Biological remediation technologies for dyes and heavy metals in wastewater treatment: New insight

A Singh, DB Pal, A Mohammad, A Alhazmi… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
The pollution of the environment caused by dyes and heavy metals emitted by industries has
become a worldwide problem. The development of efficient, environmentally acceptable …

Biosorption, an efficient method for removing heavy metals from industrial effluents: a review

AA Beni, A Esmaeili - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2020 - Elsevier
Common methods for removing heavy metals have numerous drawbacks, including low
efficiency and high costs. In the biosorption of heavy metals, ions biosorbed on surfaces and …

Microalgae for biofuel production and removal of heavy metals: a review

KG Pavithra, PS Kumar, V Jaikumar… - Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Removal of heavy metals from wastewaters using microalgae is gaining interest because
microalgae also assimilate carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus. Here, we review algal …

Mixed biosorbent of agro waste and bacterial biomass for the separation of Pb (II) ions from water system

A Saravanan, PS Kumar, PR Yaashikaa, S Karishma… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Adsorption of Pb (II) ions in aqueous systems by newly developed mixed biomass has been
explored. Mixed biomass was prepared from agro-waste (raw Banyan tree bark, RBTB) and …

Treatment of wastewater using seaweed: a review

N Arumugam, S Chelliapan, H Kamyab… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Inadequately treated or untreated wastewater greatly contribute to the release of unwanted
toxic contaminants into water bodies. Some of these contaminants are persistent and …

A rapid and efficient adsorptive removal of lead from water using graphene oxide prepared from waste dry cell battery

MG Azam, MH Kabir, MAA Shaikh, S Ahmed… - Journal of Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lead (Pb) is a concerning water pollutant worldwide as it is highly toxic to living organisms.
In this research, adsorption studies were carried out for the removal of Pb from water …

Bioremediation potential of Sargassum sp. biomass to tackle pollution in coastal ecosystems: Circular economy approach

S Saldarriaga-Hernandez, G Hernandez-Vargas… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
During the past years, the ecological integrity and biodiversity of marine ecosystems have
been highly threatened due to the controlled or uncontrolled release of high concentrations …

The seaweed holobiont: from microecology to biotechnological applications

CG Ren, ZY Liu, XL Wang, S Qin - Microbial Biotechnology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In the ocean, seaweed and microorganisms have coexisted since the earliest stages of
evolution and formed an inextricable relationship. Recently, seaweed has attracted …

Evaluation of the Adsorption Efficiency on the Removal of Lead(II) Ions from Aqueous Solutions Using Azadirachta indica Leaves as an Adsorbent

A Elkhaleefa, IH Ali, EI Brima, I Shigidi, AB Elhag… - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
The efficiency of Azadirachta indica (neem leaves) on the removal of Pb (II) ions by
adsorption from aqueous solution was investigated in this study. The efficiency of these …

Utilization of renewable durian peels for biosorption of zinc from wastewater

M Ngabura, SA Hussain, WAWA Ghani, MS Jami… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Durian peel is among the renewable biomass wastes abundantly available in Malaysia. An
implication of untreated biological materials for biosorption process was intensively …