Microbial Metabolism of Xenobiotic Compounds

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Microbial Metabolism of Xenobiotic Compounds is written by Pankaj Kumar Arora and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9811374627 (ISBN 10) and 9789811374623 (ISBN 13).

Xenobiotic compounds including pesticides, nitrophenols, pyridine, polycyclic aromatic compounds and polychlorinated biphenyls are widely spread in environment due to anthropogenic activities. Most of them are highly toxic to living beings due to their mutagenic and carcinogenic properties. Therefore, the removal of these compounds from environment is an essential step for environmental sustainability. Microbial remediation has emerged as an effective technology for degradation of these xenobiotic compounds as microorganisms have unique ability to utilize these compounds as their sole source of carbon and energy. The primary goal of this book is to provide detailed information of microbial degradation of many xenobiotic compounds in various microorganisms.