Algae and Fungi: Bioremediation of Refractory Pollutants in Contaminated Environments
暫譯: 藻類與真菌：在受污染環境中對難降解污染物的生物修復

本書探討藻類/真菌作為污染環境去污工具的應用，以及修復技術如何以環境可持續的方式幫助生物精煉污染。內容涵蓋它們在控制和抑制污染方面的應用，包括藻類修復（phyco-remediation）和真菌修復（myco-remediation）的機制。

Humaira Qadri is heading the Department of Environmental Sciences in Govt. Degree College, Baramulla (Autonomous). She is also the Dean of Research in the college. She has also been actively involved in teaching the postgraduate students of environmental science for the past ten years in Sri Pratap College Campus, Cluster University Srinagar, J&K, India. She has also been heading the Department of Environment and Water Management of Sri Pratap College. A gold medallist at her master's level, she has bagged a number of awards and certificates of merit. Her specialization is in aquatic ecology and phytoremediation. She has published scores of papers in international journals and has more than 12 books with national and international publishers. She is also the reviewer of various international journals and is the principal investigator of some major projects on phytoremediation. She is guiding a number of research students for PhD programme and has supervised more than 60 master's dissertations. She also has been on the scientific board of various international conferences and holds life memberships in various international organizations. With a number of national scientific events to her credit, she is an active participant in national and international scientific events and has organized a number of conferences, as well as seminars of national and international repute. She is on the editorial board and the reviewer of various high-impact journals.

Sartaj Ahmad Bhat is working as JSPS postdoctoral researcher in the River Basin Research Center, Gifu University, Japan. He received his PhD in environmental sciences from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India, in 2017. His primary research focuses on the development and evaluation of treatment technologies for solid waste and wastewater from domestic and industrial outlets, as well as organic waste recycling, with a focus on the biological and sustainable treatment by earthworms. He has published more than 50 research papers in peer-reviewed journals, 3 books, and few book chapters to his credit. He is also an editor, editorial board member, and reviewer of many international reputed journals published by Frontiers, PLoS, De Gruyter, Springer, SAGE, MDPI, Elsevier, Wiley, and Taylor & Francis. Dr. Bhat is a recipient of several prestigious awards such as the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship to pursue research at River Basin Research Center, Gifu University, Japan, the Basic Scientific Research Fellowship (BSR JRF, SRF) by the University Grants Commission (UGC), India, the DST-SERB National Postdoctoral Fellowship (CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur, India), and Swachhta Saarthi Fellowship by the Govt. of India. He has also received the 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Award from the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, MDPI (Basel, Switzerland), as well as Top Peer Reviewer 2019 in Environment and Ecology by Web of Science, and has more than 600 verified reviews and 60 editor records to his credit.

Rouf Ahmad Bhat has pursued his doctorate at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir (Division of Environmental Science). Dr. Bhat has been teaching graduate and postgraduate students of environmental sciences for the past three years. He is an author of more than 50 research articles (h-index 21; i-index 30; total citation >1200) and 40 book chapters and has published more than 30 books with international publishers (Springer, Elsevier, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Apple Academic Press, John Wiley, and IGI Global). He has his specialization in limnology, toxicology, phytochemistry, and phytoremediation. Dr. Bhat has presented and participated in numerous state, national, and international conferences, seminars, workshops, and symposiums. Besides, he has worked as an associate environmental expert in the World Bank-funded Flood Recovery Project and also as the environmental support staff in the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded development projects. He has received many awards, appreciation, and recognition for his services to the science of water testing, air, and noise analysis. He has served as editorial board member and reviewer of reputed international journals. Dr. Bhat is still writing and experimenting with diverse capacities of plants for use in aquatic pollution remediation.

Fuad Ameen is an Associate Professor and researcher at the Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He graduated his PhD in biodegradation of urban waste by mangrove fungi from King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. In addition, he has served as a researcher in different places in the field of biotechnology and applied microbiology. After that, he has been involved in many kinds of projects, many of them dealing with new solutions to treat the polluted sites. He has collected and studied microbial strains from arid and marine ecosystems indicating their ability to biodegrade the most common pollutants, and his programme of research on these organisms has taken him to many places and to examples of every major type of terrestrial and marine bio-ecosystems. He is the author or co-author of 150 papers and 15 book chapters in peer-reviewed journals.

