Bioremediation: Green Approaches for a Clean and Sustainable Environment

Environmental sustainability with rapid industrialization is one of the current major global challenges. Industries are the key drivers of the world economy. But they are also the major polluters of the environment due to the discharge of partially treated/untreated toxic and hazardous wastes containing organic and inorganic pollutants, which cause severe environmental (soil and water) pollution and toxic effects in living beings. So the adequate treatment of industrial wastes to degrade/detoxify pollutants is of the utmost importance for environmental safety and for promoting the sustainable development of our society with low environmental impacts.

showcases the latest information on the different bioremediation approaches used for the many types of industrial pollutants and are dedicated to environmental safety. This book provides a detailed knowledge about the natural as well as anthropogenic sources of different types of toxic pollutants, such as toxic metals, dyes, pesticides, petroleum hydrocarbons and plastics; their fate and transport into the environment; their ecotoxicological effects and health hazards; and different approaches used for their bioremediation for the environmental clean-up.

Dr. Ram Naresh Bharagava did B.Sc. (1998) in Zoology, Botany and Chemistry from University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (U.P.), India and M.Sc. (2004) in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology (GBPUAT), Pantnagar, Uttarakhand (U.K.), India. He obtained Ph.D in Microbiology in 2010 from CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow and Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. He has published more than ten (10) edited books and more than 160 publications in National and International journal of repute. He has an H-index: 36, i10-index: 75 and total citation 4598 to his credit. He is also serving as reviewer for various National and International journals in his field. Currently, Dr. Bharagava is working as a Sr. Assistant Professor and actively engaged in teaching and research activities in Government sponsored projects on biodegradation and bioremediation of environmental pollutants at Department of Environmental Microbiology (DEM), Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Central University, Lucknow (U.P.), India. His major thrust areas of research are the Biodegradation and Bioremediation of Environmental Pollutants, Environmental Toxicology, Metagenomics and Wastewater Microbiology. He is life member of the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), India, Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), Biotech Research Society (BRSI), and Academy of Environmental Biology (AEB). He can be reached at bharagavarnbbau11@gmail.com and bharagavabiotech77@gmail.com.

Dr. Sandhya Mishra obtained her PhD (2019) in the area of Environmental Microbiology from Department of Environmental Microbiology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (A Central) University (BBAU), Lucknow Uttar Pradesh (UP), India. She did her Ph.D on the microbial detoxification of chromium from tannery wastewater for environmental safety. She has published many research/review papers in National and International journal of high impact factor. She has also written mainly chapters for national and international edited books. She has been also served as a potential reviewer for several national and international journals in her respective areas of the research. Presently she is working as Post-Doctoral Fellow at State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre (IMRC), South China Agricultural University (SCAU), Guangzhou, China. Her major thrust areas of research are the Biodegradation and Bioremediation of Environmental Pollutants such as Heavy metals and Pesticides, Metagenomics, Quorum Sensing and Wastewater Microbiology. She is a member of the Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), and Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), India. She can be reached at sandhyamanshi@gmail.com sandhyamishra@scau.edu.cn.

Dr. Ganesh Dattatraya Saratale currently works as Associate Professor in the Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Dongguk University, South Korea (https://food.dongguk.edu/?staff=staff11). He obtained Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry in 2006 and conducted postdoctoral research in Taiwan, South Korea and India. He has received numerous prestigious domestic and international academic awards including; meritorious Departmental research fellowship (during Ph.D., India), Young Scientist award (Govt. of India), Brain Korea-21 (BK-21) (South Korea) and also completed two major research projects related to Lignocellulosic biorefineries. He has more than 175 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals with total citations about 7700 and his H-index is 47 (Google Scholar) to his credit. He edited two books and also contributed 16 book chapters. He served as Editorial board member of many journals including Polymers, Applied Nano, Bioengineering International, Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark, Nanomanufacturing and also worked as Guest Editor for International Journal of Hydrogen Energy and Bioresource Technology Reports (Elsevier). His major research focuses on the development of lignocellulosic biorefineries for biopolymers, hydrogen, ethanol and value added biochemicals production. His research interest as well devoted towards algal biofuels production, environmental biotechnology, bioelectrochemistry, nanotechnology and their application towards energy, environment, agriculture and medical fields. He also delivered keynote speeches and invited talks in various conferences, seminars and workshops.

Dr. Rijuta Ganesh Saratale holds a PhD in Biotechnology (India) in the year 2010. She did postdoctoral studies in various International Universities/Institutes like University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, University of Pune, India and Ewha Womans University, South Korea. Presently, Rijuta is working as Assistant Professor in Research Institute of Biotechnology & Medical Converged Science, at Dongguk University, South Korea. Her main fields of expertise are environmental biotechnology, wastewater treatment, algal biofuels and Nanotechnology for energy, environment and medical sector. She was awarded with Young Scientist award, by Department of Science and technology, Govt. of India and also completed two major research projects related to bioremediation of environmental contaminants. So far, Rijuta has published more than 100 research publications in peer-reviewed journals (SCI/SCIE), 5 book chapters and one book. Her current H-index is 34 (Google Scholar) with over 5500 citations. She presented her research work in various National and International conferences and supervised about 21 Master theses.

Dr. Luiz Romanholo is an Associate Professor at Tiradentes University and a researcher at the Institute of Technology and Research in Aracaju/Sergipe, Brazil. He earned his Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of São Paulo. He has over 120 scientific contributions in the form of Research, Reviews, Book Chapters, and Editorial type scientific articles in various fields of Science and Engineering. He had experienced as a visiting researcher at the Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering at the University of Hawaii at Manoa with Professor Samir Kumar Khanal. He is a level 2 researcher in technological development in environmental sciences at CNPq (DT-2) and serves on the editorial board of the World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology as well as Review Editor for Frontiers in Microbiology. He is a member of the Research Advisory Committee of the Foundation of Support to Research and Technological Innovation of the State of Sergipe [FAPITEC/ SE/BRAZIL] and reviewing advisor of research projects of several research foundations in Brazil, as FAPESP, the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). He has an H-index = 13 along with more than 500 citations, and serves as a scientific reviewer in numerous peer-reviewed journals of high impact factors. Dr. Luiz Romanholo has a collaborative network with national and international institutes/universities across the globe. He is currently a member of the Society for Green Environment, India. Further, published more than sixty research articles with high-impact, and book chapters in the leading International and National journals or books.