ABSTRACT
The accumulation of heavy metals (HMs) and toxic chemicals in soil is ever increasing problem. These toxins pose a potential threat to animals, humans, and ecosystem. Researchers round the globe are exploring options for remediation of soil and improvement in soil health. Bioremediation is one such option, which is an area of green biotechnology aiming at exploring opportunities for treatment of pollution using living organisms and their derivatives. Bioremediation however is evolving under the arena ofnanotechnology giving rise to a new offshoot, nanobioremediation. Nanobioremediation is a fast-growing soil remediation technology. It is a branch of green nanotechnology called “myconanotechnology” in which fungi are exploited for synthesis of nanostructures with desirable dimensions. Myconanotechnology is still in its budding stage, but the potential applications of myconanotechnology are providing exiting and miraculous results for removal of contaminants from polluted soils. The myconanotechnology involves use of living organisms like plants, plant derivatives, microorganisms, and their derived products for synthesis of nanomaterials. This chapter highlights the potential in fungus originated nanomaterial for remediation of pollutants from soil.
