This particular book "Fundamentals of Environmental Biotechnology¿¿ expands to only ten topics of recent importance such as Environmental Health, pollution and its control, Role of microbes in recycling Elements in natural Environment, Environmental parameters that affect environmental activities, Microbial Biodegradation of Plastics, Biodegradation of Pesticides, Bioremediation of dye wastes, Photodegradation of plastics and photodegradable plastics, Lindane in Environment and its Degradation, Microbial Degradation of oil, Applications of Biotechnology in Environmental clean-up. Important and intrinsic details of all these aspects are covered. This book will be useful to Biology, Applied Micro Biology, Biotechnology and Life Sciences Students at graduate, post Graduate level as well as to Research Scholars and teachers of Biotechnology in general and environmental Biotechnology in particular.

Dr. U. S.Bagde, M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D. (Micro-Bio sp.),D.Sc.(Microbial Technology). D.O.P. (German), M.B.A., M.A. (English), LL.M., Ph.D. (Law), is presently Professor in the Department of Botany, School of Biological Sciences of Dr.Hari Singh Gour Central University, Sagar (M.P.) India. He was Professor and Head at Mumbai University, Mumbai,India