Isolation of a Most Potent Bacterial Strain from Soil
for Bioremediation of Phenol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Debapriya Maity, Pradyut Kundu, and Sunita Adhikari (Nee Pramanik)
Study on Application of Novel Synthesized Silver Metallosurfactant
for Membrane Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Ankita Mazumder, Zinnia Chowdhury, Dwaipayan Sen,
and Chiranjib Bhattacharjee
Effect of Calcium Salts on Salinity Stress on Morphology
and Biochemical Estimation of Rice Seedlings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Banhishikha Singh and Soma Banerjee
Synthesis and Characterization of TiO 2 Nanoparticle and Checking
Its Antimicrobial Activity Against Escherichia coli
and Staphylococcus aureus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Ram Singh Purty, Ishant Shakya, and Sayan Chatterjee
Taguchi-Based Process Optimization for Improving Iron Removal
from Water Using Electrocoagulation Technique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Krishti Biswas and Mehabub Rahaman
Kinetics Study of a Suspended Growth System for Biological
Treatment of Bakery and Confectionery Wastewater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Biswajit Chakraborty, Pradyut Kundu, Joydeep Mukherjee,
and Somnath Mukherjee
Role of Metallothionein and Phytochelatin in Combating Abiotic
Stress Imparted by Copper-Induced Toxicity in Brinjal
(Solanum melongena) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Pratik Talukder
Optimization of Process Parameters for Biodegradation of Resorcinol
in Presence of Toxic Heavy Metals by Response Surface
Methodology (RSM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Sonali Hazra Das, Ayimyaba R. Longkumer, Rayanee Chaudhuri,
Srabanti Basu, Sudipta Dey Bandyopadhyay, and Bhaswati Chakraborty
An Environmentally Benign Green Approach for the Reduction
of Graphene Oxide by Apple Extract: Spectroscopic and Thermal
Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Shweta Mitra, Saswata Bose, and Mehabub Rahaman
Performance and Kinetic Studies of Dairy Effluent Using Mixed
Culture in a Suspended Growth Batch Reactor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
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for Bioremediation of Phenol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Debapriya Maity, Pradyut Kundu, and Sunita Adhikari (Nee Pramanik)
Study on Application of Novel Synthesized Silver Metallosurfactant
for Membrane Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Ankita Mazumder, Zinnia Chowdhury, Dwaipayan Sen,
and Chiranjib Bhattacharjee
Effect of Calcium Salts on Salinity Stress on Morphology
and Biochemical Estimation of Rice Seedlings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Banhishikha Singh and Soma Banerjee
Synthesis and Characterization of TiO 2 Nanoparticle and Checking
Its Antimicrobial Activity Against Escherichia coli
and Staphylococcus aureus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Ram Singh Purty, Ishant Shakya, and Sayan Chatterjee
Taguchi-Based Process Optimization for Improving Iron Removal
from Water Using Electrocoagulation Technique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Krishti Biswas and Mehabub Rahaman
Kinetics Study of a Suspended Growth System for Biological
Treatment of Bakery and Confectionery Wastewater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Biswajit Chakraborty, Pradyut Kundu, Joydeep Mukherjee,
and Somnath Mukherjee
Role of Metallothionein and Phytochelatin in Combating Abiotic
Stress Imparted by Copper-Induced Toxicity in Brinjal
(Solanum melongena) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Pratik Talukder
Optimization of Process Parameters for Biodegradation of Resorcinol
in Presence of Toxic Heavy Metals by Response Surface
Methodology (RSM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Sonali Hazra Das, Ayimyaba R. Longkumer, Rayanee Chaudhuri,
Srabanti Basu, Sudipta Dey Bandyopadhyay, and Bhaswati Chakraborty
An Environmentally Benign Green Approach for the Reduction
of Graphene Oxide by Apple Extract: Spectroscopic and Thermal
Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Shweta Mitra, Saswata Bose, and Mehabub Rahaman
Performance and Kinetic Studies of Dairy Effluent Using Mixed
Culture in a Suspended Growth Batch Reactor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
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