This volume presents a broad compendium of techniques used in biodegradation and toxicological research. Through both legacy and up-to-date approaches to practical methodologies with proven results, the book examines the role and applications of analytical biodegradation quantification as it applies to the environmental sciences, particularly in the range of byproducts that are usually linked to toxicology, and the test organisms most often used in toxicity testing. Topics include scientific and technical feasibility studies, contaminant impacts evaluation, study design and analytical techniques, key methodologies required to prepare the biodegradation and toxicology protocols, as well as the handling of microbial communities related to such processes. Written for the Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology series, chapters deal with a critical discussion of laboratory scale experiments, as well as full scale in situ and ex situ apparatus, with each chapter containing both a discursive section along with a detailed methods section. Detailed and authoritative, Toxicity and Biodegradation Testing is primarily focused toward the environmental sciences researcher, while the range of techniques also provides an introduction to biodegradation and toxicology methods for researchers outside of the field.


1. Biodegradation of Selected Endocrine Disrupting Compounds


            Tomasz Grzeskowiak, Beata Czarczynska-Goslinska, and Agnieszka Zgola-Grzeskowiak


 


2. Biodegradation and Inhibitory Effects of Antibiotics on Biological Wastewater Treatment Systems


            Zeynep Cetecioglu and Merve Atasoy


 


3. Alternative Approaches to Determine the Efficiency of Biomixtures Used for Pesticide Degradation in Biopurification Systems


            Carlos E. Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Víctor Castro-Gutiérrez, and Verónica Lizano-Fallas


 


4. Bioremediation of Methomyl by Escherichia coli


            Amritha G. Kulkarni and Basappa B. Kaliwal


 


5. Burkholderia sp. Strain BBK_9: A Potent Agent for Propiconazole Degradation


            Praveen P. Satapute and Basappa B. Kaliwal


 


6. Application of Cell Immobilization in Slurry-Phase Bioremediation: Phenanthrene Biodegradation and Detoxification


            Ali Partovinia and Fereshteh Naeimpoor


 


7. Calorimetry and Soil Biodegradation: Experimental Procedures and Thermodynamic Models


            Nieves Barros Pena


 


8. Improved Model for Biodegradability of Organic Compounds: The Correlation Contributions of Rings


            Andrey A. Toropov and Alla P. Toropova


 


9. Biological Testing and Toxicity Bioassays in Biodegradation: Towards Better Process Control


            Maha M. Ismail, Mariam Hassan, and Tamer M. Essam


 


10. An Overview of Methods to Detect Biodegradation Limiting Conditions


            Jaqueline Matos Cruz, Renato Nallin Montagnolli, Elis Marina Turini Claro, Gabriela Mercuri Quitério, José Rubens Moraes Júnior, Paulo Renato Matos Lopes, and Ederio Dino Bidoia


 


11. Bioassays Used to Assess the Efficacy of Biodegradation


            Dânia E.C. Mazzeo, Matheus M. Roberto, Laís R.D. Sommaggio, and Maria A. Marin-Morales


 


12. New Approach of Dye Removal in Textile Effluent: A Cost Effective Management for Cleanup of Toxic Dyes in Textile Effluent by Water Hyacinth


            E. Sanmuga Priya, P. Senthamil Selvan, R. Durgalakshmi, Dhevash S., and Mohammad Navas Khan


 


13. Biodegradation of Dyes Intermediates and HPLC Method for Their Estimation


            Rana Rashad Mahmood Khan, Saira Saeed, and Ahmad Adnan


 


14. Biodegradation Behavior of Textiles Impregnated with Ag and TiO2 Nanoparticles in Soil


            Maja Radetic and Zoran saponjic


 


15. Evaluation of the Toxicity of Azo Dyes by Allium cepa and Study to Remove These Compounds in Aqueous Solution by Saccharomyces cerevisiae


            Érica Janaina Rodrigues de Almeida, Guilherme Dilarri, and Carlos Renato Corso


 


16. Ecotoxicological Characterization of Surfactants and Mixtures of Them


            Francisco Ríos, Alejandro Fernández-Arteaga, Manuela Lechuga, and Mercedes Fernández-Serrano


 


17. Whole Effluent Toxicity Assessment of Industrial Effluents


            Takashi Kusui, Yasuyuki Itatsu, and Jin Jun


 


18. A Review on Biodegradation and Toxicity Methods: Risk Assessment, Standards, and Analyses


            Abdullah M. El Mahdi and Hamidi A. Aziz