TY - CHAP AU - Krasimira Tasheva AU - Georgina Kosturkova ED - Marian Petre Y1 - 2013-02-07 PY - 2013 T1 - Role of Biotechnology for Protection of Endangered Medicinal Plants N2 - Taking into consideration the outstanding importance of studying and applying the biological means to remove or mitigate the harmful effects of global pollution on the natural environment, as direct consequences of quantitative expansion and qualitative diversification of persistent and hazardous contaminants, the present book provides useful information regarding New Approaches and Prospective Applications in Environmental Biotechnology. This volume contains twelve chapters divided in the following three parts: biotechnology for conversion of organic wastes, biodegradation of hazardous contaminants and, finally, biotechnological procedures for environmental protection. Each chapter provides detailed information regarding scientific experiments that were carried out in different parts of the world to test different procedures and methods designed to remove or mitigate the impact of hazardous pollutants on environment. The book is addressed to researchers and students with specialties in biotechnology, bioengineering, ecotoxicology, environmental engineering and all those readers who are interested to improve their knowledge in order to keep the Earth healthy. BT - Environmental Biotechnology SP - Ch. 11 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/55024 DO - 10.5772/55024 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-29 ER -