Part II Cleaner Technologies on Mitigation of Organic
and Inorganic Pollutants
7 Recent Trends in Application of Bacterial Polymers to Mitigate
Organic and Inorganic Pollutants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
P. Muthukumaran, J. Aravind, M. Kamaraj,
and K. K. Ramachandran
8 Bioremediation: Efficient Technology to Combat Pesticide
Pollutants in Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Raman Kumar Ravi and R. Y. Hiranmai
9 Removal of Dyes From Industrial Effluents Using Bioremediation
Technique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Narayana Saibaba KV
10 A Harmless Approach on Textile Effluent Detoxification:
Bioremediation and Recent Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Kavitha Rajan, Venkatesa Prabhu Sundramurthy,
and Melkamu Kifetew Merine
11 Modern Bioremediation Approaches for Clean and Green
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Ankita Murmu and Murugan Sevanan
12 Arsenic-Transforming Bacteria: A Potential Weapon
for Arsenic-Contaminated Soil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Prabhakaran Narayanasamy and Radhesh Krishnan Subramanian
13 Phycoremediation of Heavy Metals, Factors Involved
and Mechanisms Related to Functional Groups
in the Algae Cell Surface – A Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Abate Ayele, Arumuganainar Suresh, and Solomon Benor
14 Heavy Metal Extraction from E-Waste Through Bioleaching:
A Promising Ecofriendly Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
S. Venkatesa Prabhu, N. R. Srinivasan,
and H. Sintayehu Mekuria
15 Potential of Free Floating Macrophytes for Bioremediation
of Heavy Metals- A Conceptual Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Punita Parikh and Krupa Unadkat
16 Bioremediation of Heavy Metals Using Salvina Molesta – A
Freshwater Aquatic Weed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
T. G. Nithya, P. Snega Priya, and M. Kamaraj
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and Inorganic Pollutants
7 Recent Trends in Application of Bacterial Polymers to Mitigate
Organic and Inorganic Pollutants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
P. Muthukumaran, J. Aravind, M. Kamaraj,
and K. K. Ramachandran
8 Bioremediation: Efficient Technology to Combat Pesticide
Pollutants in Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Raman Kumar Ravi and R. Y. Hiranmai
9 Removal of Dyes From Industrial Effluents Using Bioremediation
Technique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Narayana Saibaba KV
10 A Harmless Approach on Textile Effluent Detoxification:
Bioremediation and Recent Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Kavitha Rajan, Venkatesa Prabhu Sundramurthy,
and Melkamu Kifetew Merine
11 Modern Bioremediation Approaches for Clean and Green
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Ankita Murmu and Murugan Sevanan
12 Arsenic-Transforming Bacteria: A Potential Weapon
for Arsenic-Contaminated Soil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Prabhakaran Narayanasamy and Radhesh Krishnan Subramanian
13 Phycoremediation of Heavy Metals, Factors Involved
and Mechanisms Related to Functional Groups
in the Algae Cell Surface – A Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Abate Ayele, Arumuganainar Suresh, and Solomon Benor
14 Heavy Metal Extraction from E-Waste Through Bioleaching:
A Promising Ecofriendly Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
S. Venkatesa Prabhu, N. R. Srinivasan,
and H. Sintayehu Mekuria
15 Potential of Free Floating Macrophytes for Bioremediation
of Heavy Metals- A Conceptual Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Punita Parikh and Krupa Unadkat
16 Bioremediation of Heavy Metals Using Salvina Molesta – A
Freshwater Aquatic Weed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
T. G. Nithya, P. Snega Priya, and M. Kamaraj
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