ABSTRACT
This book serves as a knowledge bank for researchers and graduate students in microbiology, chemistry, and environmental sciences, among others. It focuses on heavy metal in the environment and describes methodologies to immobilize and mobilize heavy metals. It also provides case studies which may be of particular interest to persons in industry.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|90 pages
Interaction Metal(Loid)s: Microorganisms
chapter 1|12 pages
Microbial Communities and the Interaction with Heavy Metals and Metalloids
Impact and Adaptation
part 2|101 pages
Strategies of Bioremediation
chapter 7|29 pages
Bioleaching Strategies Applied to Sediments Contaminated with Metals
Current Knowledge and Biotechnological Potential for Remediation of Dredged Materials
part 3|75 pages
Bioremediation of Relevant Metal(Loid)s
chapter 13|14 pages
Lead Resistance Mechanisms in Bacteria and Co-Selection to other Metals and Antibiotics
A Review
chapter 14|20 pages
Mercury Toxicity
The Importance of Microbial Diversity for Improved environmental remediation
part 4|53 pages
Field Aplications
