The book entitled “Bioremediation of Industrial Pollutants” showcases the latest information on the bioremediation of different types of industrial pollutants and dedicated for the environmental safety, which is a global challenge. This book provides a detailed knowledge on the various natural as well as anthropogenic sources of different types of toxic and hazardous industrial pollutants such as toxic metals, dyes, pesticides, petroleum hydrocarbons, plastics etc., their fate and transport into the environment, their ecotoxicological effects and health hazards as well as various approaches used for their bioremediation for the environmental cleanup and safety of human and animal's health. The book covers the different aspects of environmental problems and their remedies with up to date developments in the field of bioremediation of industrial pollutants. Thus, this book serves as an invaluable source of knowledge for a wide range of students, scientists and researchers in Microbiology, Biotechnology, Environmental Sciences with the fundamental and advance knowledge about the environmental pollution, challenges and bioremediation of toxic industrial pollutants.

Dr. Ram Naresh Bharagava. He is working as Assistant Professor and actively engaged in teaching and research activities at Department of Environmental Microbiology (DEM), Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Central University, Lucknow (U.P.), India, earned B.Sc. (1998) in Zoology, Botany and Chemistry from University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (U.P.), India and M.Sc. (2004) in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology (GBPUAT), Pantnagar, Uttarakhand (U.K.), India. Subsequently, he earned Ph.D (2010) in Microbiology jointly from Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow and Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. He has authored one book and published many research and review papers in national and international journals of repute. He also published many book chapters and popular science articles in national and international edited books and science magazines, respectively. He is a reviewer for various national and international journals of his field. His major thrust areas of research are the Biodegradation and Bioremediation of Environmental Pollutants, Metagenomics and Wastewater Microbiology. He is life member of the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), India, Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), Biotech Research Society (BRSI), and Academy of Environmental Biology (AEB). Gaurav Saxena earned B.Sc. (2010) in Industrial Microbiology, Zoology, Botany and Chemistry from Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal (Central) University (HNBGU), Srinagar (Garhwal), Uttarakhand, India and M.Sc. (2013) in Environmental Microbiology from Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University. Currently, he is earning Ph.D in Environmental Microbiology from Department of Environmental Microbiology (DEM), Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Lucknow (U.P.), India. He has published numbers of papers, chapters and popular science articles in national and international journals, edited books and science magazines, respectively. His major thrust areas of research are the Biodegradation and Bioremediation of Environmental Pollutants, Metagenomics and Wastewater Microbiology. He is the member of the Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI) and Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), India.