**Humaira Qadri** 擔任巴拉穆拉政府學位學院（自主）環境科學系主任，同時也是該學院的研究院院長。她在印度查謨和克什米爾的斯里普拉特大學校區教授環境科學的研究生課程已有十年。她還曾擔任斯里普拉特學院環境與水資源管理系的系主任。作為碩士學位的金獎得主，她獲得了多項獎項和優秀證書。她的專業領域為水生生態學和植物修復。她在國際期刊上發表了大量論文，並與國內外出版社合作出版了超過12本書籍。她還擔任多個國際期刊的審稿人，並是一些主要植物修復項目的首席研究員。她指導多名博士研究生，並已監督超過60篇碩士論文。她還曾參與多個國際會議的科學委員會，並在多個國際組織中擁有終身會員資格。她參加了多項國內科學活動，並積極參與國內外的科學活動，組織了多場具有國內外聲譽的會議和研討會。她是多本高影響力期刊的編輯委員會成員和審稿人。

**Sartaj Ahmad Bhat** 目前在日本岐阜大學河流流域研究中心擔任JSPS博士後研究員。他於2017年在印度阿姆利則的古魯納納克大學獲得環境科學博士學位。他的主要研究集中在開發和評估來自家庭和工業排放的固體廢物和廢水的處理技術，以及有機廢物回收，特別是利用蚯蚓進行生物和可持續處理。他在同行評審的期刊上發表了超過50篇研究論文，出版了3本書籍和幾個書章。他還是許多國際知名期刊的編輯、編輯委員會成員和審稿人，這些期刊由Frontiers、PLoS、De Gruyter、Springer、SAGE、MDPI、Elsevier、Wiley和Taylor & Francis出版。Bhat博士獲得了多項著名獎項，如JSPS博士後獎學金，以在日本岐阜大學河流流域研究中心進行研究，印度大學資助委員會（UGC）頒發的基礎科學研究獎學金（BSR JRF, SRF），以及印度政府的Swachhta Saarthi獎學金。他還獲得了2020年《國際環境研究與公共衛生期刊》的傑出審稿人獎（MDPI，瑞士巴塞爾），以及2019年Web of Science環境與生態學的頂級同行審稿人，並擁有超過600條經驗證的審稿記錄和60條編輯記錄。

**Rouf Ahmad Bhat** 在克什米爾的謝爾-克什米爾農業科學與技術大學（環境科學系）攻讀博士學位。Bhat博士在過去三年中教授環境科學的本科生和研究生。他是超過50篇研究文章的作者（h-index 21；i-index 30；總引用次數超過1200）和40個書章的作者，並與國際出版社（Springer、Elsevier、CRC Press、Taylor & Francis、Apple Academic Press、John Wiley和IGI Global）出版了超過30本書籍。他的專業領域包括湖泊學、毒理學、植物化學和植物修復。Bhat博士參加並發表了多場州、國家和國際會議、研討會、工作坊和座談會。此外，他曾在世界銀行資助的洪水恢復項目中擔任環境專家，並在亞洲開發銀行（ADB）資助的發展項目中擔任環境支持人員。他因在水質檢測、空氣和噪音分析方面的貢獻而獲得多項獎項、表彰和認可。他曾擔任多本國際知名期刊的編輯委員會成員和審稿人。Bhat博士目前仍在撰寫和實驗植物在水污染修復中的多樣化應用。

**Fuad Ameen** 是沙烏地阿拉伯利雅德國王沙烏地大學科學學院植物學與微生物學系的副教授和研究員。他在國王沙烏地大學獲得了城市廢物由紅樹林真菌生物降解的博士學位。此外，他曾在生物技術和應用微生物學領域的不同地方擔任研究員。此後，他參與了許多項目，其中許多項目致力於為污染地點提供新解決方案。他收集並研究了來自乾旱和海洋生態系統的微生物菌株，顯示其降解最常見污染物的能力，他對這些生物的研究計劃使他走訪了許多地方，並接觸到各種主要類型的陸地和海洋生物生態系統。他是150篇論文和15個書章的作者或合著者，這些論文均發表在同行評審的期刊上。