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Industrial waste water treatment is significant in managing the water crisis being faced globally. Though number of physical and chemical technologies have been developed for waste water treatment, there are challenges being faced with respect to the cost of implementation and removal of pollutants. Use of enzymes from mesophilic organisms for the treatment of toxic pollutants is cost-effective but limited due to their narrow range of stability. Alternatively, enzymes from extremophiles show a broader range of stability under extreme environmental conditions and can aid in effective biodegradation of heavy metals. The recent advances in metagenomics and meta transcriptomics analysis gives information on operational responses of these extremophiles to environmental disturbances which is crucial in optimizing waste water treatment processes on a large scale in bioreactors. This chapter gives insight on how these new and advanced approaches can result in design of novel enzymes for potential application in waste water treatment.
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We thank Ram N. Manas, currently third year student of BE Biotechnology, BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore, India, for his efforts in creating Fig. 1, depicting metagenomics approach for using next generation sequencing, for this chapter.
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Shettihalli, A.K., Vinjamuri, S., Divijendra Natha Reddy, S., Pai, R., Narayanan, P. (2023). Metagenomics Analysis of Extremophiles and Its Potential Use in Industrial Waste Water Treatment. In: Shah, M.P. (eds) Modern Approaches in Waste Bioremediation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24086-7_12
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