1st Edition

Actinobacteria Application in Bioremediation and Production of Industrial Enzymes

    298 Pages 2 Color & 52 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    This book describes isolated actinobacteria from different environments, and how these can be used to bioremediate heavy metals and pesticides in contaminated sites. It also describes how free-living actinobacteria acquire the capability to produce nodules in plants and how this factor could be important for accelerating the degradation of pesticides in soils or slurries. Some chapters show how actinobacteria can be used to produce industrial enzymes and metabolites under different physicochemical conditions for use in the food industry. This book will interest professionals involved with waste management, environmental protection, and pollution abatement.

    Biology of Actinomycetes in the Rhizosphere of Nitrogen-Fixing Plants
    Mariana Solans and Gernot Vobis
    Cultural Factors Affecting Heavy Metals Removal by Actinobacteria
    Liliana Beatriz Villegas, Analia Rodríguez, Claudia Elisabet Pereira and Carlos Mauricio Abate
    Morphological Changes and Oxidative Stress in Actinobacteria during Removal of Heavy Metals
    Verónica L. Colin, Liliana B. Villegas, Claudia Pereyra, María J. Amoroso and Carlos M. Abate
    Activation of Silent Genes in Actinobacteria by Exploiting Metal Stress
    Götz Haferburg and Erika Kothe
    Overview of Copper Resistance and Oxidative Stress Response in Amycolatopsis tucumanensis, a Useful Strain for Bioremediation
    José S. Dávila Costa, Erika Kothe, María J. Amoroso and Carlos M. Abate
    Multi-metal Bioremediation by Microbial Assisted Phytoremediation
    Martin Reinicke, Frank Schindler, Martin Roth and Erika Kothe
    Cooperative Activity of Actinobacteria and Plants in Soil Bioremediation Processes
    Mariana C. Atjian, Marta A. Polti, María J. Amoroso and Carlos M. Abate
    Cadmium Bioremediation by a Resistant Streptomyces Strain
    Manuel Siñeriz Louis, Erika Kothe and Carlos Mauricio Abate
    Streptomyces
    from Soils Contaminated with Boron Compounds
    Norma Beatriz Moraga, María Julia Amoroso and Verónica Beatriz Rajal
    Biodegradation of Pesticides by Actinobacteria and their Possible Application in Biobed Systems
    Gabriela Briceño, L. Pizzul and María C.Diez
    Lindane Removal Using Streptomyces Strains and Maize (Zeas mays) Plants
    Analía Álvarez, Luciano Matías Yañez and María Julia Amoroso
    Actinobacteria Consortia as Lindane Bioremediation Tool for Liquid and Soil Systems
    María S. Fuentes, Juliana M. Sáez, Claudia S. Benimeli and María J. Amoroso
    Chlordane Biodegradation Under Aerobic Conditions by Actinobacteria Strains
    Natalia Bourguignon, Sergio A. Cuozzo, María S. Fuentes, Claudia S. Benimeli and María J. Amoroso
    Metabolic Diversity and Flexibility for Hydrocarbon Biodegradation by Rhodococcus
    Héctor M. Alvarez
    and Roxana A. Silva
    Cold-active Enzymes Bioprospecting from Actinobacteria Isolated from Beagle Channel, in South Extreme of Argentina
    Adriana E. Alvarenga, Claudia E. Pereira, Héctor A. Cristóbal and Carlos M. Abate

    Biography

    Amoroso, Maria Julia; Benimeli, Claudia Susana; Cuozzo, Sergio Antonio