Bioremediation and Sustainable Technologies for Cleaner Environment

This book offers insights into the current focus and recent advances in bioremediation and green technology applications for waste minimization and pollution control. Increasing urbanization has an impact on the environment, agriculture and industry, exac

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Marimuthu Prashanthi Rajakumar Sundaram Aravind Jeyaseelan Thamaraiselvi Kaliannan Editors

Bioremediation and Sustainable Technologies for Cleaner Environment

Environmental Science and Engineering Environmental Science

Series editors Ulrich Förstner, Hamburg, Germany Wim H. Rulkens, Wageningen, The Netherlands Wim Salomons, Haren, The Netherlands

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/3234

Marimuthu Prashanthi Rajakumar Sundaram Aravind Jeyaseelan Thamaraiselvi Kaliannan •



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Editors Marimuthu Prashanthi Department of Environmental Management Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu India Rajakumar Sundaram Department of Marine Biotechnology Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu India

Aravind Jeyaseelan Department of Biotechnology Addis Ababa Science and Technology University Addis Ababa Ethiopia Thamaraiselvi Kaliannan Department of Environmental Biotechnology Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu India

ISSN 1863-5520 ISSN 1863-5539 (electronic) Environmental Science and Engineering ISSN 1431-6250 Environmental Science ISBN 978-3-319-48438-9 ISBN 978-3-319-48439-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-48439-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016960281 © Springer International Publishing AG 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

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Preface

Rapid industrialization towards better economic development has resulted in environmental degradation globally. Major contamination sources from industry, agriculture and urban areas are a threat to the natural environment, the impacts of which are severe in both developed and developing countries