Soil Bioremediation

List of Contributors vii

Preface xiii

1 In-situ Bioremediation: An Eco-sustainable Approach for the Decontamination of Polluted Sites 1
Shamsul Haq, Asma Absar Bhatti, Suhail Ahmad Bhat, Shafat Ahmad Mir, and Ansar ul Haq

2 Bioremediation: A Green Solution to avoid Pollution of the Environment 15
Muhammad Mahroz Hussain, Zia Ur Rahman Farooqi, Junaid Latif, Muhammad Umair Mubarak, and Fazila Younas

3 Laccase: The Blue Copper Oxidase 41
Deepa Thomas and A.K.Gangawane

4 Genome Assessment: Functional Gene Identification Involved in Heavy Metal Tolerance and Detoxification 51
Uttara Mahapatra, Ayantika Pal, Ajay Kumar Manna, and Dijendra Nath Roy

5 Bioremediation of Heavy Metal Ions Contaminated Soil 87
Agnieszka Saeid, Liliana Cepoi, Magdalena Jastrzebska, and Philiswa N. Nomngongo

6 Bioremediation of Dye Contaminated Soil 115
Manikant Tripathi, Shailendra Kumar, Durgesh Narain Singh, Rajeev Pandey, Neelam Pathak, and Hera Fatima

7 Composting and Bioremediation Potential of Thermophiles 143
Mohammad Yaseen Mir, Saima Hamid, Gulab Khan Rohela, Javid A. Parray, and Azra N. Kamili

8 Ecological Perspectives of Halophilic Fungi and their Role in Bioremediation 175
Shekhar Jain, Devendra Kumar Choudhary, and Ajit Varma

9 Rhizobacteria-Mediated Bioremediation: Insights and Future Perspectives 193
Vijay Kant Dixit, Sankalp Misra, Shashank Kumar Mishra, Namita Joshi, and Puneet Singh Chauhan

10 Bioremediation Potential of Rhizobacteria associated with Plants Under Abiotic Metal Stress 213
Shrvan Kumar, Saroj Belbase, Asha Sinha, Mukesh Kumar Singh, Brajesh Kumar Mishra, and Ravindra Kumar

11 Molecular and Enzymatic Mechanism Pathways of Degradation of Pesticides Pollutants 257
Rangasamy Kirubakaran, Athiappan Murugan, and Javid A. Parray

12 Bioremediation of Heavy Metals and Other Toxic Substances by Microorganisms 285
Dhaneshwar Padhan, Pragyan Paramita Rout, Ritesh Kundu, Samrat Adhikary, and Purbasha Priyadarshini Padhi

13 Trends in Heavy Metal Remediation: An Environmental Perspective 331
Baba Uqab, Gousia Jeelani, Sabeehah Rehman, B.A. Ganai, Ruqeya Nazir, and Javid A. Parray

Index 349