Enhancing Cleanup of Environmental Pollutants

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Biological Approaches for Enhancing the Cleanup of Environmental Pollutants: An Introduction

   • Naser A. Anjum, Sarvajeet Singh Gill, Narendra Tuteja

   Pages 1-4

3. Degradation of the Dinitrotoluene Isomers 2,4- and 2,6-DNT: Appraising the Role of Microorganisms

   • Arturo Aburto-Medina, Mohamed Taha, Esmaeil Shahsavari, Andrew S. Ball

   Pages 5-20

4. Bioremediation Approaches for Petroleum Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Environments

   • Esmaeil Shahsavari, Gregory Poi, Arturo Aburto-Medina, Nagalakshmi Haleyur, Andrew S. Ball

   Pages 21-41

5. Bioremediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons-Polluted Soils at Laboratory and Field Scale: A Review of the Literature on Plants and Microorganisms

   • Fabián Fernández-Luqueño, Fernando López-Valdez, Cesar R. Sarabia-Castillo, Selvia García-Mayagoitia, Sergio R. Pérez-Ríos

   Pages 43-64

6. Organic Micropollutants in the Environment: Ecotoxicity Potential and Methods for Remediation

   • Muhammad Arslan, Inaam Ullah, Jochen A. Müller, Naeem Shahid, Muhammad Afzal

   Pages 65-99

7. The Contributions of Mycorrhizas in the Mineralization of Organic Contaminants

   • Chris O. Nwoko

   Pages 101-116

8. Remediation of Mine Tailings and Fly Ash Dumpsites: Role of Poaceae Family Members and Aromatic Grasses

   • Ilika Ghosh, Manosij Ghosh, Anita Mukherjee

   Pages 117-167

9. Bioremediation of Sulfide Mine Tailings: Response of Different Soil Fractions

   • H. Cortez, A. Ballester, F. González, M. L. Blázquez, J. A. Muñoz

   Pages 169-186

10. Remediation of Polluted Soils Using Hyperaccumulator Plants

    • Neerja Srivastava

    Pages 187-214

11. Metal Bioaccumulation by Plants in Roadside Soils: Perspectives for Bioindication and Phytoremediation

    • Luís A. B. Novo, Viviani C. Onishi, Cassiano A. R. Bernardino, Eduardo Ferreira da Silva

    Pages 215-230

12. Soil Quality Protection at Heavy Metal-Contaminated Manufactured Gas Plant Sites: Role of Biological Remediation

    • Martina Grifoni, Gianniantonio Petruzzelli, Meri Barbafieri, Irene Rosellini, Francesca Pedron

    Pages 231-260

13. Plant Physiology Processes Associated with “Plant-Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria” Bioassays for the Enhanced Heavy Metal Removal

    • Angélica Rodríguez-Dorantes, Leonor Angélica Guerrero-Zúñiga

    Pages 261-273

14. Exploiting Nitrogen-Fixing Rhizobial Symbionts Genetic Resources for Improving Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soils

    • Alice Checcucci, Marco Bazzicalupo, Alessio Mengoni

    Pages 275-288

15. Environmental Bioremediation by Biosorption and Bioaccumulation: Principles and Applications

    • Raluca-Maria Hlihor, Laura-Carmen Apostol, Maria Gavrilescu

    Pages 289-315

16. Back Matter

    Pages 317-327

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This two-volume work is an effort to provide a common platform to environmental engineers, microbiologists, chemical scientists, plant physiologists and molecular biologists working with a common aim of sustainable solutions to varied environmental contamination issues. Chapters explore biological and non-biological strategies to minimize environmental pollution. Highly readable entries attempt to close the knowledge gap between plant - microbial associations and environmental remediation.

Volume 1 focuses on important concepts such as biological remediation strategies to enhance soil quality at contaminated sites; synergistic influences of tolerant plants and rhizospheric microbial strains on the remediation of pesticide contaminated soil, and the role of plant types such as hyperaccumulator plants in the cleanup of polluted soils. Readers will discover mechanisms and underlying natural inherent traits of various plants and microbes fortolerating, excluding, remediating, accumulating, or metabolizing a variety of pollutants.

• pesticide contaminated soils
• phytoremediation
• PAH polluted soils
• mineralization of organic contaminants
• mine tailings
• fly ash dump sites
• petroleum hydrocrabons
• organic micropollutants
• biosorption and bioaccumulation
• mycorrhizas
• Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria
• terrestrial pollution
• ecotoxicology

• CESAM-Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

  Naser A. Anjum

• Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Centre for Biotechnology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India

  Sarvajeet Singh Gill

• Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Noida, India

  Narendra Tuteja

Naser A. Anjum is a researcher at CESAM-Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies & Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Portugal. 


Dr. Sarvajeet S. Gill is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Biotechnology, Maharshi Dayanand University in Haryana, India.


Dr. Narendra Tuteja is a Professor and Director of Amity Institute of Microbial Technology (AIMT), Amity University in Uttar Pradesh, India. 

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