About the Book

Preface

Chapter 1

Bioremediation: New Prospects for Environmental Cleaning by Fungal Enzymes

Dr. Neha Vishnoi, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, India

Chapter 2

Fungal Enzyme System for Saccharification of Lignocellulosic Feedstocks

Dr. Devendra Mani Tripathi, Bundelkhand University, India

Chapter 3 White-Rot Fungi and Their Enzymes for the Treatment of Industrial Dye Effluents

Dr. P. Devagi, Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, Coimbatore, India

Chapter 4

Fungal Secretomes: Biodegradation Lignocelluloses and Biopolymers

Dr. Nasib Singh, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, India

Chapter 5

Fungal Enzymes for Bioremediation of Xenobiotic Compounds

Dr. Rajinikanth Mohan, Colgate University, NY

Chapter 6

Pleurotus ostreatus: a Biofactory for Lignin Degrading Enzymes of Diverse Industrial Applications

Dr. Hesham El Enshasy, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Chapter 7

Extracellular Fungal Peroxidases and Laccases for Waste Treatment: Recent Improvement

Dr. N. Sivakumar, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India

Chapter 8

Fungal Enzymes for Bioremediation of Contaminated Soil

Dr. Prem Chandra, Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (A Central) University, India

Chapter 9

Fungal Enzymes for Bio conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass

Dr Yogeshvari K. Jhala, Department of Microbiology, AAU, India

Chapter 10

Industrially Important Pigments from Different Groups of Fungi

Dr. Ashok Kumar, RGSC, Banaras Hindu University, India

Chapter 11

Bioconversion of Biomass to Biofuel using Fungal Consortium

Dr. Ch. Pavana Jyothi, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, India

Chapter 12 Bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) contaminated soil through fungal community

Dr. Elisabet Aranda, Institute for Water Research, University of Granada, Granada, Spain

Chapter 13

Role of Fungi in Climate Change Abatement and Nitrogen Supplement

Dr. Sandeep K. Malyan, CESCRA, IARI, ND-12, India

Chapter 14

Fungal-Phytoremediation of heavy metal contaminated land and water resources: Current Scenario and Future Prospects

Dr. Amit Kumar, FIAES, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, India

Chapter 15

Biotechnological Applications of β-Glucosidases in Biomass Degradation

Dr. Sushma Mishra, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, India

Chapter16

Genetic diversity of methylotrophic yeast and their impact to the environment

Dr. Manish Kumar, Amity Institute of Biotechnology (AIB), Amity University, India

