The Utilization of Bioremediation to Reduce Soil Contamination: Problems and Solutions

Content: 
Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Rapid Detection/Identification of Microbes, Bacterial Spores, Microbial Communities, and Metabolic Activities in Environmental Matrices....Pages 3-19
Modern Methods for Estimating Soil Microbial Biomass and Diversity: An Integrated Approach....Pages 21-28
Front Matter....Pages 29-48
Recent Advances in the Biodegradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Mycobacterium Species....Pages 49-49
Toxic Metal Contamination Treatment with Microbes....Pages 51-73
Aerobic Biodegradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)....Pages 75-94
Adsorption of Heavy Metals to Microbial Biomass....Pages 95-113
Nonenzymic Degradation and Decolorization of Recalcitrant Compounds....Pages 115-125
The Impact of Sulfonation Pattern on Indigo Degradation by Phanerochaete chrysosporium Ligninolytic Enzymes....Pages 127-133
Screening of Fungal Strains for Remediation of Water and Soil Contaminated with Synthetic Dyes....Pages 135-142
Effect of Countermeasures of Radionuclide Uptake by Agricultural Plants....Pages 143-148
Front Matter....Pages 149-152
Low-Cost Microbiotests for Toxicity Monitoring during Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils....Pages 153-153
Application of Bioassays for Site Specific Risk Assessment....Pages 155-163
Effect of PAH-Contaminated Soil on some Plants and Microorganisms....Pages 165-175
Development of Immunomicroscopic Methods for Bioremediation....Pages 177-185
Ecotoxicological Evaluation of PAH-Contaminated Soil Using Earthworms....Pages 187-197
Use of Bioassays in Determining the Ecotoxicity of Industrial Soils....Pages 199-203
Genotoxicity Estimation in Soils Contaminated with Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons after Biodegradation....Pages 205-209
Ecotoxicological Hazard Assessment of Solid-Phase Samples....Pages 211-215
Monitoring of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Slovak Freshwater Sediments....Pages 217-220
Front Matter....Pages 221-226
Biopiles for Remediation of Petroleum-Contaminated Soils: A Polish Case Study....Pages 227-227
Why Mycoremediations Have not yet Come into Practice....Pages 229-246
From Laboratory to Industrial Scale: Composting of Polluted Soils from Former Coal Industry and Gas Plants: Future Research Needs....Pages 247-266
Plant Biotechnology for the Removal of Organic Pollutants and Toxic Metals from Wastewaters and Contaminated Sites....Pages 267-283
Consideration of Plant-Based Remediation and Restoration of Contaminated Sites Containing Heavy Metals — The Canadian Experience....Pages 285-293
Combined Removal of Oil, Toxic Heavy Metals and Arsenic from Polluted Soil....Pages 295-311
Landfarming Framework for Sustainable Soil Bioremediation....Pages 313-318
Spent Mushroom Substrate: White-Rot Fungi in Aged Creosote-Contaminated Soil....Pages 319-334
Bioremediation of PCBs from Contaminated Soil....Pages 335-339
Problems of Soil Renovation on Former Military Sites in Lithuania....Pages 341-346
The Capacity of Agricultural Soils to Auto-Regulate Bioremediation of Olive-Mill Wastewaters....Pages 347-351
Accumulation of Organic Contamination in Plant roots and the Influence of Plant Rhizosphere on Removal of PAH, TPH and Heavy Oil Fractions from Soil....Pages 353-357
Perspectives of Stable Isotope Approaches in Bioremediation Research....Pages 359-365
Screening of Litter Decomposing Fungi for Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) Phenanthrene and benzo[A]pyrene....Pages 367-372
Photosystem II-Based Biosensors for Phytoremediation....Pages 373-376
Front Matter....Pages 377-380
Successful Challenges during the Development and Application of Innovative Processes for the Bioremediation of Soils....Pages 381-384
Current State of Bioremediation in the Czech Republic....Pages 385-385
Back Matter....Pages 387-404
....Pages 405-412