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
About the Author: Ram Prasad is Assistant Professor at the Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India. Dr. Prasad completed his Ph.D. at the Department of Microbiology, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, UP, India, in collaboration with School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. He received his M.Sc. in Life Sciences at JNU and also qualified CSIR-NET, ASRB-NET, and GATE. His research interest includes plant microbe-interactions, sustainable agriculture and microbial nanobiotechnology. Dr. Prasad has ninety five publications to his credit, including research papers & book chapters and five patents issued or pending, and edited or authored several books. Dr. Prasad has eleven years of teaching experience and he has been awarded the Young Scientist Award (2007) and Prof. J.S. Datta Munshi Gold Medal (2009) by the International Society for Ecological Communications; FSAB fellowship (2010) by the Society for Applied Biotechnology; Outstanding Scientist Award (2015) in the field of Microbiology by Venus International Foundation; and the American Cancer Society UICC International Fellowship for Beginning Investigators (USA, 2014). In 2014-2015, Dr. Prasad served as Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, USA.