Bioremediation and Biotechnology, Vol 3

Healthy environment is important for any kind of biota on earth. It provides the basic elements of life such as clean water, fresh air, fertile soil and supports ecosystem of the food chain. Pollution drastically alters quality of the environment by changing the physico-chemical and biological aspects of these components. Accordingly, toxic metals, combustible and putrescible substances, hazardous wastes, explosives and petroleum products are all examples of inorganic and organic compounds that cause contaminations. Specifically, pollution of toxic and heavy metal in the environment is a growing problem worldwide, currently at an alarming rate. Toxic metals threaten the aquatic ecosystems, agriculture and ultimately human health. Traditional treatment techniques offer certain advantages such as rapid processing, ease of operation and control and flexibility. But, they could not maintain the quality of the environment due to the high operational costs of chemicals used,high energy consumption and handling costs for sludge disposal and overburden of chemical substances which irreversibly affect and destroy biodiversity, which ultimately render the soil useless as a medium for plant growth. Therefore, bioremediation and biotechnology, carried out by living assets to clean up, stabilize and restore contaminated ecosystems, have emerged as promising, environmental friendly and affordable approaches. Furthermore, the use of microbes, algae, transgenic plants and weeds adapted to stressful environments could be employed to enhance accumulation efficiency. Hence, sustainable and inexpensive processes are fast emerging as a viable alternative to conventional remediation methods, and will be most suitable for developing countries. In the current volume, we discuss pollution remediation challenges and how living organisms and the latest biotechnological techniques could be helpful in remediating the pollution in ecofriendly and sustainable ways.

Auteur

Dr. Khalid Rehman Hakeem (PhD) is Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. After completing his doctorate (Botany; specialization in Plant Eco-physiology and Molecular Biology) from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India, in 2011, he worked as a lecturer at the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, for a short period. Later, he joined Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, and worked there as Postdoctorate Fellow in 2012 and Fellow Researcher (Associate Professor) from 2013 to 2016. Dr. Hakeem has more than 10 years of teaching and research experience in plant eco-physiology, biotechnology and molecular biology, medicinal plant research, plant-microbe-soil interactions as well as in environmental studies. He is the recipient of several fellowships at both national and international levels; also, he has served as the visiting scientist at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. Currently, he is involved with a number of international research projects with different government organizations. So far, Dr. Hakeem has authored and edited more than 50 books with international publishers, including Springer Nature, Academic Press (Elsevier), and CRC Press. He also has to his credit more than 100 research publications in peer-reviewed international journals and 60 book chapters in edited volumes with international publishers. At present, Dr. Hakeem serves as an editorial board member and reviewer of several high-impact international scientific journals from Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor and Francis, Cambridge, and John Wiley Publishers. He is included in the advisory board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. He is also a fellow of Plantae group of the American Society of Plant Biologists, member of the World Academy of Sciences, member of the International Society for Development and Sustainability, Japan, and member of Asian Federation of Biotechnology, Korea. Dr. Hakeem has been listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World, since 20142019. Currently, Dr. Hakeem is engaged in studying the plant processes at eco-physiological as well as molecular levels.

Dr Rouf Ahmad Bhat is working in Cluster University Srinagar (J&K), India on the capacity of Assistant Professor and has his specialization in Limnology, Toxicology, Phytochemistry, and Phytoremediation. He has been teaching graduate and postgraduate students of Environmental Sciences for the past 3 years. He is an author of more than 50 research papers and 25 book chapters and has published more than 10 books with international publishers. He has presented and participated in numerous state, national, and international conferences, seminars, workshops, and symposiums. He has worked as an associate Environmental Expert in World Bank funded Flood Recovery Project and also an Environmental Support Staff in Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded development projects. He has received many awards, appreciations, and recognitions for his services to the science of water testing, air, and noise analysis. He has served as editorial board member and reviewer of reputed international journals. He is still writing and experimenting with diverse capacities of plants for use in aquatic pollution.

Dr Najla Bint Saud Al-Saud (PhD) is Associate Professor in Genetics and Biotechnology. She is the Director of the Princess Dr Najla Bint Saud Al-Saud center for Excellence Research in Biotechnology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Contenu

1. Sources, Classification and Implications of Persistent pollutants on different Environs

Ricardo Antunes Azevedo; Department de Genetica Escola Superior de Agricutura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de sao Paulo, SEP 13418-900, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil; raazeved@esalq.usp.br

2. Concerns and threats of Xenobiotics on aquatic ecosystems

Tihana Tekli; Department of Agroecology, Faculty of Agriculture, University J. J. Strossmayer in Osijek, Kralja Osijek, Croatia; tteklic@pfos.hr

3. Ecotoxicity of Pesticide and heavy metals on aquatic environs

Sartaj Hussain Bhat; Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City-501-1193, Japan, email: sartajbhat88@gmail.com

4. Approaches and methods for evaluation of persistent pollutant load in different aquatic environs

Moshe Sagi; The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, The Albert Katz Department of Dryland Biotechnologies, Ben-Gurion University, PO Box 653, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel; gizi@bgu.ac.il

5. Role of innovative techniques for assessing and monitoring of persistent pollutants in different environs

Rocio Leyva; Departamento de Fisiología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain; roleyva@correo.ugr.es

6. Global scenario of remediation techniques to combat recalcitrant pollutants

Monica Butnariu

Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine King Michael I of Romania from Timisoara, 300645, Calea Aradului 119, Timis, Romania (email: monicabutnariu@yahoo.com)

7. Microbial biota for degradation of persistent pollutants Fernanda Maria Policarpo Tonelli

Department of Cellular Biology, Institute of Biological Science, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

email: tonellibioquimica@gmail.com

8. Mycoremediation: a sustainable approach for pesticide pollution abatement

Monica Butnariu

Monica Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine King Michael I of Romania from Timisoara, 300645, Calea Aradului 119, Timis, Romania (email: monicabutnariu@yahoo.com)

9. Credibility of Nano-technology for Sustainable Agricultural Industries

Sha Liu; Department of Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States; Merewitz@msu.edu

10. Application and advantages of alternative approaches in lieu of synthetic persistent substances

Muneeb U Rehma…