Ajar Nath Yadav is an Assistant Professor (Senior Scale) in Department of Biotechnology, Dr. Khem Singh Gill Akal College of Agriculture, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India. He has 5 years of teaching and 11 years of research experiences in the field of Microbial Biotechnology, Microbial Diversity, and Plant-Microbe-Interactions. Dr. Yadav obtained doctorate in Microbial Biotechnology, jointly from ICAR-Indian Agricultural research Institute (IARI), New Delhi and Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India; M.Sc. (Biotechnology) from Bundelkhand University and B.Sc. (CBZ) from the University of Allahabad, India. Dr. Yadav has 297 publications, with h-index of 42, i10-index of 96, and 4238 citations (Google Scholar).

Dr. Yadav is editor of 11 Springer-Nature, 05 CRC Press Taylor & Francis and 02 Elsevier books. Dr. Yadav has got 12 Best Paper Presentation Awards, and 01 Young Scientist Award (NASI-Swarna Jayanti Purskar). Dr. Yadav received "Outstanding Teacher Award" in 6^th 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 microbiology, and microbial biotechnology. Dr. Yadav is currently handling two projects one funded by Department of Environments, Science & Technology (DEST), Shimla and one by HP Council for Science, Technology & Environment (HIMCOSTE). Dr. Yadav has guided 01 Ph.D. and 01 M.Sc. Scholar and presently he is guiding 05 scholars for PhD degree. In his credit ~6700 microbes (Archaea, bacteria and fungi) isolated from diverse sources and ~550 potential and efficient microbes deposited at culture collection ICAR-National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms (NBAIM), Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has deposited 2423 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. The niche-specific microbes from extreme environments were reported as specific bio-inoculants (Biofertilizers) for crops growing in normal and diverse abiotic stress conditions. Dr. Yadav and group have developed technology for screening of archaea for phosphorus solubilization for the first time. He has been serving as an editor/editorial board member and reviewer for different national and international peer-reviewed journals. He has lifetime membership of Association of Microbiologist in India, and Indian Science Congress Council, India. 

Preface

Chapter 1: Mycological Research for Environmental and Industrial Significances: An Introduction

Dr. Ajar Nath Yadav Department of Biotechnology, Eternal University Baru Sahib, Srmour-173101, Himachal Pradesh, India

Chapter 2: Fungal Communities For Bioremediation of Contaminates Soil for Sustainable Environment

Dr. B. Bharathiraja, Department of Chemical Engineering, Vel Tech High Tech Dr. Rangarajan Dr. Sakunthala Engineering College, Avadi, Chennai-600062. India

Chapter 3: White-rot Fungi for Bioremediation of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Contaminated Soil

Dr. TomáS Cajthaml, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic v.v.i., Vídenská 1083, CZ-142 20, Prague 4, Czechia

Chapter 4: Fungi in Remediation of Hazardous Wastes: Current Status and Future Outlook

Dr. Indu Shekhar Thakur, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Chapter 5: Fungi and their Secondary Metabolites for Bioremediation of Hazardous Heavy Metals

Prof. Dr. Eduardo Sydney, Federal University of Technology - Paraná/Brazil (UTFPR), Curitiba, Brazil

Chapter 6: Fungal Enzymes: Degradation and Detoxification of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants

Dr. Ram Naresh Bharagava, Department of Microbiology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India

Chapter 7: Applications of Nanotechnology in Mycoremediation: Current Status and Future Challenges

Dr. Salma Mukhtar, Department of Biological Sciences, Forman Christian, Lahore, Pakistan

Chapter 8: Fungal Communities and their Extracellular Hydrolytic Enzymes for Biodegradation of N-Containing Xenobiotics

Dr. Owen P. Ward, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada

Chapter 9: Industrially Important Bioactive Compounds and Secondary Metabolites from Fungal Communities

Dr. Barbara Schulz, Institute of Microbiology, Technical University of Braunschweig, Spielmannstrasse 7, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany

Chapter 10: Marine Fungal Communities: Metabolic Engineering for Secondary metabolites and their Industrial Applications

Dr. Lennart Richter, Institute of Chemistry, Department of Biological Chemistry, Berlin University of Technology, Berlin, Germany

Chapter 11: Hydrolytic Enzymes Producing Fungal Communities and their Industrial Applications for Sustainable Developments

Dr. Selvaraju Sivamani, Chemical Engineering Section, Engineering Department, Salalah College of Technology, Salalah, Oman

Chapter 12: Bioprospecting of Endophytic and Rhizospheric Fungi for Industrially Important Natural Products

Dr. Parasuraman Paramanantham, Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India

Chapter 13: Halophilic Fungal Communities: Current Research and Future Challenges for Natural Product Discovery

Dr. Deniz Tasdemir, Centre for Marine Biotechnology (GEOMAR-Biotech), Research Unit Marine Natural Products Chemistry, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, KielKiel, Germany

Chapter 14: Natural Pigments from Filamentous Fungi: Production and Applications

Dr. Rebecca Gmoser Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås, Borås, Sweden

Chapter 15: Fungal Exopolysaccharides: Production and Biotechnological Industrial Applications in Food and Allied Sectors

Dr. Chanda V. Berde, Department of Microbiology, Gogate Jogalekar College, Ratnagiri, India

Chapter 16: Nanoparticles From Fungal Communities: Role in Food Processing Industries

Dr. Priyabrata Mukherjee, Divisons of Catalysis, Biochemical Science, and Materials Chemistry, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune - 411 008, India

Chapter 17: Fungal Biorefineries for Biofuel Production for Sustainable Future Energy Systems

Dr. Kenneth Odoh, Department of Microbiology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 410001, Enugu, Nigeria,

Chapter 18: Fungal Communities for Environment and Industry: Conclusion and Future Vision

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