Bioaugmentation as a green technology for hydrocarbon pollution remediation. Problems and prospects

AS Nwankwegu, L Zhang, D Xie, CO Onwosi… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Environmental pollution mitigation measure involving bioremediation technology is a
sustainable intervention for a greener ecosystem biorecovery, especially the obnoxious …

Techno-economic analysis of phytoremediation: A strategic rethinking

J Wang, MA Delavar - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Phytoremediation is a cost-effective and environmentally sound approach, which uses
plants to immobilize/stabilize, extract, decay, or lessen toxicity and contaminants. Despite …

Recent advances on pollutants removal by rice husk as a bio-based adsorbent: A critical review

Z Shamsollahi, A Partovinia - Journal of environmental management, 2019 - Elsevier
Rice husk is an attractive bio-based adsorbent material for pollutant removal since it is one
of the low-cost and renewable resources. The objective of this review is to give a summary of …

Review of the immobilized microbial cell systems for bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons polluted environments

A Partovinia, B Rasekh - Critical Reviews in Environmental Science …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Petroleum hydrocarbon contamination is widespread and has easily accumulated in various
ecosystems due to hydrophobicity and limited bioavailability. Until now, the primary …

Harmful algal blooms under changing climate and constantly increasing anthropogenic actions: the review of management implications

AS Nwankwegu, Y Li, Y Huang, J Wei, E Norgbey… - 3 Biotech, 2019 - Springer
The present review reports all management approaches (physical, chemical, and biological)
traditionally adopted in mitigating the global impact of harmful cyanobacterial blooms …

Comparative remediation rate of biostimulation, bioaugmentation, and phytoremediation in hydrocarbon contaminants

SM Dehnavi, G Ebrahimipour - International Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
The environmental pollution caused by crude oil spillage has been recently turned into a
critical challenge that requires a comprehensive plan to effectively reduce the contaminants …

Bioremediation of gasoline contaminated agricultural soil by bioaugmentation

AS Nwankwegu, CO Onwosi - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2017 - Elsevier
Bioaugmentation can occur either by the use of a single strain microorganism or between
different microorganisms (fungi and bacteria). In the present study, we carefully evaluated …

An insight into the current oil spills and on-site bioremediation approaches to contaminated sites in Nigeria

MO Mafiana, MD Bashiru, F Erhunmwunsee… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Land oil spills in Nigeria have a long history of contaminating the soil, groundwater,
vegetation, and streams with spill extension being the primary of numerous ordeals. These …

Bioremediation of diesel-contaminated soil by composting with locally generated bulking agents

CO Onwosi, FJC Odibo, CK Enebechi… - Soil and Sediment …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Herein, we conducted a study toward understanding the impact of composting of the diesel-
contaminated soil with some locally available bulking agents (rice husks (RHs), sawdust …

Microbial cell immobilization: a renaissance to bioaugmentation inadequacies. A review

AS Nwankwegu, CO Onwosi - Environmental Technology Reviews, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Soil pollution by petroleum hydrocarbons no doubt has become an issue of contemporary
concern. Different remediation technologies have been used to tackle these hydrocarbon …