,Me ´ xico
SnehaRamesh
DepartmentofEnvironmentalScience,SchoolofEarthScienceSystems,Central UniversityofKerala,Kasaragod,Kerala,India
SathishRaamRavichandran
DepartmentofChemicalEngineering,KonguEngineeringCollege,Erode,Tamil Nadu,India
AryamaRaychaudhuri
SchoolofInfrastructure,IndianInstituteofTechnologyBhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar,Odisha,India
YolandaReyes-Vidal
CenterofResearchandTechnologicalDevelopmentinElectrochemistry, Quere ´ taroTechnologyPark,PedroEscobedo,Quere ´ taro,Me ´ xico;CONACYTCenterofResearchandTechnologicalDevelopmentinElectrochemistry, Quere ´ taroTechnologyPark,PedroEscobedo,Quere ´ taro,Me ´ xico
DipanjanRoy
DepartmentofAgriculturalBiotechnology,RamkrishnaMissionVivekananda EducationalandResearchInstitute(RKMVERI),Kolkata,WestBengal,India
AshishKumarSahoo
DepartmentofChemistry,IndianInstituteofTechnologyGuwahati,Guwahati, Assam,India
MothilSengottian
DepartmentofChemicalEngineering,KonguEngineeringCollege,Erode,Tamil Nadu,India
AveepsaSengupta
DepartmentofMicrobiology,TripuraUniversity(ACentralUniversity),Agartala, Tripura,India
BipinKumarSharma
DepartmentofMicrobiology,TripuraUniversity(ACentralUniversity),Agartala, Tripura,India
MuhammadShoaib
InstituteofMicrobiology,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,Punjab,Pakistan; KeyLaboratoryofNewAnimalDrugProject,GansuProvince,KeyLaboratoryof VeterinaryPharmaceuticalDevelopment,MinistryofAgriculture,Lanzhou InstituteofHusbandryandPharmaceuticalSciencesofCAAS,Lanzhou,China
AnupamaShrivastav
DepartmentofMicrobiology,ParulInstituteofAppliedSciences,ParulUniversity, Vadodara,Gujarat,India
PragatiSingh
DepartmentofMicrobiology,TripuraUniversity(ACentralUniversity),Agartala, Tripura,India
RajalakshmiSridharan
DepartmentofBiotechnologyStellaMarisCollege(Autonomous),Affiliatedto UniversityofMadras,Chennai,TamilNadu,India
DianaMayraSa ´ nchezLo ´ pez
CenterofResearchandTechnologicalDevelopmentinElectrochemistry, Quere ´ taroTechnologyPark,PedroEscobedo,Quere ´ taro,Me ´ xico
SabeelaBeeviUmmalyma
InstituteofBioresourcesandSustainableDevelopment(IBSD),AnAutonomous InstituteUnderDepartmentofBiotechnology,GovernmentofIndia,Takyelpat, Imphal,Manipur,India
DivyeshK.Vasava
CollegeofAgriculture,JunagadhAgriculturalUniversity,Junagadh,Gujarat, India
ChitraDeviVenkatachalam
DepartmentofFoodTechnology,KonguEngineeringCollege,Erode,TamilNadu, India
SivakumarVenkatachalam
DepartmentofChemicalEngineering,ACTechCampus,AnnaUniversity, Chennai,TamilNadu,India