Schlagwort(e):
Soil pollution.
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Electronic books.
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
This book, written by worldwide experts, provides the necessary scientific background and addresses the challenging questions in order to better understand metal toxicity in various ecosystems and its management through bioremediation.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
Seiten:
1 online resource (522 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789400719149
Serie:
Environmental Pollution Series ; v.20
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=798752
DDC:
628.55
Sprache:
Englisch
Anmerkung:
Intro -- Biomanagement of Metal-Contaminated Soils -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Heavy Metal Pollution: Source, Impact, and Remedies -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Sources of Heavy Metals -- 1.2.1 Natural Sources -- 1.2.2 Anthropogenic Sources -- 1.2.3 Activities Generating Heavy Metals -- 1.3 Nature of Heavy Metal Pollution -- 1.3.1 Heavy Metals and Air Pollution -- 1.3.2 Water Pollution -- 1.3.3 Soil Pollution -- 1.4 Impacts of Heavy Metals -- 1.4.1 Impact on the Environment -- 1.4.2 Heavy Metal Toxicity -- 1.4.3 Health Hazards -- 1.5 Abatement of Heavy Metals Pollution -- 1.5.1 Physicochemical Methods -- 1.5.2 Biochemical Methods -- 1.5.2.1 Heavy Metals and Microorganisms -- 1.5.2.2 Biosorption and Floatation -- 1.5.2.3 Biotransformation -- 1.5.2.4 Pollution Monitoring Biosensors -- 1.5.2.5 Bioremediation -- 1.5.3 Phytoremediation -- 1.6 Genetic Engineering: The Way Forward -- 1.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Metal-Plant Interactions: Toxicity and Tolerance -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Plant Structure -- 2.3 Metal Uptake and Transport -- 2.3.1 Metal Bioavailability -- 2.3.2 Root Uptake -- 2.3.3 Foliar Uptake -- 2.4 Metal Phytomtoxicity -- 2.4.1 Visible Symptoms -- 2.4.2 Physiological Changes -- 2.4.2.1 Inhibition of Germination -- 2.4.2.2 Decreased Growth -- 2.4.2.3 Membrane Damage -- 2.5 Inhibition of Physiological Processes -- 2.5.1 Oxidative Damage in Plants -- 2.5.2 Photosynthesis -- 2.5.3 Water Relations -- 2.5.4 Nutrient Deficiency -- 2.6 Metal Essentiality and Toxicity -- 2.7 Toxicity Sequence -- 2.8 Metal Tolerance Mechanisms -- 2.8.1 Metal Accumulation -- 2.8.2 Metal Detoxification -- 2.8.3 Antioxidant Response -- 2.9 Enhancing Metal Tolerance -- 2.9.1 Chelators -- 2.9.2 Phytohormones -- 2.9.3 Importance of Microorganisms in Metal Removal -- 2.10 Conclusion -- References.
