Objective of this book is focus on marine pollution and application of marine microorganisms in cost effective and ecofriendly methods of pollution abatement.

1.Assessing Metal Contamination in Recent Creek Sediments Using Fractionation Technique Along Mumbai Coast, India.- 2.Bioremediation of heavy metals from saline water using hypersaline dissimilatory sulphate reducing bacteria.- 3.Lead and Mercury Resistant Marine Bacteria and Their Application in Lead and Mercury Bioremediation.- 4.Microbial Remediation of Organometals and Oil Hydrocarbons in the Marine Environment.- 5.Extracellular Polysaccharides Production by Bacteria as a Mechanism of Toxic Heavy Metal Biosorption and Biosequestration in the Marine Environment.- 6.Biosurfactant - A Promising Approach Towards the Remediation of Xenobiotics, a Way to Rejuvenate the Marine Ecosystem.- 7.Optimization of Cultural Conditions for Marine Microbial Biosurfactant Production: Future Prospects From Untapped Marine Resources.- 8.Biosurfactant Producing Denitrifying Bacteria in Marine Petroleum Contaminated Environmental Sites.- 9.Interaction of Haloarchaea with Metals.- 10.Manganese Tolerant Bacteria From the Estuarine Environment and Their Importance in Bioremediation of Contaminated Estuarine Sites.- 11. Pathogenic Bacteria of Public Health Significance in Estuarine Mangrove Ecosystem.- 12. Global Concerns of Ship's Ballast Water Mediated Translocation of Bacteria.- 13. Genotoxic Biomarkers A as Indicators of Marine Pollution.- 14.Applications of Siderophore Producing Marine Bacteria in Bioremediation of Metals and Organic Compounds.- 15.Bacterial Degradation of Algal Polysaccharides in Marine Ecosystem.- 16.Impact of Pollution on Phytoplankton and Implications for Marine Econiches.- 17.Selenium Pollution in Marine Environment and Marine Bacteria in Selenium Bioremediation.