About the Book

Preface
Chapter 1: Mycological Research for Environmental and Industrial Significances: An IntroductionDr. Ajar Nath Yadav Department of Biotechnology, Eternal University Baru Sahib, Srmour-173101, Himachal Pradesh, India
Chapter 2: Fungal Communities For Bioremediation of Contaminates Soil for Sustainable EnvironmentDr. B. Bharathiraja, Department of Chemical Engineering, Vel Tech High Tech Dr. Rangarajan Dr. Sakunthala Engineering College, Avadi, Chennai-600062. India
Chapter 3: White-rot Fungi for Bioremediation of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Contaminated SoilDr. Tomás Cajthaml, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic v.v.i., Vídeňská 1083, CZ-142 20, Prague 4, Czechia
Chapter 4: Fungi in Remediation of Hazardous Wastes: Current Status and Future OutlookDr. Indu Shekhar Thakur, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Chapter 5: Fungi and their Secondary Metabolites for Bioremediation of Hazardous Heavy MetalsProf. Dr. Eduardo Sydney, Federal University of Technology - Paraná/Brazil (UTFPR), Curitiba, Brazil
Chapter 6: Fungal Enzymes: Degradation and Detoxification of Organic and Inorganic PollutantsDr. Ram Naresh Bharagava, Department of Microbiology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India
Chapter 7: Applications of Nanotechnology in Mycoremediation: Current Status and Future ChallengesDr. Salma Mukhtar, Department of Biological Sciences, Forman Christian, Lahore, Pakistan
Chapter 8: Fungal Communities and their Extracellular Hydrolytic Enzymes for Biodegradation of N-Containing XenobioticsDr. Owen P. Ward, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
Chapter 9: Industrially Important Bioactive Compounds and Secondary Metabolites from Fungal CommunitiesDr. Barbara Schulz, Institute of Microbiology, Technical University of Braunschweig, Spielmannstrasse 7, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Chapter 10: Marine Fungal Communities: Metabolic Engineering for Secondary metabolites and their Industrial ApplicationsDr. Lennart Richter, Institute of Chemistry, Department of Biological Chemistry, Berlin University of Technology, Berlin, Germany
Chapter 11: Hydrolytic Enzymes Producing Fungal Communities and their Industrial Applications for Sustainable DevelopmentsDr. Selvaraju Sivamani, Chemical Engineering Section, Engineering Department, Salalah College of Technology, Salalah, Oman
Chapter 12: Bioprospecting of Endophytic and Rhizospheric Fungi for Industrially Important Natural ProductsDr. Parasuraman Paramanantham, Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
Chapter 13: Halophilic Fungal Communities: Current Research and Future Challenges for Natural Product DiscoveryDr. Deniz Tasdemir, Centre for Marine Biotechnology (GEOMAR-Biotech), Research Unit Marine Natural Products Chemistry, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, KielKiel, Germany
Chapter 14: Natural Pigments from Filamentous Fungi: Production and ApplicationsDr. Rebecca Gmoser Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås, Borås, Sweden
Chapter 15: Fungal Exopolysaccharides: Production and Biotechnological Industrial Applications in Food and Allied SectorsDr. Chanda V. Berde, Department of Microbiology, Gogate Jogalekar College, Ratnagiri, Ind
About the Author: Ajar Nath Yadav is an Assistant Professor (Senior Scale) in Department of Biotechnology, Dr. Khem Singh Gill Akal College of Agriculture, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India. He has 5 years of teaching and 11 years of research experiences in the field of Microbial Biotechnology, Microbial Diversity, and Plant-Microbe-Interactions. Dr. Yadav obtained doctorate in Microbial Biotechnology, jointly from ICAR-Indian Agricultural research Institute (IARI), New Delhi and Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India; M.Sc. (Biotechnology) from Bundelkhand University and B.Sc. (CBZ) from the University of Allahabad, India. Dr. Yadav has 297 publications, with h-index of 42, i10-index of 96, and 4238 citations (Google Scholar).

Dr. Yadav is editor of 11 Springer-Nature, 05 CRC Press Taylor & Francis and 02 Elsevier books. Dr. Yadav has got 12 Best Paper Presentation Awards, and 01 Young Scientist Award (NASI-Swarna Jayanti Purskar). Dr. Yadav received "Outstanding Teacher Award" in 6^th Annual Convocation 2018 by Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh. Dr. Yadav has a long-standing interest in teaching at the UG, PG and PhD level and is involved in taking courses in microbiology, and microbial biotechnology. Dr. Yadav is currently handling two projects one funded by Department of Environments, Science & Technology (DEST), Shimla and one by HP Council for Science, Technology & Environment (HIMCOSTE). Dr. Yadav has guided 01 Ph.D. and 01 M.Sc. Scholar and presently he is guiding 05 scholars for PhD degree. In his credit 6700 microbes (Archaea, bacteria and fungi) isolated from diverse sources and 550 potential and efficient microbes deposited at culture collection ICAR-National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms (NBAIM), Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has deposited 2423 nucleotide sequences and 03 whole genome sequences (Bacillus thuringiensis AKS47, Arthrobacter agilis L77 and Halolamina pelagica CDK2) and 02 transcriptome to NCBI GenBank databases: in public domain. The niche-specific microbes from extreme environments were reported as specific bio-inoculants (Biofertilizers) for crops growing in normal and diverse abiotic stress conditions. Dr. Yadav and group have developed technology for screening of archaea for phosphorus solubilization for the first time. He has been serving as an editor/editorial board member and reviewer for different national and international peer-reviewed journals. He has lifetime membership of Association of Microbiologist in India, and Indian Science Congress Council, India.