Microbial degradation of dyes: An overview

S Varjani, P Rakholiya, HY Ng, S You… - Bioresource Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Industrialization increases use of dyes due to its high demand in paper, cosmetic, textile,
leather and food industries. This in turn would increase wastewater generation from dye …

Exploiting microbial biomass in treating azo dyes contaminated wastewater: Mechanism of degradation and factors affecting microbial efficiency

RT Kapoor, M Danish, RS Singh, M Rafatullah… - Journal of Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
Water pollution, mainly occurring from manufacturing industries, has been a serious
environmental issue in the contemporary world. Dyeing processes produce a massive …

A critical review of the aniline transformation fate in azo dye wastewater treatment

C Zhang, H Chen, G Xue, Y Liu, S Chen… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Azo dyes are widely used in textile and dyeing industry. Aniline, an important raw material of
dyes and auxiliaries, is always the common by-products from the azo dye degradation …

Mitigation of environmental pollution by genetically engineered bacteria—current challenges and future perspectives

L Liu, M Bilal, X Duan, HMN Iqbal - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Industries are the paramount driving force for the economic and technological development
of society. However, the flourishing industrialization and unimpeded growth of current …

Enzymatic decolorization and degradation of azo dyes–A review

RL Singh, PK Singh, RP Singh - International Biodeterioration & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Azo dyes are aromatic compounds with one or more–Ndouble bondN–groups. These dyes
are the most important and largest class of synthetic dyes used in commercial applications …

Bacterial decolorization and degradation of azo dyes: a review

RG Saratale, GD Saratale, JS Chang… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2011 - Elsevier
A variety of synthetic dyestuffs released by the textile industry pose a threat to environmental
safety. Azo dyes account for the majority of all dyestuffs, produced because they are …

Biological approaches practised using genetically engineered microbes for a sustainable environment: a review

G Pant, D Garlapati, U Agrawal, RG Prasuna… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional methods used to remediate toxic substances from the environment have failed
drastically, and thereby, advancement in newer remediation techniques can be one of the …

Bioaugmentation: an emerging strategy of industrial wastewater treatment for reuse and discharge

A Nzila, SA Razzak, J Zhu - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2016 - mdpi.com
A promising long-term and sustainable solution to the growing scarcity of water worldwide is
to recycle and reuse wastewater. In wastewater treatment plants, the biodegradation of …

Microbe and plant assisted-remediation of organic xenobiotics and its enhancement by genetically modified organisms and recombinant technology: a review

I Hussain, G Aleti, R Naidu, M Puschenreiter… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Environmental problems such as the deterioration of groundwater quality, soil degradation
and various threats to human, animal and ecosystem health are closely related to the …

Engineered microbes as effective tools for the remediation of polyaromatic aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals

P Sharma, A Bano, SP Singh, S Sharma, C Xia… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Heavy metals (HMs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have become a major
concern to human health and the environment due to rapid industrialization and …