Bioaugmentation Techniques and Applications in Remediation

It has been observed that rapid population expansion has raised the amount of anthropogenic activity, resulting in high levels of pollution in water, air, and solid waste as well as an increase in the pressure placed on agricultural lands. Bioaugmentation Techniques and Applications in Remediation provides detailed information on bioaugmentation approaches for the remediation of sediments, water, and soil polluted with organic and inorganic pollutants. Practical applications of bioaugmentation techniques performed in restricted systems under controlled conditions, laboratory investigations, and in the field are addressed. Special emphasis is placed on the applications of nanomaterials in combination with bioaugmentation techniques for enhanced bioremediation efficiency. FEATURES Explores abiotic and biotic factors that enhance and facilitate environmental remediation of contaminants Provides a primer on the elementary microbial processes entailed in bioaugmentation Summarizes methods and approaches for executing bioaugmentation technology Details commercially available products and instrumentation This book is an ideal resource for researchers, students, and engineers working in materials science and bioremediation.

1. Bioaugmentation Techniques for Removal of Heterocyclic Compounds and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Ulrich Vasconcelos, Luiz Gustavo Pragana, and Eduardo Santos da Silva 2. Bioaugmentation for Lignin Removal from the Paper Industry Uroosa Ejaz and Muhammad Sohail 3. Bioaugmentation of Pesticide-Contaminated Environment G. Gokulapriya, M. Chandrasekaran, and R.P. Soundararajan 4. Bioaugmentation in the Bioremediation of Petroleum Products Greeshma Odukkathil and Namasivayam Vasudevan 5. Bioaugmentation for Removal of Cyanides S.Z.Z. Cobongela 6. Bioaugmentation to Remove Recalcitrant Pollutants in Industrial Wastewater L.P. Ananthalekshmi, Indu C. Nair, and K. Jayachandran 7. Application of Nanomaterials in the Bioaugmentation of Heavily Polluted Environment V.C. Akubude, T.F Oyewusi, V.C. Okafor, P.C. Obumseli, and A.O. Igwe 8. Plasmid-Mediated Bioaugmentation Elizabeth Mary John and M.S. Jisha 9. Bioaugmentation in Rhizoengineering for Xenobiotic Biodegradation N.D. Dhanraj, Edna Mary Varghese, and M.S. Jisha 10. Bioaugmentation of Municipal Waste: Recycling of Electronic Wastes through Biohydrometallurgical Technology Deviany Deviany and Siti Khodijah Chaerun 11. Bioaugmentation in the Bioremediation of the Heavy Metals and Radionuclides Bhagwan Toksha, Saurabh Tayde, Ajinkya Satdive, Shyam Tonde, and Aniruddha Chatterjee

Dr.?Inamuddin?is working as Assistant Professor at the Department of Applied Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. He obtained Master of Science degree in Organic Chemistry from Chaudhary?Charan?Singh (CCS) University, Meerut, India, in 2002. He received his Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Applied Chemistry from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India, in 2004 and 2007, respectively. He has extensive research experience in multidisciplinary fields of Analytical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Electrochemistry and, more specifically, Renewable Energy and Environment. He has worked?on?different research projects as?project?fellow and senior research fellow funded by University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India, and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India. He has received Fast Track Young Scientist Award from the Department of Science and Technology, India, to work?in the area of?bending actuators and artificial muscles. He has completed four major research projects sanctioned by University Grant Commission, Department of Science and Technology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, and Council?of?Science and Technology, India.?He has published 190 research articles in international?journals of repute and nineteen?book chapters?in knowledge-based book editions published by renowned international publishers. He has?published 145 edited books?with Springer (U.K.), Elsevier, Nova Science Publishers, Inc. (U.S.A.), CRC Press Taylor & Francis Asia Pacific, Trans Tech Publications Ltd. (Switzerland),?IntechOpen?Limited (U.K.),?Wiley-Scrivener, (U.S.A.)?and Materials Research Forum LLC (U.S.A).?He is a member of various journals’ editorial boards.?He is also serving as?Associate Editor for journals (Environmental Chemistry Letter, Applied Water Science and Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration, Springer-Nature), Frontiers Section Editor (Current Analytical Chemistry, Bentham Science Publishers), Editorial Board Member (Scientific Reports-Nature), Editor (Eurasian Journal of Analytical Chemistry), and Review Editor (Frontiers in Chemistry, Frontiers, U.K.) He is also guest-editing various special thematic special issues to the journals of Elsevier, Bentham Science Publishers, and John Wiley & Sons, Inc.?He has attended as well as chaired sessions in various international and?national?conferences. He has worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow, leading a research team at the Creative Research Initiative Center for Bio-Artificial Muscle,?Hanyang?University, South Korea, in the field of renewable energy, especially biofuel cells. He has also worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center of Research Excellence in Renewable Energy, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, in the field of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells and computational fluid dynamics of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. He is a life member of the Journal of the Indian Chemical Society. His research interest includes ion exchange materials, a?sensor?for heavy metal ions, biofuel cells, supercapacitors and bending actuators.? Dr. Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji, Edo University Iyamho, Edo State, Nigeria ? Dr.?Mohd?Imran Ahamed?received his?Ph.D?degree on the topic "Synthesis and characterization of inorganic-organic composite heavy metals selective cation-exchangers and their analytical applications", from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India in 2019. He has published?several research?and review articles in the journals of international recognition. Springer (U.K.), Elsevier, CRC Press Taylor & Francis Asia?Pacific?and Materials Research Forum LLC (U.S.A).?He has completed his B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh,?India,?and M.Sc. (Organic Chemistry) from?Dr.?Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra, India.?He has co-edited more than 20 books with Springer (U.K.), Elsevier, CRC Press Taylor & Francis Asia Pacific, Materials Research Forum LLC (U.S.A) and Wiley-Scrivener, (U.S.A.).?His research work includes ion-exchange chromatography, wastewater?treatment,?and analysis, bending actuator and?electrospinning.? ? Dr. Tariq A Altalhi, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia