Bioremediation is the use of microorganisms' metabolism to degrade waste contaminants (sewage, domestic, and industrial effluents) into non-toxic or less toxic materials by natural biological processes. Remediation through fungi-or mycoremediation-has multifarious possibilities in applied remediation engineering and the future of environmental sustainability. Fungi have the biochemical and ecological capability to degrade environmental organic chemicals and to decrease the risk associated with metals, semi-metals, noble metals, and radionuclides, either by chemical modification or by manipulating chemical bioavailability. Additionally, the capability of these fungi to form extended mycelia networks, the low specificity of their catabolic enzymes, and their using pollutants as a growth substrate make these fungi well suited for bioremediation processes. Their mycelia exhibit the robustness of adapting to highly limiting environmental conditions often experienced in the presence of persistent pollutants, which makes them more useful compared to other microbes. However, despite dominating the living biomass in soil and being abundant in aquatic ecosystems, fungi have not been exploited for the bioremediation of such environments. This book covers the various types of fungi and associated fungal processes used to clean up waste and wastewaters in contaminated environments and discusses future potential applications.

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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.

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Preface

1 Bioremediation Applications with Fungi

Necdet Saglam1*, Ozfer Yesilada2, Semran Saglam3, Elif Apohan2, Mesut Sam4, Sedef Ilk5, Ezgi Emul1, Ekrem Gurel6

1Division of Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

2Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey

3Department of Atomic Molecular Physics, Faculty of Science, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey

4Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey

5Central Research Laboratory, Omer Halisdemir University, Nigde, Turkey

6 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey

2 Role of Phytochelatines (PCs), Metallothionines (MTs) and Heavy metal ATPase (HMA) Genes in Heavy Metal Tolerance

Khushboo Chaudhary, Swati Agarwal and Suphiya Khan

Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Banasthali University (Tonk) Rajasthan India 304022

3 Production of Biooils from Microbial Biomasses

Laura Bardi

CREA - Council for Agricultural Research and Agricultural Economy Analysis

Area di Ricerca del CNR di Torino Strada delle Cacce 73 - 10135 Turin, Italy

4 Mycoremediation of Agricultural soil: Bioprospection for sustainable development

Jyotika Purohit1, A. Chattopadhyay1, N.K. Singh2

1Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, C.P. College of Agriculture, S.D. Agricultural University, Gujarat, India

2Dept. of Microbiology, C.P. College of Agriculture, S.D. Agricultural University, SK Nagar, Gujarat, India

5 Bioremediation and Decolorization of Textile Dyes by White Rot Fungi and Laccase Enzymes

Ozfer Yesilada1, Emre Birhanli2, Hikmet Geckil3

1Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey

2Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey

3Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science and Letters, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey

6 Mycoremediation of Common Agricultural Pesticides

Chitra Pandey1, Deepti Prabha2, Yogesh Kumar Negi1

1Department of Basic Sciences, College of Forestry (VCSG UUHF), Ranichauri, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India

2Deptt. of Seed Science and Technology, School of Agriculture and Allied Sciences, Chauras Campus, HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India

7 Bioremediation of Insecticides by White Rot Fungi and its Environmental Relevance

Debashish Mohapatra, Sakti Kanta Rath and Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra

Department of Botany, School of Life Sciences, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack -753003

8 An Overview of Fungal Applications in the Valorization of Lignocelullosic Agricultural By-products: The case of Two-phase Olive Mill Wastes

Rocío Reinaa, Mercedes García-Sánchezb, Christiane Liersc Inmaculada Garcíaa, Elisabet Arandad

1Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ), Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Prof. Albareda 1, E-18008 Granada, Spain 2Environmenta...