Biosurfactants: potential and eco-friendly material for sustainable agriculture and environmental safety—a review

E Gayathiri, P Prakash, N Karmegam, S Varjani… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the present climate change and increasing world population, there is an urgent need to
discover creative, efficient, and cost-effective natural products for the benefit of humanity …

Production of biosurfactants from agro-industrial waste and waste cooking oil in a circular bioeconomy: An overview

VK Gaur, P Sharma, R Sirohi, S Varjani… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Waste generation is becoming a global concern owing to its adverse effects on environment
and human health. The utilization of waste as a feedstock for production of value-added …

Biosurfactants: Formulations, properties, and applications

CE Drakontis, S Amin - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
In this review, we attempt to give an overview on the recent progress made on
biosurfactants, surface-active biomolecules produced by microorganisms, which are a …

Advanced technologies for the remediation of pesticide-contaminated soils

E Morillo, J Villaverde - Science of the total environment, 2017 - Elsevier
The occurrence of pesticides in soil has become a highly significant environmental problem,
which has been increased by the vast use of pesticides worldwide and the absence of …

Emerging groundwater contaminants: A comprehensive review on their health hazards and remediation technologies

B Pradhan, S Chand, S Chand, PR Rout… - Groundwater for …, 2023 - Elsevier
Most of the water systems that sustain the ecosystems and feed the growing human
population are decreasing or stressed day by day. Groundwater is considered a reliable …

Improved polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation in a crude oil by individual and a consortium of bacteria

S Kumari, RK Regar, N Manickam - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, we report the ability of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Ochrobactrum anthropi,
Pseudomonas mendocina, Microbacterium esteraromaticum and Pseudomonas aeruginosa …

Bacterial remediation of pesticide polluted soils: Exploring the feasibility of site restoration

P Bokade, VK Gaur, V Tripathi, S Bobate… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
For decades, reclamation of pesticide contaminated sites has been a challenging avenue.
Due to increasing agricultural demand, the application of synthetic pesticides could not be …

A critical review on the formation, fate and degradation of the persistent organic pollutant hexachlorocyclohexane in water systems and waste streams

S Adithya, RS Jayaraman, A Krishnan, R Malolan… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The environmental impacts of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) is an increasingly
prominent topic in the scientific community. POPs are stable chemicals that are accumulated …

Advances in applications of rhamnolipids biosurfactant in environmental remediation: a review

G Liu, H Zhong, X Yang, Y Liu… - Biotechnology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The objective of this review is to provide a comprehensive overview of the advances in the
applications of rhamnolipids biosurfactants in soil and ground water remediation for removal …

Pesticide relevance and their microbial degradation: a-state-of-art

JP Verma, DK Jaiswal, R Sagar - Reviews in Environmental Science and …, 2014 - Springer
The extensive use of pesticide causes imbalance in properties of soil, water and air
environments due to having problem of natural degradation. Such chemicals create diverse …