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Emerging Technologies in Environmental
Bioremediation
Emerging Technologies in
Environmental Bioremediation
Edited by
Maulin P. Shah
Industrial Waste Water Research Lab, Division of Applied & Environmental
Microbiology, Enviro Technology Limited, India
Susana Rodriguez-Couto
Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science,
Maria Diaz de Haro 3, Bilbao, Spain
S. Sevinç Şengör
Middle East Technical University, Department of
Environmental Engineering, Ankara, Turkey
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vi Contents
Chapter 12: Latest innovations in bacterial degradation of textile azo dyes ..........285
Shantkriti Srinivasan, Kanyaga Parameswari M and Siranjeevi Nagaraj
12.1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 285
12.2 Bacteria in degradation of azo dyes .............................................................. 287
12.2.1 Bacteria as source ................................................................................. 287
12.2.2 Mechanism of azo dye degradation by bacteria .................................... 288
12.2.3 Phases of treatment ............................................................................... 289
12.2.4 Recent studies in bacterial mediated azo dye degradation..................... 290
12.2.5 Analytical methods in azo dye degradation .......................................... 294
12.2.6 Analysis of efficiency of bacterial dye degradation by toxicity tests .... 295
12.3 Computational inputs in enhancing biodegradation ...................................... 296
12.3.1 Choice of strains: adapted versus nonadapted strains ............................ 296
12.3.2 In silico analysis as a valuable tool....................................................... 298
12.4 Alternative front-runners: fungi, yeast, and algae-mediated azo dye
degradation ..................................................................................................... 300
12.5 Future perspective .......................................................................................... 301
References................................................................................................................. 302
Chapter 17: Study of transport models for arsenic removal using nanofiltration
process: recent perspectives ............................................................391
Robin Marlar Rajendran, Sangeeta Garg and Shailendra Bajpai
17.1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 391
17.1.1 Sources ................................................................................................. 391
17.1.2 Health effects ....................................................................................... 393
17.1.3 Permissible limit ................................................................................... 393
17.2 Chemistry of arsenic ...................................................................................... 395
17.3 Methods of arsenic removal from water/wastewater .................................... 395
17.3.1 Membrane technology .......................................................................... 396
17.4 Nanofiltration of arsenic ................................................................................ 397
17.4.1 Modeling of nanofiltration membranes for arsenic removal .................. 397
17.5 Conclusion and future perspective................................................................. 401
Nomenclature............................................................................................................ 401
Greek symbols .......................................................................................................... 402
Abbreviations ............................................................................................................ 402
References................................................................................................................. 402
Further Reading ........................................................................................................ 405
Chapter 20: Novel process of ellagic acid synthesis from waste generated
from mango pulp processing industries ............................................443
Murugan Athiappan, Shantkriti Srinivasan, Rubavathi Anandan and
Janani Rajaram
20.1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 443
20.1.1 Waste from mango pulp processing industries ...................................... 443
20.2 Composition of mango wastes ....................................................................... 444
20.3 Types of tannins ............................................................................................. 444
20.4 Bioconversion of tannin to ellagic acid......................................................... 445
20.5 Microbes involved in the production of ellagic acid .................................... 447
20.6 Applications of ellagic acid ........................................................................... 448
20.7 Conclusion...................................................................................................... 451
References................................................................................................................. 451
Further reading.......................................................................................................... 454
Index ............................................................................................................ 455
List of contributors
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xvi List of contributors
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xx Preface