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Anaerobic Biotechnology: Implementations and New Advances

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Anaerobic technology has gained widespread acceptance in environmental sustainability as a low-cost alternative for pollution control. The anaerobic technologies for contaminants treatment have three essential returns, i.e., bioenergy recovery, energy-saving and low sludge production. Therefore, the anaerobic process will be the favored green treatment technology for a sustainable environment in years to come. Currently, anaerobic treatment remains to flourish in several features, such as reactors development, bio-hythane production, molecular techniques for microbial studies and kinetic modeling and extending applications to a wide range of waste and wastewater effluents. Therefore, this chapter brings together the most up-to-date information on the new developments in anaerobic technology. Also, it sheds light on the current conversion methods and technologies for energy recovery with a focus on the use of natural materials as sustainable and environmentally friendly sources for creating new materials used in this regard.

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  1. Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Agriculture and Biology Research Institute, National Research Centre, 33 EI Buhouth St., Dokki, 12622, Cairo, Egypt

    Samir I. Gadow

  2. Maskoub International for Contracting Company—Water Treatment and Environmental Solutions, Cairo, Egypt

    Hatem Hussein

  3. Faculty of Agriculture, Genetics Department, Cairo University, Giza, 12613, Egypt

    Abdelhadi A. Abdelhadi

  4. Faculty of Agriculture, Genetics Department, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, 62511, Egypt

    Abd El-Latif Hesham

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Gadow, S.I., Hussein, H., Abdelhadi, A.A., Hesham, A.EL. (2023). Anaerobic Biotechnology: Implementations and New Advances. In: Shah, M.P. (eds) Modern Approaches in Waste Bioremediation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24086-7_9

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