Rhizomicrobiome Dynamics in Bioremediation

Intensified agrarian and industrial activity has led to earth's soil and groundwater resources becoming polluted with hazardous materials. Bioremediation delivers a green technology using dynamics of living organisms, typically bacteria, fungi, microalgae and also plants to eliminate contaminants from ecosystem. This biological know-how is not only cost-effective compared to conventional physico-chemical approaches, but also very successful and is being employed in the field. This book focuses on important issues for several critical and common environmental pollutants, resulting in a compilation having recent updates on the bioremediation applications towards green and clean environment. This volume also describes updates on various novel approaches of bioremediation including nanotechnology, rhizomicrobiome technology, composting, metagenomics, and biosurfactants-based bioremediation. This volume is a resource for researchers, environmentalists, professionals and policy makers.

Fungal Influence on Hydrophobic Organic Pollutants Dynamics within the Soil Matrices Claire Baranger, Isabelle Pezron, Anne Le Goff and Antoine Fayeulle Bioindication and Bioremediation of Mining Degraded Soil Danica Fazekašová and Juraj Fazekaš Nanobioremediation of Contaminated Agro-Ecosystems: Applications, Challenges and Prospects Busiswa Ndaba, Maryam Bello-Akinosho, Ashira Roopnarain, Emomotimi Bamuza-Pemu, Rosina Nkuna, Haripriya Rama and Rasheed Adeleke Challenges of Multi-Omics in Improving Microbial-Assisted Phytoremediation Camilla Fagorzi Microbiomes and Metallic Nanoparticles in Remediation of Contaminated Environments Ana Maria Queijeiro López, Amanda Lys dos Santos Silva, Elane Cristina Lourenço dos Santos, and Jean Phellipe Marques do Nascimento Roles of Nanoparticles in Bioremediation Rate Enhancement Wael A. Aboutaleb and Huda Saleh El-Sheshtawy Biosynthesized Metal Nanoparticles in Bioremediation Jaison Jeevanandam, Yiik Siang Hii and Yen San Chan Nanoparticles, Biosurfactants and Microbes in Bioremediation Charles O. Nwuche, Victor C. Igbokwe, Daniel D. Ajagbe and Chukwudi O. Onwosi Recent Updates on the Role of Biosurfactants for Remediation of Various Pollutants Nilanjana Das, Sanjeeb Kumar Mandal, Devlina Das, Jagannathan Madhavan and Adikesavan Selvi Mycorrhizoremediation: A Novel Tool for Bioremediation V. Vijaya Kumar and P. Suprasanna Agro-Ecosystem Bioremediation Mediated by Plant-Microbe Associations Maryam Bello-Akinosho, Busiswa Ndaba, Ashira Roopnarain, Emomotimi Bamuza-Pemu, Rosina Nkuna, Haripriya Rama and Rasheed Adeleke Heavy Metal Contamination in Groundwater and Potential Remediation Technologies Yung Shen Lee, Peck Kah Yeow, Tony Hadibarata and Mohamed Soliman Elshikh Application of Plant-Microbe Interactions in Contaminated Agro-Ecosystem Management Leila El-Bassi Heavy Metals, Hydrocarbons, Radioactive Materials, Xenobiotics, Pesticides, Hazardous Chemicals, Explosives, Pharmaceutical Waste and Dyes Bioremediation Elzbieta Wolejko, Agata Jablonska-Trypuc, Andrzej Butarewicz and Urszula Wydro Bioremediation of Hydrocarbons and Classic Explosives: An Environmental Technology Removing Hazardous Wastes Ahmed Ibrahim Jessim Soil Bioremediation and Sustainability Nour Sh. El-Gendy and Hussein N. Nassar Nitrogen Cycle Bacteria in Agricultural Soils: Effects of Nitrogen Fertilizers, Heavy Metals, Pesticides and Bioremediation Approaches Guillermo Bravo, Paulina Vega-Celedón, Constanza Macaya, Ingrid-Nicole Vasconez and Michael Seeger Bioremediation of Toxic Metals from Wastewater for Water Security Praveen Solanki, Neha Khanna, ML Dotaniya, Maitreyie Narayan, Shiv Singh Meena, RK Srivastava and S Udayakumar Plant-Microbe Interaction in Attenuation of the Toxic Waste in the Ecosystem Mary Isabella Sonali and Veena Gayathri Krishnaswamy Phytoremediation of Contaminated Agro-ecosystem through Plants and Fungi Shazia Iram Potential of Aquatic Macrophytes in Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals: A Case Study from the Lake Sevan Basin, Armenia Lilit Vardanyan and Jaysankar De Microbial Surfactants: Current Perspectives and Role in Bioremediation Pooja Shivanand, Nur Bazilah Afifah Binti Matussin and Lee Hoon Lim

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 withfirst time reporting of Pink Rot inflorescence disease of Date palm in Kuwait caused by Serratia marcescens.