Advances in Biodegradation and Bioremediation of Industrial Waste

This book reviews pollutants generated by agriculturally contaminated soil, plastic waste from various industries. The book details rhizobacteria, describes the latest knowledge regarding the biodegradation of tannery and textile waste, and reviews the role of microbes in plastic degradation bioremediation and recycling of urban waste. This book will certainly help the readers who have interest in the field of environment, microbiology, industrial engineering, biotechnology, botany, and agricultural sciences.

Ram Chandra is a professor and founder head of the Department of Environmental Microbiology at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Central University in Lucknow, India. He obtained his BSc (Hons) in 1984 and MSc in 1987 from Banaras Hindu University in Uttar Pradesh, India. Subsequently, he was awarded a PhD in 1994. He has accomplished leading work on bacterial degradation of lignin from pulp paper mill waste and molasses melanoidin from distillery waste. Consequently, he has also published more than 90 original research articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals. In addition, he has published 18 book chapters as well as one book on distillery wastewater pollution and bioremediation.