Principles and Applications of Environmental Biotechnology for a Sustainable Future

This textbook on Environmental Biotechnology not only presents an unbiased overview of the practical biological approaches currently employed to address environmental problems, but also equips readers with a working knowledge of the science that underpins them. Starting with the fundamentals of biotechnology, it subsequently provides detailed discussions of global environmental problems including microbes and their interaction with the environment, xenobiotics and their remediation, solid waste management, waste water treatment, bioreactors, biosensors, biomining and biopesticides.

This book also covers renewable and non-renewable bioenergy resources, biodiversity and its conservation, and approaches to monitoring biotechnological industries, genetically modified microorganism and foods so as to increase awareness.

All chapters are written in a highly accessible style, and each also includes a short bibliography for further research. In summary this textbook offers a valuable asset, allowing students, young researchers and professionals in the biotechnology industry to grasp the basics of environmental biotechnology.

Ram Lakhan Singh is currently working as Dean, Faculty of Science, Professor & Head, Department of Biochemistry in Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad, India.

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Research papers published by him:

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1. RL Singh, PK Singh and RP Singh (2015). Enzymatic decolorization and degradation of azo dyes- A review, International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 104, 21-31, DOI 10.1016/j.ibiod.2015.04.027.?

2. Rasna Gupta, RL Singh and Pankaj Singh (2015). Quantification of Phytochemicals and Evaluation of Antioxidant Potential of Ethanolic Leaf Extract of Terminalia bellerica, Terminalia chebula and Emblica officinalis vis-a-vis Triphala, Int J Pharm Sci Rev Res, 32(2), 14-22.

3. Rasna Gupta, A Gupta and RL Singh (2015). Hepatoprotective activities of Triphala and its constituents, Int J Pharma Res Rev, 4(1), 34-55.

4. RP Singh, P Singh and RL Singh (2014). Bacterial decolorization of azo textile dye Acid Orange by Staphylococcus hominis RMLRT03, Toxicol Int, 21(2), 160-166. DOI 10.4103/0971-6580.139797.

MONOGRAPH

RL Singh (1985). Biochemical toxicology of some synthetic dyes and their metabolites, Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Lucknow and Kanpur University, Kanpur.

BOOK CHAPTERS

RL Singh, Rasna Gupta and Rajat Pratap Singh (2014). Microbial Degradation of textile dyes for environmental safety, In: Advances in Biodegradation and Bioremediation of Industrial Waste, Edited by R Chandra, Taylor & Francis USA (In press).