This book highlights the importance of various emerging technologies that are used to clean up the environment from pollution caused by human activities. It assesses several existing applied and environmental microbiological techniques and introduces new technologies through applied aspects. Select topics covered include municipal wastewater treatment, environmental microorganisms, metal pollutants in the environment, and biogeochemical cycling.

• Contents 6
• List of authors by chapter 8
• 1 Omics approaches for characterization of environmental microorganisms 10
• 2 Emerging technologies in environmental microbiology 42
• 3 Pollutants removal using aerobic granular sludge technology 68
• 4 Biofilm-mediated industrial wastewater treatment 88
• 5 Photocatalytic degradation of organic contaminants in wastewater treatment 122
• 6 Biodegradation of organic pollutants by microbial process 146
• 7 Bauxite residue (red mud): microbial resources and their possible exploitation in remediation and rehabilitation 170
• 8 Advancements in application of dispersants to oil spills 194
• 9 Serpentinophytes-associated microbiota: a review of applications in environmental biotechnology 230
• 10 Microbial desalination cell: a versatile insight towards sustainable contribution 258
• 11 Control of antibiotic resistance by advanced treatment: recent advances, in a nutshell 274
• 12 Metal pollutants in the environment 300
• 13 The language of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria 334