CRC Press Microbe-Assisted Phytoremediation of Environmental Pollutants: Recent Advances and Challenges

Microbe-Assisted Phytoremediation of Environmental Pollutants: Recent Advances and Challenges provides comprehensive information on the principles and practical knowledge of microbe-assisted phytoremediation of organic and inorganic pollutants for environmental safety. This book describes the physiological, biochemical, microbiological, and molecular basis of microbe-assisted phytoremediation and contains many relevant topics to fill the gaps in developing an understanding of microbe-assisted phytoremediation of environmental pollutants. The book provides state-of-the-art knowledge on fundamental, practical, and purposeful utilization of plant-associated bacteria (plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria [PGPR] and endophytes) and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for plant-growth promotion and enhanced phytoremediation of environmental pollutants in the contaminated matrix. Features: Provides a state-of-the-art overview of microbe-assisted phytoremediation Emphasizes the roles of PGPR, endophytes, and mycorrhizal fungi in assisted phytoremediation Elucidates biochemical and molecular mechanisms of microbe-assisted phytoremediation Details field studies and success stories of microbe-assisted phytoremediation Explores advances, challenges, and future directions in microbe-assisted phytoremediation The book serves as a valuable resource for researchers, ecotoxicologists, environmental scientists and engineers, environmental microbiologists and biotechnologists, environmental health and risk scientists, environmental science managers and administrators, remediation practitioners, environmental policymakers, and students at the postgraduate and doctoral levels in the relevant fields who wish to work on microbe-assisted phytoremediation of pollutants for environmental safety and sustainability. About the Author Vineet Kumar currently works at School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India. He received his B.Sc. (2008) in Biology and Chemistry from Meerut College, Meerut and M.Sc. (2010) in Microbiology from Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh (UP), India. At the same university, he also earned M.Phil. (2011) in Microbiology. Afterward, he joined the Department of Environmental Microbiology in 2012 at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (A Central) University (BBAU), Lucknow, UP, India, where he completed his doctoral work (2018) in the field of Environmental Microbiology (specializing in Bioremediation and Metagenomics of Distillery Waste). Due to his outstanding academic contribution during Ph.D., he has received a merit certificate by Vice-Chancellor of BBAU. His research focused on understanding the role and mechanism of rhizospheric bacterial communities to assist metal uptake by wetland plants and assessment of bioaugmentation and biostimulation approaches for bioremediation of hazardous industrial waste. He has published 08 research articles in high impact peer-reviewed journals published from Springer Nature, Elsevier and Frontiers Media. He has also authored/co-authored 04 conferences proceeding articles, 25 book chapters and 05 magazine articles on different aspects of bioremediation and phytoremediation of industrial waste pollutants. He is the editor of three books, Phytoremediation of Environmental Pollutants (CRC Press, USA), Bioremediation for Environmental Sustainability: (Vol-I) Toxicity, Mechanisms of Contaminants Degradation, Detoxification and Challenges (Elsevier, USA), Bioremediation for Environmental Sustainability: (Vol-II) Approaches to Tackle Pollution for Cleaner and Greener Society (Elsevier, The Netherlands), New Trends In Removal Of Heavy Metals From Industrial Wastewater (Elsevier, USA), and author of one (01) book,  Recent Advances in Distillery Waste Management for Environmental Safety (CRC Press, USA). He has been presented several papers relevant to his research areas in national and international con¬ferences. He is an ac