Health hazards of hexavalent chromium (Cr (VI)) and its microbial reduction

P Sharma, SP Singh, SK Parakh, YW Tong - Bioengineered, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Industrial effluents/wastewater are the main sources of hexavalent chromium (Cr (VI))
pollutants in the environment. Cr (VI) pollution has become one of the world's most serious …

Endophytic fungi: from symbiosis to secondary metabolite communications or vice versa?

B Alam, J Lǐ, Q Gě, MA Khan, J Gōng… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Endophytic fungi (EF) are a group of fascinating host-associated fungal communities that
colonize the intercellular or intracellular spaces of host tissues, providing beneficial effects to …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoremediation for heavy metal contamination: A review

Q Ali, MA Zia, M Kamran, M Shabaan, U Zulfiqar… - Hybrid Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Pollution is a significant problem in both industrialized and developing countries, as well as
in some developed countries. Heavy metal pollution poses a crucial concern for …

Recent insights into the use of antagonistic yeasts for sustainable biomanagement of postharvest pathogenic and mycotoxigenic fungi in fruits with their prevention …

S Oztekin, DN Dikmetas, D Devecioglu… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Fungi-induced postharvest diseases are the leading causes of food loss and waste. In this
context, fruit decay can be directly attributed to phytopathogenic and/or mycotoxin-producing …

Nano-biofertilizer formulations for agriculture: A systematic review on recent advances and prospective applications

D Garg, K Sridhar, B Stephen Inbaraj, P Chawla… - Bioengineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the twenty-first century, nanotechnology has emerged as a potentially game-changing
innovation. Essential minerals are mostly unavailable in modern cropping systems without …

Entomopathogenic fungus-related priming defense mechanisms in cucurbits impact Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval) fitness

F García-Espinoza, MJ García… - Applied and …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) exhibit direct and indirect mechanisms to increase plant
resistance against biotic and abiotic stresses. Plant responses to these stresses are …

Consequences of arsenic contamination on plants and mycoremediation-mediated arsenic stress tolerance for sustainable agriculture

A Gupta, P Dubey, M Kumar, A Roy, D Sharma… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Arsenic contamination in water and soil is becoming a severe problem. It is toxic to the
environment and human health. It is usually found in small quantities in rock, soil, air, and …

Sustainable mitigation of heavy metals from effluents: toxicity and fate with recent technological advancements

VK Gaur, P Sharma, P Gaur, S Varjani, HH Ngo… - …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Increase in anthropogenic activities due to rapid industrialization had caused an elevation in
heavy metal contamination of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. These pollutants have …

Natural products against key Mycobacterium tuberculosis enzymatic targets: Emerging opportunities for drug discovery

G Cazzaniga, M Mori, LR Chiarelli, A Gelain… - European journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
For centuries, natural products (NPs) have served as powerful therapeutics against a variety
of human ailments. Nowadays, they still represent invaluable resources for the treatment of …

Endophytic fungi associated with coffee leaves in China exhibited in vitro antagonism against fungal and bacterial pathogens

L Lu, SC Karunarathna, KD Hyde, N Suwannarach… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Coffee endophytes have been studied for almost 74 years, and several studies have
demonstrated coffee-endophytic fungi with antibacterial and antifungal potential for human …