Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Chemical Pollution Control with Microorganisms: An Introduction
Naser A. Anjum (CESAM-Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal)
Chapter 2. Bioremediation of Organic/Inorganic Contaminants: Role of Microbial Genera
Bhupinder Dhir (Department of Genetics, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India)
Chapter 3. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and the Remediation of Soils Contaminated with Hydrocarbons
Marcia Toro, Rita Gamarra, Liliana López and Carmen Infant
e (Laboratorio de Ecología de Agroecosistemas, Instituto de Zoología y Ecología Tropical, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela, and others)
Chapter 4. Microbial Remediation of Trace Metals from Aquatic System: An Overview
Baljinder Singh and Kashmir Singh (Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India)
Chapter 5. Biochemical Talk in the Rhizospheric Microbial Community for Phytoremediation
Mazhar Rafique, Khansa Haque, Tehmina Hussain, Amna and Hassan Javed Chaudhary (Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan)
Chapter 6. Plant–Bacteria Partnerships: A Major Pollutant-Remediation Approach
C. Karthik, M. Oves, M.S. Khan, R.K. Sharma, P.I. Arulselvi, and H.A. Qari (Department of Biotechnology, Periyar University, Periyar Palkalai Nagar, India, and others)
Chapter 7. Remediation of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants from Soil: The Role of Plant-Bacteria Partnership
Iftikhar Ahmad, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Baqir Hussain and Sabir Hussain (Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Vehari, Pakistan, and others)
Chapter 8. Hairy Root in Vitro Systems: A Suitable Biological Matrix for Plant Based Remediation of Environmental Pollutants
Shakti Mehrotra and Vikas Srivastava (Plant Biotechnology Division, Central Institute of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants, India, and others)
Chapter 9. Chemical Pollution Control with Microorganisms: Appraisal and Perspectives
Naser A. Anjum (CESAM-Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal)
Index