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Insight of Proteomics and Genomics in Environmental Bioremediation
Raghvendra Pratap Singh (Shandong University, China), Geetanjali Manchanda (D.A.V. University, India), Zhi-Feng Li (Shandong University, China), and Alok R. Rai (Seth Kasarimal Porwal College, India)
Copyright: © 2017
|Pages: 24
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2325-3.ch003
Abstract
Bioremediation of hazardous substances from environment is a major human and environmental health concern but can be managed by the microorganism due to their variety of properties that can effectively change the complexity. Microorganisms convey endogenous genetic, biochemical and physiological assets that make them superlative proxies for pollutant remediation in habitat. But, the crucial step is to degrade the complex ring structured pollutants. Interestingly, the integration of genomics and proteomics technologies that allow us to use or alter the genes and proteins of interest in a given microorganism towards a cell-free bioremediation approach. Resultantly, efforts have been finished by developing the genetically modified (Gm) microbes for the remediation of ecological contaminants. Gm microorganisms mediated bioremediation can affect the solubility, bioavailability and mobility of complex hazardous.