Mycoremediation and Environmental Sustainability: Volume 2

Preface

1 Bioremediation Applications with Fungi

Necdet Saglam^1*, 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

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

²Environmental Chemistry and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká, 129 00, Prague 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic.

³Dresden University of Technology, International Institute Zittau, Department of Bio and Environmental Sciences, Markt 23, 02763 Zittau, Germany

⁴University of Granada, Water Research Institute, Department of Microbiology, Edificio Fray Luis, Ramón y Cajal 4, 18071, Granada, Spain

Rocío Reina, Mercedes García-Sánchez, Inmaculada García-Romera, Elisabet Aranda

9 Fungal Conversion and Valorization of Winery Wastes

Albino A. Dias, Ana Sampaio, Carla Amaral, Rose M.O.F. Sousa, Paula A. Pinto, Joana M.C. Fernandes, Rui M.F. Bezerra

CITAB - Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences, UTAD - Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro

10 Biosorption of Dye and Heavy Metal Pollutants by Fungal Biomass: A Sustainable Approach

Busi Siddhardha, Himani Meena

Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry - 605014, India

11 Application of Myconanotechnology in the Sustainable Management of Crop Production System

Deepanwita Deka, Jintu Rabha and Dhruva Kumar Jha*

Microbial Ecology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Gauhati University, Guwahati-781014, Assam, India

12 Obligate Marine Fungi and Bioremediation

V. Venkateswara Sarma

Department of Biotechnology, Pondicherry University, Kalapet, Pondicherry-605 014, India

13 Mycoremediation Mechanisms for Heavy Metal Resistance/Tolerance in Plants

Poonam C. Singh, Sonal Srivastava, Deeplai Shukla, Vidisha Bist, Pratibha Tripathi, Vandana Anand, Salil Akravanshi, Jasvinder Kaur, Suchi Srivastava

Division of Plant Microbe Interactions, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow - 226 001, India

14 Fungal Derived Chitosan Based Nanocomposites: A Sustainable Approach for Heavy Metal Biosorption and Environmental Management

Siddhardha Busi, Subhaswaraj Pattnaik

Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry - 605014, India

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