Mycoremediation and Environmental Sustainability (eBook)

Ram Prasad is Assistant Professor at the Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India. Dr. Prasad completed his Ph.D. at the Department of Microbiology, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, UP, India, in collaboration with School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. He received his M.Sc. in Life Sciences at JNU and also qualified CSIR-NET, ASRB-NET, and GATE. His research interest includes plant microbe-interactions, sustainable agriculture and microbial nanobiotechnology. Dr. Prasad has ninety five publications to his credit, including research papers & book chapters and five patents issued or pending, and edited or authored several books. Dr. Prasad has eleven years of teaching experience and he has been awarded the Young Scientist Award (2007) and Prof. J.S. Datta Munshi Gold Medal (2009) by the International Society for Ecological Communications; FSAB fellowship (2010) by the Society for Applied Biotechnology; Outstanding Scientist Award (2015) in the field of Microbiology by Venus International Foundation; and the American Cancer Society UICC International Fellowship for Beginning Investigators (USA, 2014). In 2014-2015, Dr. Prasad served as Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, USA.

Preface 1. Fungal Bioremediation as a Tool for Polluted Agricultural Soils Sandra Pérez Álvarez, Marco Antonio Magallanes Tapia, Bernardo Nayar Debora Duarte, María Esther González Vega2. Marine-derived  Fungi : Prospective Candidates for BioremediationAnjana K. Vala, Bharti P Dave3. Biofilm - A Next Generation BiofertilizerTalat Parween, Pinki Bhandari, Zahid Hameed Siddiqui, Sumira Jan, Tasneem Fatma, P.K. Patanjali4. Fungi- A Remedy to Eliminate Environmental PollutantsSunita J. Varjani,  Rajal K. Patel5. Mycoremediation: Decolorization Potential of Fungal Ligninolytic EnzymesHesham A. El Enshasy, Siti Zulaiha Hanapi, Soad A. Abdelgalil, Roslinda Abd Malek, Avnish Pareek6. Long-time Corrosion of Metals and Profiles of Fungi on Their Surface in Outdoor Environments in LithuaniaElena Binkauskienė, Dalia Bučinskienė, Albinas Lugauskas7. Mycoremediation: An Eco-friendly Approach for Degradation of PesticidesGeeta Bhandari8. Mycoremediation of Heavy Metal and Hydrocarbon Pollutants by Endophytic FungiRashmi Mishra, V. Venkateswara Sarma9. Fungal Mediated Solid Waste Management: A ReviewAbhinav Jain, Shreya Yadav, Vinod Kumar Nigam, Shubha Rani Sharma10. Mycoremediation: A Step Towards Cleaner EnvironmentVankayalapati Vijaya Kumar11. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Provide Complementary Characteristics That Improve Plant Tolerance to Drought and Salinity: Date Palm as ModelAhmed Qaddoury12. Applications of Haloalkaliphilic Fungi in Mycoremediation of Saline-Alkali SoilShi-Hong Zhang and Wei Yi