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Fungal Influence on Hydrophobic Organic Pollutants Dynamics within the Soil Matrices. Bioindication and Bioremediation of Mining Degraded Soil. Nanobioremediation of Contaminated Agro-Ecosystems: Applications, Challenges and Prospects. Challenges of Multi-Omics in Improving Microbial-Assisted Phytoremediation. Microbiomes and Metallic Nanoparticles in Remediation of Contaminated Environments. Roles of Nanoparticles in Bioremediation Rate Enhancement. Biosynthesized Metal Nanoparticles in Bioremediation. Nanoparticles, Biosurfactants and Microbes in Bioremediation. Recent Updates on the Role of Biosurfactants for Remediation of Various Pollutants. Mycorrhizoremediation: A Novel Tool for Bioremediation. Agro-Ecosystem Bioremediation Mediated by Plant-Microbe Associations. Heavy Metal Contamination in Groundwater and Potential Remediation Technologies. Application of Plant-Microbe Interactions in Contaminated Agro-Ecosystem Management. Heavy Metals, Hydrocarbons, Radioactive Materials, Xenobiotics, Pesticides, Hazardous Chemicals, Explosives, Pharmaceutical Waste and Dyes Bioremediation. Bioremediation of Hydrocarbons and Classic Explosives: An Environmental Technology Removing Hazardous Wastes. Soil Bioremediation and Sustainability. Nitrogen Cycle Bacteria in Agricultural Soils: Effects of Nitrogen Fertilizers, Heavy Metals, Pesticides and Bioremediation Approaches. Bioremediation of Toxic Metals from Wastewater for Water Security. Plant-Microbe Interaction in Attenuation of the Toxic Waste in the Ecosystem. Phytoremediation of Contaminated Agro-ecosystem through Plants and Fungi. Potential of Aquatic Macrophytes in Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals: A Case Study from the Lake Sevan Basin, Armenia. Microbial Surfactants: Current Perspectives and Role in Bioremediation.
About the author
Vivek Kumar is working as Sr. Associate Professor, Himalayan School of Biosciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, India and is leading the plant-microbe-interaction, bioremediation and microbial ecology research group. He is serving as editor and reviewer of several reputed international journals. He has more than hundred publications to his credit, has authored a practical manual book and edited 18 books. He also served as Microbiologist, Public Authority of Agricultural Affairs & Fish Resources, Kuwait and has been credited with first time reporting of Pink Rot inflorescence disease of Date palm in Kuwait caused by Serratia marcescens.
Summary
This book focuses critical issues for several critical and common environmental pollutants, resulting in a compilation having recent updates on the bioremediation applications towards green and clean environment.
