Fungal Bioremediation

This book highlights the role fungi play in bioremediation, as well as the mechanisms and enzymes involved in this process. It covers the application of bioremediation with fungi in polluted sites and gives a wide overview of the main applications of remediation.

Autorentext

Araceli Tomasini Camposcosio

Hector Hugo Leon Santiesteban

Inhalt

FUNDAMENTALS

The Role of the Filamentous Fungi in Bioremediation * Araceli Tomasini and H. Hugo León-Santiesteban

• Fungal Peroxidases Mediated Bioremediation of Industrial Pollutants * Misha Ali, Qayyum Husain and Hassan Mubarak Ishqi

• Phenoloxidases of Fungi and Bioremediation * Montiel-González Alba Mónica and Marcial Quino Jaime

• APPLICATIONS *

• Chlorophenols Removal by Fungi * H. Hugo León-Santiesteban and Araceli Tomasini

• Azo Dye Decoloration by Fungi * M. R. Vernekar, J. S. Gokhale and S. S. Lele

• Fungal Processes of Interaction with Chromium * P. Romo-Rodríguez and J. F. Gutiérrez-Corona

• Removal of Emerging Pollutants by Fungi: Elimination of Antibiotics * Carlos E. Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Juan Carlos Cambronero-Heinrichs, Wilson Beita-Sandí and

J. Esteban Durán

• Fungi and Remediation of Radionuclide Pollution * John Dighton

• Removal of Gaseous Pollutants from Air by Fungi * Alberto Vergara-Fernández, Felipe Scott, Patricio Moreno-Casas and Sergio Revah

• USEFUL TOOLS *

• A Learning Journey On Toxico-Proteomics: The Neglected Role of Filamentous Fungi in the Environmental Mitigation of Pentachlorophenol * Celso Martins, Isabel Martins, Tiago Martins, Adélia Varela and Cristina Silva Pereira

• Bioreactors and Other Technologies Used in Fungal Bioprocesses * Avinash V. Karpe, Rohan M. Shah, Vijay Dhamale, Snehal Jadhav, David J. Beale and Enzo A. Palombo

• Electron Microscopy Techniques Applied to Bioremediation and Biodeterioration Studies with Moulds: State of the Art and Future Perspectives * Antoni Solé, Maria Àngels Calvo, María José Lora and Alejandro Sánchez-Chardi *