Microbial Consortium and Biotransformation for Pollution Decontamination. Advances in Pollution Research

Table of Contents

1. Environmental contamination as a threat to fragile ecosystems
2. Unravelling a correlation between environmental contaminants and human health
3. Scope of Microbe mediated techniques for environment clean up
4. Eco-friendly technologies for decontamination of environmental pollutants
5. Bioremediation as a tool to decontaminate the polluted environments
6. Bioremediation of radionuclides: Strategies and approaches
7. Decontamination of dyes and metals using microbial consortia
8. Environmental Microbiology: Current trends and future prospects
9. Microbial consortia for pollution remediation: Success stories
10. Biotransformation as a technique in pollution decontamination
11. Biofilm mediated decontamination of pollutants from the environment
12. Enzymatic bioremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons by microbial consortia
13. Endophytic and growth-promoting bacteria in the bioremediation of contaminants
14. Genetically engineered bacteria: A novel technique for environment decontamination
15. Molecular approaches to study microbial bioremediation
16. Transcriptomic approaches in bioremediation of Polluted environments
17. Microbial decontamination: Economical and environmental benefits

Authors

Gowhar Hamid Dar Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, Sri Pratap College, Cluster University Srinagar, India. Dr Dar is an Assistant Professor at Cluster University Srinagar, India. They specialize in environmental sciences, soil ecology, environmental microbiology and environmental biotechnology. They have published 20 research articles and 5 book chapters. Rouf Ahmad Bhat Renowned Researcher and Instructor in Environmental Sciences, Department of School Education, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Dr. Rouf Ahmad Bhat is working in Cluster University Srinagar (J&K), India in the capacity of Assistant Professor and his specialisation is in Limnology, Toxicology, Phyto-chemistry and Phytoremediation. He is an author of more than 53 scientific articles and 35 book chapters, and has published 18 books with international publishers. Dr. Bhat has worked as an Associate Environmental Expert in World Bank funded Flood Recovery Project and also Environmental Support Staff in Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded development projects. He has received many awards, appreciations and recognitions for his services to the science of water testing, air and noise analysis. Humaira Qadri Head of the Department of Environment and Water Management, Sri Pratap College, Cluster University Srinagar, India. Dr. Humaira Qadri Ph. D is actively involved in teaching post-graduate students of Environmental Science for the past ten years in Sri Pratap College Campus, Cluster University Srinagar, J&K, India. She is also head of the Department of Environment and Water Management. A gold medallist at her master's level, she has earned a number of awards and certificates of merit. Her specialization is in Limnology, Nutrient Dynamics and Phytoremediation. She has published scores of papers in international journals and has more than ten books with national and international publishers. She also has been on the scientific board of various international conferences and holds life memberships of various international organizations. Khalid Rehman Hakeem Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Makkah Province Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Dr. Khalid Rehman Hakeem (PhD) is Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He has more both teaching and research experience in plant eco-physiology, biotechnology and molecular biology, medicinal plant research, plant-microbe-soil interactions as well as in environmental studies. He has served as the visiting scientist at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. He has more than 110 research publications in peer-reviewed international journals has extensive book publishing experience as well. He is included in the advisory board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. He is a fellow of Plantae group of the American Society of Plant Biologists, member of the World Academy of Sciences, member of the International Society for Development and Sustainability, Japan, and member of Asian Federation of Biotechnology, Korea.