1. Phytoremediation of environmental pollutants : an eco-sustainable green technology to environmental management / Ram Chandra, Gaurav Saxena and Vineet Kumar -- 2. Microbial cells dead or alive : prospect, potential and innovations for heavy metal removal / Adeline Su Yien Ting -- 3. Microbial degradation of aromatic compounds and pesticides : challenges and solutions / Randhir Singh, Rohini Karandikar and Prashant S. Phale -- 4. Laccases and their role in biomediation of industrial effluents / Vijaya Gupta, Neena Capalash and Prince Sharma -- 5. Biosurfactants and bioemulsifiers for treatment of industrial wastes / Zulfiqar Ahmad, David Crowley, Muhammad Arshad and Muhammad Imran -- 6. Biodegradation of lignocellulosic waste in the environment / Monika Mishra and Indu Shekhar Thakur -- 7. Microbial degradation of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) / Hao Chen, Bin Gao, Shengsen Wang and June Fang -- 8. Biodegradation of cellulose and agricultural waste material / Nadeem Akhtar, Dinesh Goyal and Arun Goyal -- 9. Laboratory-scale bioremediation experiments on petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated wastewater of refinery plants / Boutheina Gargouri -- 10. Microbial degradation of textile dyes for environmental safety / Ram Lakhan Singh, Rasna Gupta and Rajat Pratap Singh -- 11. Anaerobic biodegradation of slaughterhouse lipid waste and recovery of bioactive molecules for industrial applications / Kandasamy Ramani and Ganesan Sekaran -- 12. Mechanism of wetland plant rhizosphere bacteria for bioremediation of pollutants in an aquatic ecosystem / Ram Chandra and Vineet Kumar -- 13. Bioremediation of heavy metals using biosurfactants / Mohamed Yahya Khan, T.H. Swapna, Bee Hameeda and Gopal Reddy -- 14. Recent advances in bacteria-assisted phytoremediation of heavy metals from contaminated soil / Jawed Iqbal and Munees Ahemad.