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  3. Fungi in Bioremediation
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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
October 2009
Print publication year:
2001
Online ISBN:
9780511541780
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511541780
Subjects:
Earth and Environmental Sciences, Plant Sciences, Life Sciences, Environmental Science
Series:
British Mycological Society Symposia (23)
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Book description

Bioremediation is an expanding area of environmental biotechnology, and may be defined as the application of biological processes to the treatment of pollution. Much bioremediation work has concentrated on organic pollutants, although the range of substances that can be transformed or detoxified by micro-organisms includes both natural and synthetic organic materials and inorganic pollutants, such as toxic metals. The majority of applications developed to date involve bacteria and there is a distinct lack of appreciation of the potential roles and involvement of fungi in bioremediation, despite clear evidence of their metabolic and morphological versatility. This book highlights the potential of filamentous fungi, including mycorrhizas, in bioremediation and discusses the physiology and chemistry of pollutant transformations.

Reviews

Review of the hardback:‘… this book will become a standard text for years to come.’

Roy Watling Source: BSS News

Review of the hardback:‘Recommended to anyone (not just mycologists) with an interest in the expanding field of environmental biotechnology.’

Vicki Tariq Source: Microbiology Today

Review of the hardback:‘… well written and well edited … helpful to the research scientist and student alike …’

Source: Mycologist

Review of the hardback:‘What a stimulating book! … the editor and sponsoring Society have to be applauded for their vision.’

Source: Mycological Research

Review of the hardback:'… this book is a most useful summary of the current understanding of the bioremediation potential of fungi … This book is a major source of references and techniques for anyone interested in using the chemical activities of fungi to transform waste substrates.'

Source: Mycopathologia

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