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Expedited Biodegradation of Organic Pollutants and Refractory Compounds Using Bio-Electrochemical Systems
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Biodegradation of xenobiotics is often considered to be a slow process. This is especially true if the xenobiotic in question is polymeric in nature, contains many chemical substituent groups or generally exhibits high level of toxicity to environmental microbiota. Due to this observed slow kinetics of degradation, removal of many xenobiotics from contaminated environments using conventional bioremediation technologies is a difficult problem. To alleviate this, alternative technologies showing improved kinetics of biodegradation are sought by the scientific community. One such promising approach is the usage of the novel technology of bio-electrochemical systems for improved degradation of xenobiotics. Due to the newness of this technology and affiliated methods, not much information about its usage for biodegradation of xenobiotics is available in literature. Therefore, this chapter aims to address that gap and bring about a comprehensive analysis on the usage of bio-electrochemical systems for rapid removal of xenobiotic contaminants from the environment.
Title: Expedited Biodegradation of Organic Pollutants and Refractory Compounds Using Bio-Electrochemical Systems
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Biodegradation of xenobiotics is often considered to be a slow process.
This is especially true if the xenobiotic in question is polymeric in nature, contains many chemical substituent groups or generally exhibits high level of toxicity to environmental microbiota.
Due to this observed slow kinetics of degradation, removal of many xenobiotics from contaminated environments using conventional bioremediation technologies is a difficult problem.
To alleviate this, alternative technologies showing improved kinetics of biodegradation are sought by the scientific community.
One such promising approach is the usage of the novel technology of bio-electrochemical systems for improved degradation of xenobiotics.
Due to the newness of this technology and affiliated methods, not much information about its usage for biodegradation of xenobiotics is available in literature.
Therefore, this chapter aims to address that gap and bring about a comprehensive analysis on the usage of bio-electrochemical systems for rapid removal of xenobiotic contaminants from the environment.
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