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Advances in the Domain of Environmental Biotechnology

Microbiological Developments in Industries, Wastewater Treatment and Agriculture

  • Comprehensive compilation of latest information in environmental biotechnology
  • Discussion microbial technologies related to the industry, agriculture and environment
  • Brings forth recent literature in the field laced with useful illustrations

Part of the book series: Environmental and Microbial Biotechnology (EMB)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Industrial Biotechnology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Lactic Acid Bacteria for Production of Platform Chemicals: A Dark Horse in the Field of Industrial Biotechnology

      • Kumar Pranaw, Debjani Dutta, Surender Singh, Sunil Kumar Khare
      Pages 3-25
    3. Solid-State Fermentation: Use of Agroindustrial Residues

      • Sharline Florentino de Melo Santos, Carlos Alberto Bispo de Sousa, Andréa Farias de Almeida, Felipe Augusto Santos, Carolina Zanini Oliveira, Amanda Letícia de Carvalho Cardoso et al.
      Pages 27-57
    4. Microemulsified Systems and Their Environmental Advantages for the Oil Industry

      • Fabiola D. S. Curbelo, Alfredo I. C. Garnica, Joan Manuel Rodriguez-Díaz, Elayne A. Araújo, Evanice M. Paiva, Raphael R. Silva et al.
      Pages 59-79
    5. Microbial Exopolysaccharides as Biosurfactants in Environmental and Industrial Applications

      • Usharani Rathinam Krishnaswamy, Lakshmanaperumalsamy P, Achlesh D
      Pages 81-111
  3. Environmental Biotechnology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
    2. 3D Printing Technology in the Environment

      • Célia G. Amorim, Renato L. Gil, Jaime Cevallos-Mendoza, Alberto N. Araújo, Joan Manuel Rodríguez-Díaz, Maria da Conceição Montenegro
      Pages 131-160
    3. Modified or Functionalized Natural Bioadsorbents: New Perspectives as Regards the Elimination of Environmental Pollutants

      • Erlinjka Valentina Daza-López, Kevin Jhon Fernández-Andrade, Riann de Queiroz Nóbrega, Luis Ángel Zambrano-Intriago, Gretel Villanueva Ramos, Luis Santiago Quiroz-Fernández et al.
      Pages 195-225
    4. Electrochemical Biosensing of Algal Toxins

      • Luis Angel Zambrano-Intriago, Célia G. Amorim, Joan Manuel Rodríguez-Díaz, Maria Conceição B. S. M. Montenegro, Alberto N. Araújo
      Pages 227-252
    5. Bioinspired Superoleophobic Materials for Oil–Water Separation

      • Ashwini Patil, Sushant S. Pawar, Santosh S. Biranje
      Pages 253-276
    6. Biotechnology Applied to Treatments of Agro-industrial Wastes

      • Ernesto Alonso Rosero-Delgado, Medardo Anibal Zambrano-Arcentales, Yunet Gómez-Salcedo, Ricardo José Baquerizo-Crespo, Julio Cesar Dustet-Mendoza
      Pages 277-311
    7. Biocoagulants as an Alternative for Water Treatment

      • Ricardo José Baquerizo-Crespo, Yureysis Nuñez, Jorge Albite, J. A. Macías-Alcívar, Ned Cedeño-Zambrano, Alex Alberto Dueñas-Rivadeneira et al.
      Pages 313-334
    8. Mathematical Modeling Challenges Associated with Waste Anaerobic Biodegradability

      • Ricardo J. Baquerizo-Crespo, Sergi Astals, Osney Pérez-Ones, Ileana Pereda-Reyes
      Pages 357-392
    9. ANAMMOX in Wastewater Treatment

      • S. A. Aransiola, U. J. J. Ijah, O. P. Abioye, M. O. Victor-Ekwebelem
      Pages 393-415
    10. Conventional Wastewater Treatment Processes

      • Pabbati Ranjit, Vulise Jhansi, Kondakindi Venkateswar Reddy
      Pages 455-479

