03867nam 22006495 450 991025545220332120200703181218.03-319-68957-610.1007/978-3-319-68957-9(CKB)4100000001795068(DE-He213)978-3-319-68957-9(MiAaPQ)EBC5224858(PPN)223956937(EXLCZ)99410000000179506820180116d2017 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMycoremediation and Environmental Sustainability Volume 1 /edited by Ram Prasad1st ed. 2017.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2017.1 online resource (XIII, 240 p. 27 illus., 16 illus. in color.) Fungal Biology,2198-77773-319-68956-8 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Bioremediation is the use of microorganisms' metabolism to degrade waste contaminants (sewage, domestic, and industrial effluents) into non-toxic or less toxic materials by natural biological processes. Remediation through fungi—or mycoremediation—has multifarious possibilities in applied remediation engineering and the future of environmental sustainability. Fungi have the biochemical and ecological capability to degrade environmental organic chemicals and to decrease the risk associated with metals, semi-metals, noble metals, and radionuclides, either by chemical modification or by manipulating chemical bioavailability. Additionally, the capability of these fungi to form extended mycelia networks, the low specificity of their catabolic enzymes, and their using pollutants as a growth substrate make these fungi well suited for bioremediation processes. Their mycelia exhibit the robustness of adapting to highly limiting environmental conditions often experienced in the presence of persistent pollutants, which makes them more useful compared to other microbes. However, despite dominating the living biomass in soil and being abundant in aquatic ecosystems, fungi have not been exploited for the bioremediation of such environments. This book covers the various types of fungi and associated fungal processes used to clean up waste and wastewaters in contaminated environments and discusses future potential applications.Fungal Biology,2198-7777MycologySoil scienceSoil conservationPlant biochemistryPollutionPlant breedingMycologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L27000Soil Science & Conservationhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U28000Plant Biochemistryhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L14021Pollution, generalhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U35000Plant Breeding/Biotechnologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L24060Mycology.Soil science.Soil conservation.Plant biochemistry.Pollution.Plant breeding.Mycology.Soil Science & Conservation.Plant Biochemistry.Pollution, general.Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.579.135Prasad Ramedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtBOOK9910255452203321Mycoremediation and Environmental Sustainability2104181UNINA