Remediation techniques for elimination of heavy metal pollutants from soil: A review

U Azhar, H Ahmad, H Shafqat, M Babar… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Contaminated soil containing toxic metals and metalloids is found everywhere globally. As a
consequence of adsorption and precipitation reactions, metals are comparatively immobile …

Bioremediation of co-contaminated soil with heavy metals and pesticides: Influence factors, mechanisms and evaluation methods

H Zhang, X Yuan, T Xiong, H Wang, L Jiang - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Soil co-contaminated with heavy metals and pesticides has caused large global
environmental issues. The interaction of heavy metals and pesticides make the …

Evaluation methods for assessing effectiveness of in situ remediation of soil and sediment contaminated with organic pollutants and heavy metals

B Song, G Zeng, J Gong, J Liang, P Xu, Z Liu… - Environment …, 2017 - Elsevier
Soil and sediment contamination has become a critical issue worldwide due to its great
harm to the ecological environment and public health. In recent years, many remediation …

Comparative bioremediation of heavy metals and petroleum hydrocarbons co-contaminated soil by natural attenuation, phytoremediation, bioaugmentation and …

AC Agnello, M Bagard, ED van Hullebusch… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Biological remediation technologies are an environmentally friendly approach for the
treatment of polluted soils. This study evaluated through a pot experiment four …

Endophytic bacteria: prospects and applications for the phytoremediation of organic pollutants

M Afzal, QM Khan, A Sessitsch - Chemosphere, 2014 - Elsevier
Recently, there has been an increased effort to enhance the efficacy of phytoremediation of
contaminated environments by exploiting plant–microbe interactions. The combined use of …

Petroleum hydrocarbon contamination in terrestrial ecosystems—fate and microbial responses

A Truskewycz, TD Gundry, LS Khudur, A Kolobaric… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Petroleum hydrocarbons represent the most frequent environmental contaminant. The
introduction of petroleum hydrocarbons into a pristine environment immediately changes the …

Molecular insights into plant–microbe interactions for sustainable remediation of contaminated environment

NR Rane, S Tapase, A Kanojia, A Watharkar… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
The widespread distribution of organic and inorganic pollutants in water resources have
increased due to rapid industrialization. Rhizospheric zone-associated bacteria along with …

Wastewater treatment using constructed wetland: Current trends and future potential

I Hassan, SR Chowdhury, PK Prihartato, SA Razzak - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Constructed wetlands (CW) is an environmentally friendly technique for removing pollutants
from wastewater and has been applied to municipal wastewater, petroleum refinery …

Rhizoremediation as a green technology for the remediation of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soils

SA Hoang, D Lamb, B Seshadri, B Sarkar… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rhizoremediation is increasingly becoming a green and sustainable alternative to physico-
chemical methods for remediation of contaminated environments through the utilization of …

Role of microorganisms in the remediation of wastewater in floating treatment wetlands: a review

MJ Shahid, AA Al-Surhanee, F Kouadri, S Ali, N Nawaz… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
This article provides useful information for understanding the specific role of microbes in the
pollutant removal process in floating treatment wetlands (FTWs). The current literature is …