Toxicity and bioremediation of p-Nitrophenol and polyaromatic hydrocarbons /
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2012
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Subashchandrabose, Suresh Ramraj,
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Environmental pollution caused by the organic compounds leads to serious health issues among human and animals. They are also toxic to most of the aquatic and soil dwelling organisms. Most of the individual components of nitrophenols (NPs) and poly aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were characterized as highly toxic to most of the organisms. Among the nitrophenols p-nitrophenol (PNP) is produced in large quantity for various industrial purposes. PNP is highly water soluble and greatly bioavailable. In contrast, the polyaromatic hydrocarbons are less water soluble and highly hydrophobic and are released into the environment through industrial emissions and forest fires. Considering the adverse effects of these compounds to human and ecological health, screening their toxicity to biota and developing cost effective remediation technologies to eliminate these chemicals from the environment should be a priority research. Hence, this study was aimed to develop a cost effective bioremediation technology based on bacteria and micro-algae besides developing rapid toxicity assays for PNP and PAHs.
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University of South Australia. Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation.
Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation.
Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation.
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Thesis (PhD(Environmental Remediation and Public Health))--University of South Australia, 2012.
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Copyright 2012 Suresh Ramraj Subashchandrabose
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1 ethesis (xxv, 325 pages) :
illustrations (some colour)
Includes bibliographical references.
illustrations (some colour)
Includes bibliographical references.
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