Pollution of heavy metals is one of the risky contaminations that should be managed for all
intents and purposes of general well-being concerns. The bioaccumulation of these heavy …

Heavy metal contamination has been recognized as a major public health risk, particularly in
developing countries and their toxicological manifestations are well known. Conventional …

Heavy metals are natural constituents of the environment, but indiscriminate use for human
purposes has altered their geochemical cycles and biochemical balance. This results in …

Phytoremediation is an emerging technology that uses plants and their associated microbes
to clean up pollutants from the soil, water and air. In recent years, phytoremediation assisted …

Globally, substantial research into endophytic microbes is being conducted to increase
agricultural and environmental sustainability. Endophytic microbes such as bacteria …

Biotechnology of microalgae has gained popularity due to the growing need for novel
environmental technologies and the development of innovative mass-production …

Wastewater effluents from mines and metal refineries are often contaminated with heavy
metal ions, so they pose hazards to human and environmental health. Conventional …

Biosorption is a physico-chemical and metabolically-independent process based on a
variety of mechanisms including absorption, adsorption, ion exchange, surface …

Heavy metal pollution has become an issue of serious international concern. One of the
heavy metal cadmium (Cd) is known to be a widespread environmental contaminant and a …