Chapter 17

Microbial enzymes and its Application in Pulp and Paper Industry

Dr. Ashish Vyas, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India

Appendixes

Index

About the Author: Ajar Nath Yadav is an Assistant Professor in Department of Biotechnology, Akal College of Agriculture, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India. He has 4 years of teaching and 10 years of research experiences in the field of Industrial Biotechnology, Microbial Biotechnology, Microbial Diversity, and Plant-Microbe-Interactions. Dr. Yadav obtained doctorate degree in Microbial Biotechnology, jointly from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi and Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India; M.Sc. (Biotechnology) from Bundelkhand University and B.Sc. (CBZ) from University of Allahabad, India. Dr. Yadav has 101 publications, which include 37 research papers, 15 review articles, 3 books, 1 book manual, 31 book chapters, 8 popular articles, 7 editorials, 2 technical reports, and 1 patent with h-index 23, i10-index 50, and 1551 citations (Google Scholar). Dr. Yadav has published 105 research communications in different international and national conferences. Dr. Yadav has got ten Best Paper Presentation Awards, one Young Scientist Award (NASI-Swarna Jyanti Purskar) and three certificate of excellence in reviewing awards. Dr. Yadav received "Outstanding Teacher Award" in 6th 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 agriculture microbiology, bacteriology, bioprocess engineering and technology, environmental microbiology, industrial microbiology, and microbial biotechnology. Dr. Yadav is currently handling two projects one funded by Department of Environments, Science & Technology (DEST), Shimla entitled "Development of Microbial Consortium as Bio-inoculants for Drought and Low Temperature Growing Crops for Organic Farming in Himachal Pradesh" as Principal Investigator and another funded by HP Council for Science, Technology & Environment (HIMCOSTE) on "Value-added products" as Co-PI. He also worked as an organizing committee member for 7 international conferences/symposia in the related field. Presently he is guiding 02 scholars for PhD degree and 01 for M.Sc. dissertations. In his credit 6700 microbes (Archaea, bacteria and fungi) isolated from diverse sources and 550 potential and efficient microbes deposited at culture collection National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms (NBAIM), Mau, India. He has deposited 2386 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. Dr. Yadav and group have developed method for screening of archaea for phosphorus solubilization for the first time. He has been serving as an editor/editorial board member and reviewer for more than 35 national and international peer-reviewed journals. He has lifetime membership of Association of Microbiologist in India, Indian Science Congress Council, India and National Academy of Sciences, India.
Sangram Singh is an Associate Professor in Department of Biochemistry, Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad, India, has 11 years of teaching and 14 years of research experiences in field of applied biochemistry. Dr. Singh obtained Ph.D. Biochemistry and M.Sc. Biochemistry from Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad, India. Dr. Singh has been published 34 National and International research papers; 02 books, 02 book chapter. He has presented 09 papers in different National and International Symposia/ Seminars/ Conferences/ Workshops.
Shashank Mishra is presently working as Scientist 'C', Biotech Park, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. He obtained his doctorate degree in Science "Industrial Biotechnology" in 2015, from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India; M.Phil. (Biotechnology) in 2008 from Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu; M.Sc. (Botany), in 2005 from Dr. R.M.L. University, Ayodhya; M.Sc. (Biotechnology), in 2004 from Barkatullah University, Bhopal and B.Sc. (Botany and Chemistry) in 2001 from Dr. R.M.L. University, Ayodhya, India. He has made pioneering contributions in the area of Microbial Biotechnology; Natural product synthesis and Environmental Microbiology for food, pharmaceutical and Human Health. In his credit 21 Publications [06 research papers, 02 review articles, 03 books and 10 book chapters] in different reputed international and national journals and publishers with 82 Citation, h-index-05 and i10-index 04 (Google Scholar). He has reported first time with high concentration of phenolic compounds by optimizing various parameters and published in peer-reviewed and referred international journals. He has published 16 abstracts in different conferences/symposiums/workshops. He has presented 16 papers presentation [12 poster ] 04 oral] in conferences/symposiums and got 01 best poster presentations Award, Dr. Mishra has contributed in organizing 07 conference/workshops. He has deposited 03 nucleotide sequences to NCBI GenBank databases: in public domain. Dr. Mishra and group have isolated and characterized 03 microbes (bacteria and microalgae) from Tulsi and paddy plantation site and transformed ferulic acid into value-added phenolic compounds viz. vanillin, vanillic acid and 4-vinylguaiacol. He has a long-standing interest in teaching at the UG, PG and Ph.D. level and is involved in taking courses in industrial biotechnology, bioprocess engineering and technology, environmental biotechnology, environmental microbiology, industrial microbiology, microbial biotechnology and techniques in microbiology and biotechnology. He is reviewer in 06 international journals including BMC Microbiology, Indian Phytopathology, PLOS One, Scientific Reports and Archive of Phytopathology and Plant Protection and 3 Biotech. He has the lifetime membership of Association of microbiologist of India (AMI) and Vigyan Bharti (VIBHA).
Arti Gupta is the Assistant Professor in the Department of Zoology, Sri Avadh Raj Singh Smarak Degree College, Bishunpur Bairiya, Gonda, India. Dr. Arti Gupta received her B.Sc. in Botany, Zoology, and Chemistry in 2001 and got M.Sc. in Biotechnology in 2003 from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, India. Dr. Arti Gupta obtained Ph.D. from Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, India in 2010 in Animal Science. Dr. Gupta started her career in 2004 with teaching for graduate and post graduate student of Biotechnology from D.A.V. (P.G.) College, Muzaffarnagar. In 2005, she was appointed as Research Internships at the Central Drug Research Institute, Uttar Pradesh.In 2010, she was appointed as Teaching Associate at the Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. In 2012, she worked as Scientist with Sun Agrigenetics Pvt. Ltd., Vadodara, Gujarat and has 9 years of teaching and 11 years of research experiences in the field of Animal Biotechnology, Molecular Plant Biotechnology, Molecular Animal Biotechnology, Bioprocess Technology, and Microbiology. Dr. Gupta has been published one monograph, Three Springer Nature, Switzerland edited Books and currently editing few other springer nature books, 22 National and International research papers and 36 National and International Symposia/ Seminars / Conferences / Workshops have been attended. Dr. Gupta has been awarded University Topper (Gold Medal), M.Sc. (Biotech.) from Ch.C.S.University, Meerut, Young Scientist Award (Gold Medal) awarded by the Zoological Society of India, Lucknow, Best Poster Presenter awarded by Asian Journal of Experimental Science, Jaipur, Best Poster Presenter awarded by International Consortium of Contemporary Biologists (ICCB) and Madhawai-Shyam Educational Trust, Ranchi, Fellowship Award awarded by International Consortium of Contemporary Biologist (FICCB) and Madhawi Shayam Educational Trust (FMSET) and Dr. V.P. Agarwal Gold Medal awarded by D.A.V. (P.G.) College, Muzaffarnagar. Dr. Arti has lifetime memberships of Indian Science Congress Association, Biotech Research Society of India, Zoological Society of India and International Consortium of Contemporary Biologist.