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Chapter 3: Bioremediation: New Approaches and Trends -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Remediation Technologies -- 3.2.1 Bioremediation -- 3.2.1.1 Ex-Situ Bioremediation -- 3.2.1.2 In-Situ Bioremediation -- 3.3 Phytoremediation -- 3.3.1 General Advantages of Phytoremediation -- 3.3.2 General Limitations of Phytoremediation -- 3.4 Phytoremediation Strategies -- 3.4.1 Phytoextraction -- 3.4.2 Rhizofiltration -- 3.4.3 Phytostabilization -- 3.4.4 Phytodegradation -- 3.4.5 Rhizodegradation -- 3.4.6 Phytovolatilization -- 3.5 Environmental Factors Affecting Phytoremediation -- 3.5.1 Soil Types and Organic Matter Contents -- 3.5.2 Soil Water/Moisture -- 3.5.3 Temperature -- 3.5.4 Light -- 3.5.5 Weathering Process -- 3.6 Techniques Used to Enhance Phytoremediation Process -- 3.6.1 Chelator-Induced Phytoextraction -- 3.6.2 Plant Growth Regulators -- 3.6.3 Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria -- 3.6.3.1 Remediation of Heavy Metals by PGPR -- 3.6.3.2 Remediation of Organic Contaminants by PGPR -- 3.7 Breakthroughs in Phytoremediation: Novel Transgenic Approaches -- 3.7.1 Metallothioneins, Phytochelatins, and Metal Chelators -- 3.7.2 Metal Transporters -- 3.7.3 Alteration of Metabolic Pathways -- 3.7.4 Alteration of Oxidative Stress Mechanisms -- 3.7.5 Alteration in Roots -- 3.7.6 Alteration in Biomass -- 3.8 Example of Genetically Engineered Plant -- 3.8.1 Mercury Detoxification Using Transgenic Plants -- 3.9 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Legume- Rhizobium Symbioses as a Tool for Bioremediation of Heavy Metal Polluted Soils -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Legume- Rhizobium Symbiotic Interaction -- 4.2.1 Promotion of the Bacterial Infection -- 4.2.2 Bacterial Infection -- 4.2.3 Nodule Formation -- 4.3 The Legume- Rhizobium Symbiosis as a Tool for Bioremediation -- 4.3.1 The Microsymbiont and Heavy Metals -- 4.3.2 Examples of Heavy Metal Resistance in Rhizobia.
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4.3.2.1 Arsenic Resistance in Rhizobium Strains -- 4.3.2.2 Cadmium Resistance in Rhizobium Strains -- 4.3.2.3 Nickel Resistance Determinants in Rhizobium Strains -- 4.3.2.4 Resistance Against Chromium in Rhizobium -- 4.3.3 Nodulation Efficiency of Metal Resistant Rhizobia -- 4.3.4 Non-rhizobial Bacteria Nodulates Legumes Under Heavy Metal Stress -- 4.3.5 Legumes and Heavy Metals -- 4.3.5.1 Accumulation of Heavy Metals in Legume Plants -- 4.4 Effect of Heavy Metals on the Legume- Rhizobium Symbiotic Interaction -- 4.5 Application of Legume- Rhizobium Symbioses in Metal-contaminated Soils -- 4.6 Engineering Legume- Rhizobium Symbiosis for Improving Bioremediation -- 4.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Importance of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: An Overview -- 5.3 AM-Fungi-Assisted Phytoremediation -- 5.3.1 Occurrence of AM-Fungi in Heavy Metal Contaminated Soil -- 5.3.2 Does Mycorrhizal Plants Exhibit Enhanced Tolerance to Heavy Metals? -- 5.3.3 Contribution of AM-Fungi in Phytostabilization -- 5.3.4 Importance of AM-Fungi in Phytoextraction -- 5.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Research Advances in Bioremediation of Soils and Groundwater Using Plant-Based Systems: A Case for Enlarging and Updating Information and Knowledge in Environmental Pollution Management in Developing Countries -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Types, Sources, and Effects of Soil and Groundwater Pollutants -- 6.3 Phytoremediation: A Type of Plant-Assisted Bioremediation -- 6.4 Necessity for Sustained Bioremediation Research and Development -- 6.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: The Bacterial Flora of the Nickel-Hyperaccumulator Plant Alyssum bertolonii -- 7.1 Botany and Life History of Alyssum bertolonii.
