Marine pollution and microbial remediation

• Other Authors: Naik, Milind Mohan (Editor), Dubey, Santosh Kumar (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer, [2017]
• Subjects: Marine pollution > Prevention.; Marine bioremediation.; Marine pollution.; Restoration ecology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9789811010446; 9789811010422
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (274 pages)

Marine environment is the largest habitat covering approximately 70% of the total earth surface. Oceans are the main regulatory agent of earth's climate and harbour a huge diversity of living organisms. Marine environment provide a unique ecological niche to different microbes which play a sign...

Table of Contents:

• Dedication; Acknowledgement; Contents; About the Editors; 1: Assessing Metal Contamination in€Recent Creek Sediments Using Fractionation Technique Along Mumbai Coast, India; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Materials and€Methods; 1.2.1 Study Area; 1.2.2 Sampling; 1.2.3 Enrichment Factor; 1.2.4 Index of€Geoaccumulation (Igeo); 1.3 Results and€Discussion; 1.3.1 Sediment Components; 1.3.2 Clay Mineralogy; 1.3.3 Organic Matter (TOC, TP and€TN); 1.3.4 Metal Geochemistry; 1.3.5 Correlation Analysis; 1.3.6 Enrichment Factor and€Igeo; 1.3.7 Sediment Quality Guidelines (SQGs); 1.3.8 Speciation.
• 1.4 ConclusionsReferences; 2: Bioremediation of Heavy Metals from Saline Water Using Hypersaline Dissimilatory Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria; 2.1 Heavy Metal Influx in€Saline Waters; 2.2 Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria; 2.3 Bioremediation of€Heavy Metals; 2.4 SRB as€Bioremediators of€Heavy Metals; 2.5 Hypersaline SRB and€Metal Bioremediation; 2.6 Measurement of€SRA and€Its Variation with€Salinity; 2.7 Effect of€Metals on€SRA; 2.8 Bioremediation of€Industrial Effluent with€SRB; 2.9 Conclusion; References.
• 3: Lead- and€Mercury-Resistant Marine Bacteria and€Their Application in€Lead and€Mercury Bioremediation3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Lead and€Mercury Pollution in€Marine and Estuarine Environments; 3.2.1 Mercury; 3.2.2 Lead; 3.3 Lead- and€Mercury-Resistance Mechanisms in€Marine and€Estuarine Bacteria; 3.3.1 Mercury Resistance Mechanisms; 3.3.1.1 Detoxification of€Toxic Chemicals and€Heavy Metals by€Mercury-Resistant Bacteria; 3.3.2 Lead-Resistance Mechanisms; 3.3.2.1 Co-resistance and€Cross Resistance; 3.4 Conclusion; References.
• 4: Microbial Remediation of€Organometals and€Oil Hydrocarbons in€the€Marine Environment4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Organometals; 4.2.1 Organometal Contamination in€Marine Environments; 4.2.2 Bioremediation of€Organotin Compounds (OT) in€Marine Environments; 4.3 Oil Hydrocarbons; 4.3.1 Oil Hydrocarbon Contamination in€Marine Environments; 4.3.2 Hydrocarbon Degradation by€Aerobic Marine Bacteria; 4.3.2.1 Pathways of€Aerobic Hydrocarbon Degradation; 4.3.3 Hydrocarbon Degradation by€Anaerobic Marine Bacteria; 4.3.3.1 Pathways of€Anaerobic Hydrocarbon Degradation.
• 4.3.4 Bioremediation of€Oil Hydrocarbons4.3.4.1 Nutrient Supply; 4.3.4.2 Electron Acceptors; 4.3.4.3 Addition of€Co-substrates; 4.3.4.4 Surfactants; 4.3.4.5 Bioaugmentation; 4.3.5 Consortia of€Marine Bacteria for€Enhanced Hydrocarbon Bioremediation; 4.4 Critical and€Future Perspectives; References; 5: Extracellular Polysaccharide Production by Bacteria as€a€Mechanism of€Toxic Heavy Metal Biosorption and€Biosequestration in€the€Marine Environment; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Marine Microbial Diversity Producing EPS; 5.3 Extracellular Biosequestration of€Metals by€Marine EPS.