Biotechnological methods to remove microplastics: a review

U Anand, S Dey, E Bontempi, S Ducoli… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Microplastics pollution is major threat to ecosystems and is impacting abiotic and biotic
components. Microplastics are diverse and highly complex contaminants that transport other …

Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the water environment: A review on toxicity, microbial biodegradation, systematic biological advancements, and environmental …

M Vijayanand, A Ramakrishnan, R Subramanian… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are considered a major class of organic
contaminants or pollutants, which are poisonous, mutagenic, genotoxic, and/or …

[HTML][HTML] Genetically engineered microorganisms for environmental remediation

H Rafeeq, N Afsheen, S Rafique, A Arshad, M Intisar… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
In the recent era, the increasing persistence of hazardous contaminants is badly affecting
the globe in many ways. Due to high environmental contamination, almost every second …

Recent advanced technologies for the characterization of xenobiotic-degrading microorganisms and microbial communities

S Mishra, Z Lin, S Pang, W Zhang, P Bhatt… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Global environmental contamination with a complex mixture of xenobiotics has become a
major environmental issue worldwide. Many xenobiotic compounds severely impact the …

Alternative strategies for microbial remediation of pollutants via synthetic biology

S Jaiswal, P Shukla - Frontiers in microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Continuous contamination of the environment with xenobiotics and related recalcitrant
compounds has emerged as a serious pollution threat. Bioremediation is the key to …

Bioelectronic control of a microbial community using surface-assembled electrogenetic cells to route signals

JL Terrell, T Tschirhart, JP Jahnke, K Stephens… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
We developed a bioelectronic communication system that is enabled by a redox signal
transduction modality to exchange information between a living cell-embedded …

Synthetic microbiology in sustainability applications

EM Jones, JP Marken, PA Silver - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2024 - nature.com
Microorganisms are a promising means to address many societal sustainability challenges
owing to their ability to thrive in diverse environments and interface with the microscale …

Synthetically engineered microbial scavengers for enhanced bioremediation

KM Tran, HM Lee, TD Thai, J Shen, S Eyun… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbial bioremediation has gained attention as a cheap, efficient, and sustainable
technology to manage the increasing environmental pollution. Since microorganisms in …

[HTML][HTML] Bioprospecting culturable and unculturable microbial consortia through metagenomics for bioremediation

AK Wani, N Akhtar, N Naqash, C Chopra… - Cleaner Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the enormous increase in population and industrial network, the harmful pollutants
affecting biota have also escalated. The pollutants are consumed by living organisms …

[HTML][HTML] Synthetic biology tools for environmental protection

J Aminian-Dehkordi, S Rahimi, M Golzar-Ahmadi… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Synthetic biology transforms the way we perceive biological systems. Emerging
technologies in this field affect many disciplines of science and engineering. Traditionally …