About this book

This book complies latest advancement in the field of environmental biotechnology. It focuses on topics that comprises industrial, environment and agricultural related issues to microbiological studies and exhibits correlation between biological world and dependence of humans on it. It is designed into three sections covering the role of environmental biotechnology in industry, environmental remediation, and agriculture. Ranging from micro-scale studies to macro, it covers up a huge domain of environmental biotechnology. Overall the book portrays the importance of modern biotechnology technologies in solving the problems in modern day life. The book is a ready reference for practicing students, researchers of biotechnology, environmental engineering, chemical engineering and other allied fields likewise.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud y Instituto de Investigación, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Portoviejo, Ecuador

    Naga Raju Maddela

  • Ingeniería Agronómica y Instituto de Investigación, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Portoviejo, Ecuador

    Luz C García Cruzatty

  • School of Environmental Science and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China

    Sagnik Chakraborty

About the editors

Naga Raju Maddela received his M.Sc., M.Phil., and Ph.D., in Microbiology from Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu, India. He received “Prometeo Investigator Fellowship” from SENESCYT (Govt. of Ecuador, Ecuador), and “Postdoctoral Fellowship” from Sun Yat-sen University, China. He received external funding from “China Postdoctoral Science Foundation”, (Govt. of China, China), and internal funding from “Universidad Técnica de Manabí” (UTM), Ecuador. His research interest is study of soil enzyme, biodegradation, membrane biofouling, bacterial exopolysaccharides, and biofilm formation. Worked as Assistant Professor and Head at the Department of Microbiology, National Postgraduate College, Nandyal, India. He participated in conferences and presented research data in China, Cuba, Ecuador, India and Singapore. Currently, he is working as a full-time Research Professor at the Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud & Instituto de Investigación, UTM, Portoviejo, Ecuador.

 

Luz Cecilia García is graduated with a Ph.D., in Forest Sciences from the Universidad Austral de Chile (UACH), Valdivia, Chile. Currently, she is a full-time Professor at the Faculty of Agronomic Engineering, Universidad Técnica de Manabí (UTM), Portoviejo, Ecuador. Also, working as a Director of Institute of Investigation at UTM, Ecuador. Her line of research is “Conservation and improvement of plant genetic resources”, and she directs a program of “Ecophysiology, conservation and genetic improvement of Theobroma cacao”. She participated as a speaker in several National and International conferences. She has received some distinctions and awards, such as best graduate student of the doctoral program (UACH, Chile), scholarships from MECESUP (Govt. of Chile, Chile) and SENESCYT (Govt. of Ecuador, Ecuador) for her doctoral study, got a leading researcher award at the Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo, Ecuador and at the UTM, best teacher of the Facultyof Agronomic Engineering, II Place in National MAGAP (Govt. of Ecuador, Ecuador) Agri-Economic Contest, GIZ (Bonn, Germany).

 

Sagnik Chakraborty Completed M.Sc., in Biotechnology from Bangalore University, India and Ph.D., from National Institute of Technology Durgapur, Department of Biotechnology, India. His research work focused on the removal of the dyes by biomass-derived from waste materials and removal of the dyes from an industrial outlet of the textile plants — biomass derived from the various waste. He has mentored undergraduate and postgraduate students for their projects. Furthermore, Sagnik completed his Post-Doctoral Research from Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, PR China, the fund approved by the Ministry of Education PR China. Moreover, he received an International Young Scientist Award from the National Natural Science Foundation of China with grant aid for further research. Sagnik received the Brand Ambassador Award from The Bentham Science Publisher and won several outstanding reviewing awards from Elsevier. Lately, he is engaged as Senior Researcher at Jiangsu University in the School of Environmental Science and Safety Engineering.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Advances in the Domain of Environmental Biotechnology

  • Book Subtitle: Microbiological Developments in Industries, Wastewater Treatment and Agriculture

  • Editors: Naga Raju Maddela, Luz C García Cruzatty, Sagnik Chakraborty

  • Series Title: Environmental and Microbial Biotechnology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8999-7

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-8998-0Published: 05 January 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-9001-6Published: 06 January 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-8999-7Published: 04 January 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2662-1681

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-169X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 719

  • Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations, 86 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Microbiology, Biotechnology, Ecology, Microbial Ecology

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