Algae biotechnology for industrial wastewater treatment, bioenergy production, and high-value bioproducts

A Ahmad, F Banat, H Alsafar, SW Hasan - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
A growing world population is causing hazardous compounds to form at an increasingly
rapid rate, calling for ecological action. Wastewater management and treatment is an …

Macrophytes as wastewater treatment agents: Nutrient uptake and potential of produced biomass utilization toward circular economy initiatives

SB Kurniawan, A Ahmad, NSM Said, MF Imron… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Macrophytes have been widely used as agents in wastewater treatment. The involvement of
plants in wastewater treatment cannot be separated from wetland utilization. As one of the …

Particularities of fungicides and factors affecting their fate and removal efficacy: A review

GD Gikas, P Parlakidis, T Mavropoulos, Z Vryzas - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Systemic fungicide use has increased over the last decades, despite the susceptibility of
resistance development and the side effects to human health and the environment. Although …

Mitigation of heavy metal stress in the soil through optimized interaction between plants and microbes

M Narayanan, Y Ma - Journal of Environmental Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Agricultural as well as industrial processes, such as mining and textile activities, are just a
few examples of anthropogenic activities that have a long-term negative impact on the …

Investigation of kinetic, isotherm and adsorption efficacy of thorium by orange peel immobilized on calcium alginate

AAG Khamseh, SA Ghorbanian, Y Amini… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
In this research work the thorium uptake on immobilized protonated orange peel was
studied in a batch system. The effects of effective parameters such as biosorbent dosage …

[PDF][PDF] Practical limitations of bioaugmentation in treating heavy metal contaminated soil and role of plant growth promoting bacteria in phytoremediation as a …

SB Kurniawan, NN Ramli, NSM Said, J Alias, MF Imron… - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Bioaugmentation, the addition of cultured microorganisms to enhance the currently existing
microbial community, is an option to remediate contaminated areas. Several studies …

Towards sustainable wastewater treatment by biological methods–A challenges and advantages of recent technologies

R Sathya, MV Arasu, NA Al-Dhabi, P Vijayaraghavan… - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Water is one of the most emerging substances on earth. All living things, including plants
and animals, must have water to survive. Rapid urbanization and industrialization afford …

Occurrence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in domestic wastewater, available treatment technologies, and potential treatment using constructed …

OAAL Falahi, SRS Abdullah, HA Hasan… - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) are primarily anthropogenic compounds found
in water at trace concentrations and mostly still ignored. Pharmaceuticals and personal care …

Application of cerium dioxide nanoparticles and chromium-resistant bacteria reduced chromium toxicity in sunflower plants

J Ma, H Alshaya, MK Okla, YA Alwasel… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The continuous increase in the heavy metals concentration in the soil due to anthropogenic
activities has become a global issue. The chromium, especially hexavalent chromium, is …

Enhanced removal of heavy metals and metalloids by constructed wetlands: a review of approaches and mechanisms

G Yu, G Wang, T Chi, C Du, J Wang, P Li… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Constructed wetlands (CWs) are increasingly employed to remediate heavy metal and
metalloid (HMM)-polluted water. However, the disadvantages of HMM removal by …