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Technological Approach of Bioremediation Using Microbial Tools: Bacteria, Fungi, and Algae

Technological Approach of Bioremediation Using Microbial Tools: Bacteria, Fungi, and Algae

Mostafa M. El-Sheekh, Yehia A-G. Mahmoud
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781522523253|ISBN10: 1522523251|EISBN13: 9781522523260
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2325-3.ch006
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El-Sheekh, Mostafa M., and Yehia A-G. Mahmoud. "Technological Approach of Bioremediation Using Microbial Tools: Bacteria, Fungi, and Algae." Handbook of Research on Inventive Bioremediation Techniques, edited by Jatindra Nath Bhakta, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 134-154. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2325-3.ch006

APA

El-Sheekh, M. M. & Mahmoud, Y. A. (2017). Technological Approach of Bioremediation Using Microbial Tools: Bacteria, Fungi, and Algae. In J. Bhakta (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Inventive Bioremediation Techniques (pp. 134-154). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2325-3.ch006

Chicago

El-Sheekh, Mostafa M., and Yehia A-G. Mahmoud. "Technological Approach of Bioremediation Using Microbial Tools: Bacteria, Fungi, and Algae." In Handbook of Research on Inventive Bioremediation Techniques, edited by Jatindra Nath Bhakta, 134-154. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2325-3.ch006

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Abstract

Bioremediation is applied to eliminate various contaminants, such as organic, inorganic or other pollutants from the environment. Environment worldwide is under great stress due to industrialization and human interfering on the limited natural resources. The release of chemicals pollution needs several techniques to treat some of these chemicals, but due to their cost, new technologies should be developing in order to create cost-effective and eco-friendly bioremediation technologies for environmental conversions. Bioremediation is an increasingly popular using microbial and algae strains for degrading waste contaminants. It is using of microorganisms and its enzymes to protect the environment from severe pollution. Bioremediation may be employed in order to eliminate specific contaminants, such as chlorinated pesticides or other pollutants from the environment. Microorganisms degrade the different pollutants in a natural environment but some modifications can be done to enhance its degradation efficiency at a faster rate in a limited time frame by using the genetically engineered microorganisms and microalgae. In this chapter, the role of the bacteria, fungi and algae in bioremediation of different environmental pollutants was highlighted.

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