Microbe Mediated Remediation of Environmental Contaminants

Microbe Mediated Remediation of Environmental Contaminants presents recent scientific progress in applying microbes for environmental management. The book explores the current existing practical applications and provides information to help readers develop new practices and applications. Edited by recognized leaders in the field, this penetrating assessment of our progress to date in deploying microorganisms to the advantage of environmental management and biotechnology will be widely welcomed by those working in soil contamination management, agriculture, environment management, soil microbiology, and waste management.

1. Emerging contaminants in the environment: Occurrence, toxicity and management 2. Role of bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi in phytomining: Status and future perspectives 3. Biotization and in vitro plant cell cultures: Plant endophytes strategy in response to heavy metals knowledge in assisted phytoremediation 4. Organic contaminants in soil and their management by microorganisms 5. Environmental factors affecting the bioremediation potential of microbes 6. Microbial enzymes and their exploitation in remediation of environmental contaminants 7. Plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB): Application and challenges in bioremediation of metal and salt contaminated soils 8. Role of plant-microbe systems in remediation of petrochemicals contaminated water and soil environment 9. Bio-surfactant producing microbes for clean-up of soil contaminants 10. Rhizoremediation for efficient management of inorganic and organic contaminants in soil 11. Metal oxidizing microbes and potential application in bioremediation 12. Extremophilc microbes and application in bioremediation of environmental contaminants 13. Microbes as natural degraders of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) 14. Perspectives in desulfurization of coal using microbes 15. Microbially synthesized nanomaterials for remediation of contaminated soil and water environment 16. Bacterial systems as a source of novel genes for enhanced phytoremediation of contaminated soils 17. Methylotrophic bacteria for control of environmental pollution 18. Advancement in bioinformatics and microarray-based technologies for genome sequence analysis and its application in bioremediation of soil and water pollutants 19. Application of plant-microbe systems in bioremediation of metalloid contaminated soils 20. Microbe based bioreactor system for bioremediation of organic contaminants: Present and future perspectives 21. Microbial biofilms for remediation of contaminated water 22. Microbial Technologies for Environmental Remediation: Potential Issues, Challenges, and Future Prospects 23. Microbially Synthesized Nanomaterials for Remediation of Organic Contaminants 24. Bioremediation of radionuclides by plant-microbe system: current progress and challenges 25. Environmental pollution and their socio-economic impacts 26. Remediation action on POPs by wonder weeds and associated microbiomes 27. Genetically engineered microbes for decontamination of polluted soil and water system 28. Electrochemical technologies for wastewater treatment and resource reclamation 29. Removal of pharmaceutical contaminants by microbiological processes 30. Mycoremediation: A Novel Approach for Sustainable Development 31. Heavy metals toxicity to food crops and application of microorganisms in bioremediation 32. Role of Omics-Approaches in Microbial Bioremediation