Bio-Degradation and Bio-Remediation of Environmental Pollutants
A special issue of Environments (ISSN 2076-3298).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2017) | Viewed by 6913
Special Issue Editor
Interests: environmental toxicology biogeochemistry of heavy metals environmental pollution and remediation human and environmental health environmental chemistry water quality environmental sustainability
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Environmental pollution from natural and anthropogenic sources is a global challenge for environmental sustainability and human health. Some of the major environmental pollutants are heavy metals/metalloids, pesticides, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls, detergents, antibiotics, and nanoparticles that may cause various environmental and human health problems. Mining, industrial effluents, and infrastructure development activities (e.g., roads and highway, urbanization) are the major sources of environmental pollutants, while natural release of heavy metals/metalloids in some areas of the world has also been contributing to environmental pollution. Long term cumulative effects of the pollutants in the environment are detrimental to human and environmental health. Complete remediation/removal of these contaminants is challenging due to the lack of reliable, sustainable, and cost-effective technology. However, diverse groups of microorganisms that are already present in the environment may provide a solution through
bio-degradation and bio-transformation processes. Microbes have various mechanisms for
bio-remediation of heavy metals, such as adsorption to cell surfaces, complexation of exopolysaccharides, intracellular accumulation, and biosynthesis of metallothioneins and other proteins that trap metals and transform them to less and/or non-toxic compounds. Recently, research is being focused on the development of genetically modified bio-remediation technology for the detoxification of environmental pollutants. This Special Issue aims to present original research articles, reviews, and short communications in the areas of (but not limited to) bio-degradation and bio-remediation of environmental pollutants.
Dr. Mohammad Azizur Rahman
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Bio-degradation
- Bio-remediation
- Heavy metals/metalloids
- Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
- Nanoparticles
- Detoxification
- Bio-transformation
- Genetically modified bio-remediation technology
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