Part I: Fundamental Aspects and Microbiome
1. Bioremediation on the Crossroads of Technology for Environmental Clean-up: An Overview
Rawhat Un Nisa, Shayiestah Maqbool, and Anees Un Nisa
2. Dynamics of Soil Microbiome and its Role in Sustainable Agriculture
Debapriya Maitra, Bedaprana Roy, Sudeshna Shyam Choudhury, and Arup Kumar Mitra
3. Soil Bacteria and Nematodes for Bioremediation and Amelioration of Polluted Soil
Gunjan Khandelwal, Viral Chaudhary, Rajeshwari Iyer, and Ankita Dwivedi
4. Phytochelatins and their Application in Bioremediation
Isha Sharma, Himanshu Pandey, Kanika Thakur, and Devendra Pandey
5. Efficacy of Biosurfactants in Bioremediation Process
Muthusamy Sanjivkumar, Tanmay Ghosh, Tamilselvan Silambarasan, and Sylvester Sayen Merlin Sophia
Part II: Microalgae and Fungi
6. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) for Sustainable Soil and Plant Health
Jean Yves Uwamungu, Guoxi Shi, Yibo Wang, Ashutosh Paliwal, Joseph Oduor Odongo, Ab Waheed Wani
7. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Phytoremediation
Najla Bentrad and Louiza Bouhired
8. Bioremediation of Contaminated Soil by Microalgae and its Importance in Biofuel Production
Harish Kumar Seenivasan, Anil Kumar Moola, and Nooruddin Thajuddin
9. Cyanobacteria for Bioremediation of Contaminated Soil
Uzma Sultana, Podduturi Vanamala, and Mir Zahoor Gul
10. Role of Microalgae as Biofertilizer for Sustainable Plant and Soil Health
Joseph Oduor Odongo, Waheed Ali Panhwar, Junaid Ahmad Malik
11. Soil Bioremediation Approaches Based on the Use of Fungal Enzymes
Anoop Kumar Devedee, Monalisa Sahoo, Mehjabeen, Kartikeya Choudhary, and R.K. Singh
Part III: Contaminated Sites and Xenobiotics
12. Microbial Inoculants: An Invasive Approach for the Bioremediation of Soil Contaminated with Heavy Metals
Priyanka Bumbra, Naresh Tanwar, Vaishali Arora, Babita Khosla, and Jitender Singh Laura
13. Microalgae - A Promising Tool for Heavy Metal Remediation
Shahid Mahboob, Lakshmi M, Anand M, Vijayalakshmi S, Ranjitha J, and Junaid Ahmad Malik
14. Role of Rhizobacteria in Phytoremediation of Metal-impacted Sites
Dwaipayan Sinha, Satarupa Dey, and Anjana Singh
15. Chromium Pollution and Its Bioremediation: An Overview
Kirandeep Kaur, Seema Sharma, and Junaid Ahmad Malik
16. Bioremediation of Antibiotics as a Pollutant in Soil
Ashmita Gupta, Yogita Bhatt, Nadeem Rais, Praveen Nagella, and Vasantha VL
17. Microbial Bioremediation of Polythene and Plastics
Jean Yves Uwamungu, Rakesh R. Jadhav, Bushra Ghaffar, and Khursheed Ahmad Wani
Part IV: Recent Trends and Approaches
18. Carbon Sequestration: An Approach to Sustainable Environment
Jasra Anjum, Muzamil Ahmad Sheikh, Avinash Tiwari, Sangeeta Sharma, and Bandna Kumari
Dr. Malik received B.Sc. (2008) Science from the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K; M.Sc. (2010) in Zoology from Barkatullah University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh; and PhD (2015) in Zoology from the same university. He completed his B.Ed program in 2017 from the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K. He started his career as Lecturer in the School Education Department, Govt. of J&K for 2 years. Dr. Malik is now working as a Lecturer in the Department of Zoology, Govt. Degree College, Bijbehara, Kashmir (J&K) and actively involved in teaching and research activities. He has more than 8 years of research experience. His areas of interest are ecology, soil macrofauna, wildlife biology, conservation biology etc.
Dr. Malik has published more than 20 research papers in various national and international peer-reviewed journals. He has published 19 books, 31 book chapters and more than 10 popular editorial articles with various publishers like Springer Nature, Elsevier Inc., Taylor and Francis Group and IGI Global. Dr. Malik is acting as the Editor-in-Chief of Inventum Biologicum (An International Journal of Biological Research) published by World Biologica, India. He is also serving as editor and reviewer of several journals with a reasonable repute. He has participated in several State, National, and International conferences, seminars, workshops, and symposia and more than 20 conference papers are to his credit. He is the life member of SBBS (Society for Bioinformatics and Biological Sciences) with membership id LMJ-243.
Readers may contact him at editor@worldbiologica.com, or malik.junaidahmad@gmail.com