Bioremediation of Pollutants. From Genetic Engineering to Genome Engineering

Table of Contents

Part I Phytoremediation

1 Phytoremediation-a holistic approach for remediation of

heavy metals and metalloids

2 Role of potential native weeds and grasses for phytoremediation

of endocrine-disrupting pollutants discharged from pulp paper

industry waste

3 Transgenic plants in phytoremediation of organic pollutants

4 Progress, prospects, and challenges of genetic engineering in

Phytoremediation

5 Recent advances in phytoremediation using genome engineering

CRISPR-Cas9 technology

Part II Microbial Remediation

6 Endophytes-the hidden world for agriculture, ecosystem, and

environmental sustainability

7 Engineering bacterial aromatic dioxygenase genes to improve

Bioremediation

8 Microbial remediation progress and future prospects

9 Development of biologically-based activated carbon for advanced

water and wastewater treatment process

10 The role of microorganism bioremediation for sustainable

environment management

11 Bioreactor and bioprocess technology for bioremediation of

domestic and municipal wastewater

12 Metagenomics approach for bioremediation: challenges and

Perspectives

13 Microbial bioremediation of industrial effluents and pesticides

14 Synthetic biology approaches for bioremediation

15 Microbial indicators and biosensors for bioremediation

16 Biosurfactant-based bioremediation

17 Engineered bacteria for bioremediation

18 Biofilm in bioremediation

19 Genetic engineering approaches for detecting environmental

Pollutants

20 Current status, challenges, and future of bioremediation

21 Engineered microbes and evolving plastic bioremediation

technology

Authors

Vimal Chandra Pandey Department of Environmental Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Dr. Vimal Chandra Pandey is an applied research scientist, internationally recognized for his research in the area of phytomanagement of polluted sites. He is listed as the World's Top 2% Scientists, announced by Stanford University, California, United States, and published by Elsevier BV, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. Pandey's research focuses mainly on the remediation and management of polluted sites, using ecologically and socio-economically valuable plants, to regain ecosystem services and support a bio-based economy. His research interests also lie in fostering phytoremediation for utilizing polluted lands and thereby attaining the UNSDGs. Pandey's phytoremediation work has led to the extension of phytoremediation beyond its traditional application. He is now engaged in exploring commercial phytoremediation with the least risk, minimum input, and low maintenance. Pandey worked at CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, and the Council of Science and Technology, Uttar Pradesh (CSTUP), Lucknow, India. He is the recipient of several awards/honors/fellowships. Pandey is a member of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management and the National Academy of Sciences, India. Pandey has published over 110 scientific articles/book chapters in peer-reviewed journals/books. He is also the author and editor of several books published by Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, and CRC Press, with several more forthcoming. Pandey is Associate Editor/Editor/Academic Editor/Board Member of such prestigious journals as Land Degradation and Development; Restoration Ecology; Ecological Processes; Environment, Development, and Sustainability; Ambio; Environmental Management; Discover Sustainability; Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; and PLOS ONE by Wiley/Springer/PLOS. He also works/ worked as a guest editor for many reputed international journals. Vijai Singh Department of Biosciences, School of Science, Indrashil University, Rajpur, Mehsana, India.

Dr Vijai Singh is a Professor and Dean (Research & Innovation) at School of Sciences, Indrashil University, Rajpur, Mehsana, Gujarat, India. He was an Associate Professor in the Department of Biosciences, School of Sciences, Indrashil University, Rajpur, Mehsana, Gujarat, India. Prior this this, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology at the Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar, India and also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at the Invertis University, Bareilly, India. Prior to that, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Synthetic Biology Group at the Institute of Systems and Synthetic Biology, Paris, France and School of Energy & Chemical Engineering at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea. He received his Ph.D. in Biotechnology from the National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow, India with a research focus on the development of molecular and immunoassays for diagnosis of Aeromonas hydrophila. His research interests are focused on building novel biosynthetic pathways for production of medically and industrially important biomolecules. Additionally, his laboratory is working on CRISPR-Cas9 tools for genome editing. He has more than 11 years of research and teaching experience in synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, bioinformatics, microbiology, and industrial microbiology. He has published 100 articles, 70 chapters, 15 books and 3 patents. He serves as an associate editor, editorial board member, and reviewer of several peer-reviewed journals. He is also a member of the Board of Study and Academic Council of Indrashil University and is the Member Secretary of the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBSC) at the same University.