Recent advances in bioremediation of heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants: A review

MA Tufail, J Iltaf, T Zaheer, L Tariq, MB Amir… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants are causing detrimental effects on the
environment. The seepage of heavy metals through untreated industrial waste destroys the …

How synthetic biology can help bioremediation

EL Rylott, NC Bruce - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The World Health Organization reported that “an estimated 12.6 million people died
as a result of living or working in an unhealthy environment in 2012, nearly 1 in 4 of total …

Combined microbial degradation of crude oil under alkaline conditions by Acinetobacter baumannii and Talaromyces sp

X Zhang, D Kong, X Liu, H Xie, X Lou, C Zeng - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The purpose of this work was to study the biodegradation of crude oil under alkaline
condition by defined co-culture of Acinetobacter baumannii and Talaromyces sp. The n …

[HTML][HTML] Production and functionality of exopolysaccharides in bacteria exposed to a toxic metal environment

K Mathivanan, JU Chandirika, T Mathimani… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, the production and compositional analysis of exopolysaccharides produced by
Bacillus cereus KMS3-1 grown in metal amended conditions were investigated. In addition …

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 …

Potential applications of extremophilic bacteria in the bioremediation of extreme environments contaminated with heavy metals

J Sun, X He, LE Yilin, R Al-Tohamy, SS Ali - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Protecting the environment from harmful pollutants has become increasingly difficult in
recent decades. The presence of heavy metal (HM) pollution poses a serious environmental …

A review of extracellular polysaccharides from extreme niches: An emerging natural source for the biotechnology. From the adverse to diverse!

MA López-Ortega, N Chavarría-Hernández… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Every year, new organisms that survive and colonize adverse environments are discovered
and isolated. Those organisms, called extremophiles, are distributed throughout the world …

Extremophilic microorganisms for the treatment of toxic pollutants in the environment

SW Jeong, YJ Choi - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
As concerns about the substantial effect of various hazardous toxic pollutants on the
environment and public health are increasing, the development of effective and sustainable …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple factors influence bacterial community diversity and composition in soils with rare earth element and heavy metal co-contamination

Y Luo, H Yuan, J Zhao, Y Qi, WW Cao, JM Liu… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The effects of long-term rare earth element (REE) and heavy metal (HM) contamination on
soil bacterial communities remains poorly understood. In this study, soil samples co …

Eco-friendly biodegradation of hydrocarbons compounds from crude oily wastewater using PVA/alginate/clay composite hydrogels

E Farid, EA Kamoun, TH Taha, A El-Dissouky… - Journal of Polymers and …, 2024 - Springer
Immobilized microorganisms especially bacteria are most used rather than free cells to be
protected from the environmental conditions when being used for the bioremediation of …