Journal of Bioremediation & Biodegradation
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An Emphasis on Xenobiotic Degradation in Environmental Clean up

Y.M.Varsha1*, Naga Deepthi CH2 and Sameera Chenna3
1School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA University, India
2Department of Microbiology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India
3Department of Biotechnology, SVKP & Dr. K.S.Raju Arts and Science College, India
Corresponding Author :	Y.M.Varsha School of Chemical and Biotechnology SASTRA University, India E-mail: varsha_ym@yahoo.com
Received September 02, 2011; Accepted October 03, 2011; Published October 05, 2011
Citation: Varsha YM, Naga Deepthi CH, Chenna S (2011) An Emphasis on Xenobiotic Degradation in Environmental Clean up. J Bioremed Biodegrad S11:001. doi: 10.4172/2155-6199.S11-001
Copyright: © 2011 Varsha YM, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Setting up of new industries or expansion of existing industrial establishments resulted in the disposal of industrial effluents, which discharge untreated effluents causing air, water, soil and soil solid waste pollution. These disposed materials have high persistence capacities and also can change in to toxic recalcitrant up on combining with other eco-materials or manmade products. Remediation is the only way to tackle these so called xenobiotic compounds and to reduce the hazards caused by them. Even though, several practices have been implemented for degrading these recalcitrants, bioremediation step is proved to show the significa t impact on them. Giving a brief note on types of xenobionts and their impact on the environment, this study attempts to highlight on different xenobiotic degradation methods like bacterial bioremediation, phycoremediation, phytoremediation, photoremediation etc.

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