Microbial Metabolism of Xenobiotic Compounds

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Xenobiotic compounds including pesticides, nitrophenols, pyridine, polycyclic aromatic compounds and polychlorinated biphenyls are widely spread in environment due to anthropogenic activities. Most of them are highly toxic to living beings due to their mutagenic and carcinogenic properties. Therefore, the removal of these compounds from environment is an essential step for environmental sustainability. Microbial remediation has emerged as an effective technology for degradation of these xenobiotic compounds as microorganisms have unique ability to utilize these compounds as their sole source of carbon and energy. The primary goal of this book is to provide detailed information of microbial degradation of many xenobiotic compounds in various microorganisms. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Microbial Degradation of Pyridine and Pyridine Derivatives (Nidhi Gupta, Edward J. O’Loughlin, Gerald K. Sims)....Pages 1-31 Anaerobic Biodegradation of Pesticides (Gerald K. Sims, Ramdas Gopinath Kanissery)....Pages 33-54 DNA Stable Isotope Probing to Examine Organisms Involved in Biodegradation (Gerald K. Sims, Andres M. Gomez, Ramdas Kanissery)....Pages 55-77 Enzymatic Bioremediation: Current Status, Challenges of Obtaining Process, and Applications (Clarissa Hamaio Okino-Delgado, Mirella Rossitto Zanutto-Elgui, Débora Zanoni do Prado, Milene Stefani Pereira, Luciana Francisco Fleuri)....Pages 79-101 Biotransformation of Heavy Crude Oil and Biodegradation of Oil Pollution by Arid Zone Bacterial Strains (Sanket J. Joshi, Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Saif Al-Bahry)....Pages 103-122 Catalytic Promiscuity of Aromatic Ring-Hydroxylating Dioxygenases and Their Role in the Plasticity of Xenobiotic Compound Degradation (Nidhi Verma, Usha Kantiwal, Nitika, Yogendra Kumar Yadav, Suman Teli, Deepika Goyal et al.)....Pages 123-143 Aromatic Compounds and Biofilms: Regulation and Interlinking of Metabolic Pathways in Bacteria (Saheli Ghosh, Asifa Qureshi, Hemant J. Purohit)....Pages 145-164 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): Environmental Fate, Challenges and Bioremediation (Seethalaksmi Elangovan, Sathish Babu Soundra Pandian, Geetha S. J., Sanket J. Joshi)....Pages 165-188 Bioremediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs): Current Practices and Outlook (A. Giridhar Babu, Shahi I. Reja, Nadeem Akhtar, Mehar Sultana, Prashant S. Deore, Farukh I. Ali)....Pages 189-216 Microbes Are Essential Components of Arsenic Cycling in the Environment: Implications for the Use of Microbes in Arsenic Remediation (Sudhakar Srivastava, Kavita Shukla)....Pages 217-227 Biodegradation of Synthetic Pyrethroid Insecticides (Shaohua Chen, Hui Zhan)....Pages 229-244 Microbial Degradation of Polyethylene: Recent Progress and Challenges (Shiv Shankar, Shailja Singh, Anuradha Mishra, Manju Sharma, Shikha)....Pages 245-262 Biodegradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (Soumya Nair, Jayanthi Abraham)....Pages 263-284 Role of Macrofungi in Bioremediation of Pollutants (Pratima Vishwakarma)....Pages 285-304 Microemulsions as a Novel Tool for Enhancing the Bioremediation of Xenobiotics (Juliana Maria Saez, Verena Casillas García, Marta Alejandra Polti, Claudia Susana Benimeli)....Pages 305-317 An Overview of Nitro Group-Containing Compounds and Herbicides Degradation in Microorganisms (Sikandar I. Mulla, Ram Naresh Bharagava, Dalel Belhaj, Ganesh Dattatraya Saratale, Zabin K. Bagewadi, Gaurav Saxena et al.)....Pages 319-335 Distillery Effluent: Pollution Profile, Eco-friendly Treatment Strategies, Challenges and Future Prospects (Vineet Kumar, Deepak Chand Sharma)....Pages 337-357