Fungi in bioremediation / edited by G.M. Gadd.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gadd, Geoffrey M., editor.

Series:

British Mycological Society symposium series ; v. 23.

British Mycological Society symposium series ; v. 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fungal remediation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 481 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bioremediation is an expanding area of environmental biotechnology, and may be defined as the application of biological processes to the treatment of pollution. Much bioremediation work has concentrated on organic pollutants, although the range of substances that can be transformed or detoxified by micro-organisms includes both natural and synthetic organic materials and inorganic pollutants, such as toxic metals. The majority of applications developed to date involve bacteria and there is a distinct lack of appreciation of the potential roles and involvement of fungi in bioremediation, despite clear evidence of their metabolic and morphological versatility. This book highlights the potential of filamentous fungi, including mycorrhizas, in bioremediation and discusses the physiology and chemistry of pollutant transformations.

Contents:

Degradation of plant cell wall polymers / Christine S. Evans and John N. Hedger

The biochemistry of ligninolytic fungi / Patricia J. Harvey and Christopher F. Thurston

Bioremediation potential of white rot fungi / C. Adinarayana Reddy and Zacharia Mathew

Fungal remediation of soils contaminated with persistent organic pollutants / Ian Singleton

Formulation of fungi for in situ bioremediation / Joan W. Bennett [and others]

Fungal biodegradation of chlorinated monoaromatics and BTEX compounds / John A. Buswell

Bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by ligninolytic and non-ligninolytic fungi / Carl E. Cerniglia and John B. Sutherland

Pesticide degradation / Sarah E. Maloney

Degradation of energetic compounds by fungi / David A. Newcombe and Ronald L. Crawford

Use of wood-rotting fungi for the decolorization of dyes and industrial effluents / Jeremy S. Knapp, Eli J. Vantoch-Wood and Fuming Zhang

The roles of fungi in agricultural waste conversion / Roni Cohen and Yitzhak Hadar

Cyanide biodegradation by fungi / Michelle Barclay and Christopher J. Knowles

Metal transformations / Geoffrey M. Gadd

Heterotrophic leaching / Helmut Brandl

Fungal metal biosorption / John M. Tobin

The potential for utilizing mycorrhizal associations in soil bioremediation / Andrew A. Meharg

Mycorrhizas and hydrocarbons / Marta Noemí Cabello.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-17410-4

1-281-71738-X

9786611717384

0-511-40969-9

0-511-40836-6

0-511-41023-9

0-511-40759-9

0-511-54178-3

0-511-40917-6

OCLC:

437213150