Contents
Impact of Contaminants on Environmental Health
Impact of Water Quality on the Anatomical and Histochemical
Characteristics of Eichhornia Crassipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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D. MadhuBala, J. Narmathasri, V. Priyadarshini, S. Saranya, S. Sneka,
and K. S. TamilSelvi
Insights into the Status of Heavy Metal Resistant Rhizobacterial
Communities in the Heavy Metal Contaminated Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Karthikeyan KirupaSree, Vijay Karuppiah, Sathiamoorthi Thangavelu,
and Kavitha Thangavel
Microbiome Analysis of Pesticide Contaminated Soils Its Impact
on the Microbial Isolates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
S. Sowmiya Sri, V. Suji, and G. Sophia Reena
Impact of Sugar Mill Effluent on the Quality of Groundwater
in Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
A. Arivoli, X. Agnello J. Naveen, and Sathiamoorthi Thangavelu
Bioremediation Studies of Contaminated Sites
Biosorption of Ni(II) Using Seeds of Mirabilis Jalapa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
V. Anitha, A. Balakumaran, V. V. Ramprakash, A. V. Vinothini,
P. Muthukumaran, and Aravind Jeyaseelan
Bioremediation of Heavy Metals and Toxic Chemicals
from Muttukadu Lake, Chennai by Biosurfactant and Biomass
Treatment Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
C. Elizabeth Rani, V. Balaji Ayyadurai, and K. K. Kavitha
Degradation Efficacy of Pinus radiata Don Needle Leaf, Twig
and Bark by Wood Degrading Fungi in Forest Ecosystem . . . . . . . . . . . 87
M. N. Abubacker and M. Prince
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