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Library of Congress Cataloging‐in‐Publication Data
Names: Devi, Pooja, 1988– editor. | Singh, Pardeep, editor. | Malakar, Arindam, editor. | Snow, Daniel (Daniel D.), editor. | John Wiley & Sons, Inc., publisher.
Title: Selenium contamination in water / edited by Pooja Devi, Pardeep Singh, Arindam Malakar, Daniel Snow.
Description: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley‐Blackwell, 2021. | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020047563 (print) | LCCN 2020047564 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119693451 (cloth) | ISBN 9781119693536 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119693543 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Water–Pollution. | Selenium. | Drinking water–Contamination. | Soils–Selenium content.
Classification: LCC TD427.S38 S44 2021 (print) | LCC TD427.S38 (ebook) | DDC 628.1/68–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020047563 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020047564
Cover Design: Wiley
Cover Images: Reproduced from Y.V. Nancharaiah, P.N.L. Lens, Ecology and biotechnology of selenium‐respiring bacteria, MMBR 79: 61–80. doi: 10.1128/MMBR.00037‐14/ with permission of the publisher.
To My Beloved, Disciplined, Courteous, and Devoted Student,
Late Mr. Rishabh Jain,
May your Soul Rest in Peace Wherever You Are
LATE MR. RISHABH JAIN
30.03.1991 – 10.01.2021
List of Contributors
Pinki Rani Agrawal CSIR-National Physical Laboratory New Delhi India
Academy of Scientific and Innovative
Research (AcSIR)
Ghaziabad
India
Abolfazl Arjmandi Department of Chemical Engineering Babol Noshirvani University of Technology Babol Iran
Amit Bansiwal Sophisticated Environmental Analytical Facility (SEAF) CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI) Nagpur Maharashtra India
Lavisha Bashambu Dr. S. S. Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Panjab University Chandigarh India
Vijay K. Bharti DRDO-Defence Institute of High Altitude Research Leh Ladakh India
Madhulika Bhati Principal Scientist CSIR – National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies (CSIR-NISTADS) New Delhi India
Jennifer Cooper Department of Agronomy and Horticulture University of Nebraska Lincoln Nebraska USA
Rashmi Dahake CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute Nagpur Maharashtra India
Academy of Scientific and Innovative
Research (AcSIR)
Ghaziabad
India
Arup Giri DRDO-Defence Institute of High Altitude Research Leh Ladakh India
Rahul Harshwardhan Office of Registrar General of India Ministry of Home Affairs New Delhi India
Asmita Jadhav CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute Nagpur Maharashtra India
Rishabh Jain Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) Ghaziabad India
Central Scientific Instruments Organisation
Chandigarh
India
Rupali Jha Department of Chemical Engineering HBTU Kanpur Uttar Pradesh India
Charu Jhamaria Environmental Science IIS (deemed to be University) Jaipur Rajasthan India
Sushil Kumar Kansal Dr. S.S. Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Panjab University Chandigarh India
Paramdeep Kaur Department of Biotechnology Panjab University Chandigarh India
S. Kaviya Department of Applied Chemistry Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUST) Kerala India
Ketki Kulkarni Sophisticated Environmental Analytical Facility (SEAF) CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI) Nagpur Maharashtra India
Pradeep Kumar Department of Chemical Engineering & Technology IIT (BHU) Varanasi Uttar Pradesh India
Praveen Kumar School of Materials Sciences Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Kolkata India
Anuradha Kumari School of Environmental Science Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India
Nitin Labhsetwar Sophisticated Environmental Analytical Facility (SEAF) CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI) Nagpur Maharashtra India
Dipa Mahato Junior Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow CSIR – National Institute of Science Technology and Development studies (CSIR-NISTADS) New Delhi India
Vishal Mishra School of Biochemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi Uttar Pradesh India
Neerja Mittal Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) Ghaziabad India Central Scientific Instruments Organisation Chandigarh India
Deepanshu