Simultaneous removal of organics and heavy metals from industrial wastewater: A review

TO Ajiboye, OA Oyewo, DC Onwudiwe - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The co-existence of heavy metals and organics in industrial effluents is a prevalent problem.
These pollutants usually have dissimilar compositions and properties, making their complete …

Recent advances of algae-bacteria consortia in aquatic remediation

SN Li, C Zhang, F Li, NQ Ren, SH Ho - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Algae-bacteria consortia treatment has been found to be a promising method for the
remediation of aqueous systems. Given the scope of previous reviews on algae-bacteria …

Pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment: A review on eco-toxicology and the remediation potential of algae

M Hejna, D Kapuścińska, A Aksmann - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The pollution of the aquatic environment has become a worldwide problem. The widespread
use of pesticides, heavy metals and pharmaceuticals through anthropogenic activities has …

Symbiosis of microalgae and bacteria consortium for heavy metal remediation in wastewater

D Zhao, WY Cheah, SH Lai, EP Ng, KS Khoo… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy metals in industrial wastewater are hazardous, not easily biodegradable, and can be
enriched in the food chain. This will lead to serious global environmental problems …

Wastewater treatment by microalgae

M Plöhn, O Spain, S Sirin, M Silva… - Physiologia …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The growth of the world's population increases the demand for fresh water, food, energy,
and technology, which in turn leads to increasing amount of wastewater, produced both by …

Optimization of heavy metal biosorption onto freshwater algae (Chlorella coloniales) using response surface methodology (RSM)

J Jaafari, K Yaghmaeian - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, the interaction of the initial metal concentration, time of reaction and Chlorella
coloniales algae dose were taken for the biosorption of Cr, Cd, Co, Fe and As from aqueous …

Perspectives on the feasibility of using microalgae for industrial wastewater treatment

Y Wang, SH Ho, CL Cheng, WQ Guo, D Nagarajan… - Bioresource …, 2016 - Elsevier
Although microalgae can serve as an appropriate alternative feedstock for biofuel
production, the high microalgal cultivation cost has been a major obstacle for …

Biosorption: critical review of scientific rationale, environmental importance and significance for pollution treatment

GM Gadd - Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Biosorption may be simply defined as the removal of substances from solution by biological
material. Such substances can be organic and inorganic, and in gaseous, soluble or …

Algal–bacterial processes for the treatment of hazardous contaminants: a review

R Muñoz, B Guieysse - Water research, 2006 - Elsevier
Microalgae enhance the removal of nutrients, organic contaminants, heavy metals, and
pathogens from domestic wastewater and furnish an interesting raw material for the …

Consortia of cyanobacteria/microalgae and bacteria: biotechnological potential

SR Subashchandrabose, B Ramakrishnan… - Biotechnology …, 2011 - Elsevier
Microbial metabolites are of huge biotechnological potential and their production can be
coupled with detoxification of environmental pollutants and wastewater treatment mediated …