Synergistic Approaches for Bioremediation of Environmental Pollutants: Recent Advances and Challenges

Synergistic Approaches for Bioremediation of Environmental Pollutants: Recent Advances and Challenges focuses on the exploitation of various biological treatment technologies and their use to treat toxic contaminants present in industrial effluent and in restoring contaminated sites, which lacks in a more comprehensive manner in existing titles on similar topics available on the global market. The book comprises advanced biotechnologies and updated information, along with sustainable waste management developments and future directions for researchers and scientists working in the field of microbiology.

• Provides wide information to readers on the state-of-the-art in the application of biochar, microbes, and their synergistic use for wastewater/industrial effluent treatment and environment protection
• Summarizes current knowledge on the use of biochar and microbes, even dead biomass, for dye decolorization, degradation and removal of heavy metals which may play a key role in achieving a more productive and sustainable environment
• Explores different aspects of biological methods for contaminants removal for better insights into basic and advanced biotechnological applications
• Includes supplemented tables and figures

1. Conversion of wastes/biomass into biochar and its characteristics
2. Removal of emerging contaminants in water/wastewater by biochar
3. Application of biochar/microbes for wastewater treatment
4. Biochar based water treatment system as a potential low-cost and sustainable technology for clean water provision
5. Removal of pharmaceutical compounds from water and wastewater by biochar and microbes
6. Role of biochar/microbes in the removal of organic and inorganic contaminants from wastewater
7. Bioremediation of industrial toxins by biochar for environmental safety
8. Application of biochar for soil remediation
9. Biochar for remediation of soil heavy metal contamination
10. Mechanism of removal of contaminants by modified biochar
11. Mechanism of metal sorption by biochar/microbes
12. Using biochar for remediation of soils contaminated with heavy metals and organic pollutants
13. Efficacy of biochar in removal of pesticides from watershed system
14. Synergistic approaches in the bioremediation of industrial effluents.

Dr. Riti Thapar Kapoor (female) is Assistant Professor in Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. Dr. Kapoor received her Ph.D from University of Allahabad and worked as post - doctoral fellow in ICAR project at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. She has twelve years of teaching and research experience and her area of specialization is environmental biotechnology, bioremediation, wastewater treatment and abiotic stresses. Dr. Kapoor has published over 75 research papers in various journals of national and international repute. She has written 3 books. She is associated as reviewer in journals such as Springer and Taylor & Franscis. Dr. Kapoor has visited 8 countries for the participation in different academic programmes. Dr. Kapoor has received prestigious travel award from Bill & Melinda Gates Research Foundation (CGIAR project) for participation in International training programme held at International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Manila, Philippines in 2010. She is also recipient of DST travel grant for participation in International Conference held at Sri Lanka in 2013. Dr. Kapoor has been awarded with Teacher's Research Fellowship from Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru in 2019.
Dr. Maulin P. Shah is Chief Scientist and Head of the Industrial Waste Water Research Lab, Division of Applied and Environmental Microbiology Lab at Enviro Technology Ltd., Ankleshwar, Gujarat, India. His work focuses on the impact of industrial pollution on the microbial diversity of wastewater following cultivation-dependent and cultivation-independent analysis. His major work involves isolation, screening, identification, and genetically engineering high-impact microbes for the degradation of hazardous materials. His research interests include biological wastewater treatment, environmental microbiology, biodegradation, bioremediation, and phytoremediation of environmental pollutants from industrial wastewaters. He has published more than 250 research papers in national and international journals of repute on various aspects of microbial biodegradation and bioremediation of environmental pollutants. He is the editor of more than 50 books of international repute (Elsevier, Springer, RSC, and CRC Press). He is an active editorial board member in top-rated journals.