Contents

#### **Preface XI**


J. Tony Pembroke, Balakrishnan Naveena and Patricia Armshaw


### Chapter 8 **Hexavalent Chromium (VI) Removal by Penicillium sp. IA-01 165**

Ismael Acosta-Rodríguez, Damaris L. Arévalo-Rangel, Juan F. Cárdenas-González, María de Guadalupe Moctezuma-Zárate and Víctor M. Martínez-Juárez

Chapter 9 **Screening of Marine-derived Fungi Isolated from the sponge Didemnun ligulum for Biodegradation of Pentachlorophenol 193** Bruna Vacondio, Willian Garcia Birolli, Mirna Helena Regali Seleghim, Sarah Gonçalves, Suzan Pantaroto de Vasconcellos and André Luiz Meleiro Porto

Chapter 10 **The Characteristics of Phytoremediation of Soil and Leachate Polluted by Landfills 227** Reyhan Erdogan and Zeynep Zaimoglu

#### Chapter 11 **An assessment of the Causes of Lead Pollution and the Efficiency of Bioremediation by Plants and Microorganisms 247** Naofumi Shiomi