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7.2 Plant-Associated Bacteria : Which, Why, for What? -- 7.3 Soil and Rhizosphere Bacteria Involved in Metal Detoxification -- 7.3.1 Endophytic Bacteria -- 7.4 Conclusion and Perspectives -- References -- Chapter 8: Use of Biosurfactants in the Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from Soils -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Biosurfactants -- 8.2.1 Critical Micelle Concentration -- 8.2.2 Rhamnolipids -- 8.2.3 Surfactin -- 8.2.4 Saponin -- 8.2.5 Sophorolipids -- 8.2.6 Aescin -- 8.3 Heavy Metal Sorption on Soils -- 8.3.1 Comparison of Metal Sorption on Various Soils and/or Components -- 8.4 Heavy Metal Binding Mechanisms of Biosurfactants from Soil -- 8.4.1 Effect of pH -- 8.5 Biosurfactant Sorption onto Soils -- 8.6 Examples of Heavy Metal Removal from Soils Using Biosurfactants -- 8.7 Biosurfactant Foam Technologies -- 8.8 Role of Biosurfactants in Biofilm Formation and Use of Biofilms in Heavy Metal Bioremediation -- 8.9 Recent Use of Biosurfactants in Nanotechnology -- 8.10 Kinetic Modeling of Desorption -- 8.10.1 Sorption-Desorption Equilibrium -- 8.11 Conclusion and Future Prospect -- References -- Chapter 9: Mechanism of Metal Tolerance and Detoxification in Mycorrhizal Fungi -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Metal Tolerance/Detoxification in Mycorrhizal Fungi -- 9.2.1 Extracellular Mechanisms -- 9.2.1.1 Heavy Metal Chelation by Organic and/or Inorganic Ligands -- 9.2.2 Intracellular Mechanisms -- 9.2.2.1 Metal Complexation by Polyphosphate Granules -- 9.2.2.2 Vacuolar Compartmentalization by PCs and MTs -- 9.2.2.3 Transporter Proteins Involved in Metal Tolerance -- 9.2.2.4 Antioxidative Mechanisms to Combat Metal-Induced Oxidative Stress -- 9.3 Prospects of Genetic Engineering in Metal Remediation -- 9.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10: Metal Signaling in Plants: New Possibilities for Crop Management Under Cadmium-Contaminated Soils -- 10.1 Introduction.
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10.1.1 Stress Signal Transduction Mechanisms in Plants -- 10.1.2 Most Stress Signaling Mechanisms Share the Same Components -- 10.1.3 Metal Stress in Plants -- 10.1.4 Metal Signal Transduction in Plants - Possible Pathways -- 10.1.5 Possible Points in PC Signaling Regulation -- 10.2 Calcium Signaling in Cadmium Stress -- 10.2.1 The Role of Calcium -- 10.2.2 Calcium Influences Cadmium Uptake but Also PC Synthesis -- 10.3 Protein Phosphorylation Signaling in Metal Stress -- 10.3.1 The Role of Protein Phosphatases -- 10.3.2 Protein Phosphatase Inhibition Increases Cadmium Tolerance by Enhancing PC Synthesis -- 10.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11: Microbial Management of Cadmium and Arsenic Metal Contaminants in Soil -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Sources of Cadmium and Arsenic in Soil -- 11.2.1 Cadmium -- 11.2.2 Arsenic -- 11.3 Possible Impacts of Cadmium and Arsenic Metal Contaminants -- 11.3.1 Cadmium Toxicity -- 11.3.2 Arsenic Toxicity -- 11.4 Mechanism of Bacterial Resistance to Heavy Metals: An Overview -- 11.4.1 Bacterial Resistance to Cadmium -- 11.4.1.1 P-type ATPase -- 11.4.1.2 CBA Transporters -- 11.4.1.3 CDF Family Transporters -- 11.4.2 Bacterial Resistance to Arsenic -- 11.5 Influence of Microbes on Speciation and Mobility of Arsenic and Cadmium -- 11.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12: Phytotechnologies: Importance in Remediation of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soils -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Phytoremediation: A Natural Way for Restoration of Polluted Soils -- 12.2.1 Advantages and Limitations of Phytotechnologies -- 12.2.2 Phytoextraction -- 12.2.2.1 Economics of Phytoextraction -- 12.2.3 Phytostabilization -- 12.2.3.1 Advantages -- 12.2.3.2 Disadvantages -- 12.3 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13: Chromium Pollution and Bioremediation: An Overview -- 13.1 Introduction.
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13.2 General Description, Discovery, and Occurrence of Chromium.
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