Bioremediation of heavy metals using microalgae: recent advances and mechanisms

YK Leong, JS Chang - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Five heavy metals namely, arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), lead (Pb) and
mercury (Hg) are carcinogenic and show toxicity even at trace amounts, posing threats to …

Microalgal bioremediation of heavy metal pollution in water: Recent advances, challenges, and prospects

C Yan, Z Qu, J Wang, L Cao, Q Han - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
With the rapid economy development and population surge, the water resources available
for direct use on the earth have been in shortage. Therefore, water pollution remediation …

Microalgal biosorption of heavy metals: a comprehensive bibliometric review

AT Ubando, ADM Africa, MC Maniquiz-Redillas… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metals in the effluents released from industrial establishments pose risks to the
environment and society. Prevalent organisms such as microalgae in industrial wastes can …

[HTML][HTML] Algal Bioremediation of heavy metals: An insight into removal mechanisms, recovery of by-products, challenges, and future opportunities

M Chugh, L Kumar, MP Shah, N Bharadvaja - Energy Nexus, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, modern techniques have gained attention for the remediation of heavy metals
present in wastewater. Biological processes have been explored and employed as they …

Resource recovery from wastewaters using microalgae-based approaches: A circular bioeconomy perspective

D Nagarajan, DJ Lee, CY Chen, JS Chang - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
The basic concepts of circular bioeconomy are reduce, reuse and recycle. Recovery of
recyclable nutrients from secondary sources could play a key role in meeting the increased …

An overview of potential oleaginous microorganisms and their role in biodiesel and omega-3 fatty acid-based industries

A Patel, D Karageorgou, E Rova, P Katapodis, U Rova… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Microorganisms are known to be natural oil producers in their cellular compartments.
Microorganisms that accumulate more than 20% w/w of lipids on a cell dry weight basis are …

The promising way to treat wastewater by microalgae: Approaches, mechanisms, applications and challenges

Y Song, L Wang, X Qiang, W Gu, Z Ma… - Journal of Water Process …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microalgae have become an important means of wastewater treatment. As a sustainable
and economical method of wastewater treatment, microalgae not only purify wastewater …

Heavy metal detoxification mechanisms by microalgae: Insights from transcriptomics analysis

S Tripathi, KM Poluri - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metal pollution in ecosystem is a global threat. The associated toxicity and
carcinogenic nature of heavy metals/metalloids such as mercury, cadmium, lead, and …

Insights into conventional and recent technologies for arsenic bioremediation: A systematic review

S Irshad, Z Xie, S Mehmood, A Nawaz, A Ditta… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Arsenic (As) bioremediation has been an economical and sustainable approach, being
practiced widely under several As-contaminated environments. Bioremediation of As …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in recirculating aquaculture systems and role of microalgae to close system loop

S Ende, J Henjes, M Spiller, M Elshobary… - Bioresource …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), waste management of nutrient-rich
byproducts accounts for 30–50% of the whole production costs. Integrating microalgae into …