Biotechnology for sustainable environment

This book brings together the most recent advances from leading experts in the burgeoning field of environmental biotechnology. The contributing chapters adopt a multidisciplinary approach related to environmental aspects of agriculture, industry, pharmaceutical sciences and drug developments from plant and microbial sources, biochemical chemical techniques/methods/protocols involved in different areas of environmental biotechnology. Book also highlights recent advancements, newly emerging technologies, and thought provoking approaches from different parts of the world. It also discusses potential future prospects associated with some frontier development of biotechnological research related to the environment. This book will be of interest to teachers, researchers, biotechnologists, capacity builders and policymakers, and will serve as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of biotechnology, microbiology and environmental sciences.

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Editors -- 1: Environmental Biotechnology: Toward a Sustainable Future -- 1.1 Introduction to Environmental Biotechnology -- 1.2 Worldwide Environmental Problems -- 1.2.1 Environmental Contamination -- 1.2.2 Global Warming -- 1.2.3 The Depletion of the Ozone Layer -- 1.2.4 Acid Rain -- 1.2.5 Depletion of Natural Resources -- 1.2.6 Overpopulation -- 1.2.7 Waste Disposal -- 1.2.8 Deforestation -- 1.2.9 Loss of Biodiversity -- 1.3 Bioremediation -- 1.3.1 Nano-Bioremediation Technologies for Sustainable Environment

1.4 Biotechnology to Control and Clear Air Pollution -- 1.4.1 Control Methods of Odor and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) -- 1.5 Soil Management and Contamination -- 1.5.1 Sources of Soil Pollution -- 1.5.2 The Available Options for the Integrated Management of Contaminated Soils -- 1.5.2.1 Controlling Pollutant Entry into the Soil -- 1.5.2.2 Use of Physical and Chemical Means to Decontaminate Soil -- 1.5.2.3 Soil Contaminants Bioremediation -- 1.6 Effective Treatment of Wastewater -- 1.6.1 Choice of Methods for Wastewater Treatment -- 1.6.1.1 Small-Scale Wastewater Treatment

1.6.1.2 Large-Scale Wastewater Treatment -- 1.6.2 Bio…