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Record Nr.

UNINA9910437825203321

Titolo

Fungi as Bioremediators / / edited by Ebrahim Mohammadi Goltapeh, Younes Rezaee Danesh, Ajit Varma

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

1-299-33708-2

3-642-33811-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (481 p.)

Collana

Soil Biology, , 2196-4831 ; ; 32

Altri autori (Persone)

GoltapehEbrahim Mohammadi

DaneshYounes Rezaee

VarmaAjit

Disciplina

628.5

Soggetti

Microbiology

Soil science

Environmental engineering

Biotechnology

Bioremediation

Soil Science

Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Ecophysiology of Fungal Bioremediation -- Application of Mycoremediation Against Organic Pollutants -- Mycoremediation of Inorganic Pollutants -- Mycoremediation: Agricultural and Forest Ecosystem Sustainability -- Techniques in Mycoremediation.

Sommario/riassunto

Biological remediation methods have been successfully used to treat polluted soils. While bacteria have produced good results in bioremediation for quite some time now, the use of fungi to decontaminate soils has only recently been established. This volume of Soil Biology discusses the potentials of filamentous fungi in bioremediation. Fungi suitable for degradation, as well as genetically modified organisms, their biochemistry, enzymology, and practical applications are described. Chapters include topics such as pesticide



removal, fungal wood decay processes, remediation of soils contaminated with heavy and radioactive metals, of paper and cardboard industrial wastes, and of petroleum pollutants.