Toxicity of heavy metals and recent advances in their removal: a review

MK Abd Elnabi, NE Elkaliny, MM Elyazied, SH Azab… - Toxics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Natural and anthropogenic sources of metals in the ecosystem are perpetually increasing;
consequently, heavy metal (HM) accumulation has become a major environmental concern …

Mycoremediation of heavy metals: processes, mechanisms, and affecting factors

V Kumar, SK Dwivedi - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021 - Springer
Industrial processes and mining of coal and metal ores are generating a number of threats
by polluting natural water bodies. Contamination of heavy metals (HMs) in water and soil is …

Applications of Fourier Transform-Infrared spectroscopy in microbial cell biology and environmental microbiology: advances, challenges, and future perspectives

A Kassem, L Abbas, O Coutinho, S Opara… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Microorganisms play pivotal roles in shaping ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles. Their
intricate interactions involve complex biochemical processes. Fourier Transform-Infrared (FT …

Magnetical multi-walled carbon nanotubes with Lewis acid-base imprinted sites for efficient Ni (II) recovery with high selectivity

H He, W Zhang, S Ye, S Li, Z Nie, Y Zhang… - Surfaces and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The recovery of nickel is crucial for both production and environmental protection. In this
work, density functional theory (DFT) was utilized to select a highly affine functional …

Mechanism of Cr (VI) uptake onto sagwan sawdust derived biochar and statistical optimization via response surface methodology

GK Gupta, MK Mondal - Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2023 - Springer
The present study elaborates the use of sagwan sawdust biochar as an efficient adsorbent
for Cr (VI) abatement. Effect of experimental variables like solution pH (2–10), initial Cr (VI) …

Assessment of hexavalent chromium (VI) biosorption competence of indigenous Aspergillus tubingensis AF3 isolated from bauxite mine tailing

P Anusha, M Narayanan, D Natarajan, S Kandasamy… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The intention of this research was to find the most eminent metal tolerant and absorbing
autochthonous fungal species from the waste dump of a bauxite mine. Out of the 4 (BI-1, BI …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanistic investigation of the mass transfer stages involved during the adsorption of aqueous lead onto Scopulariopsis brevicompactum fungal biomass

LA Mohamed, CO Aniagor, GM Taha… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The Scopulariopsis brevicompactum fungal biomass (SFB) was applied as an adsorbent for
the uptake of aqueous lead species via the dynamic sorption process. The adsorption …

Removal of chromium (VI) and acid orange 142 dye from contaminated wastewater using bio-waste mycelium of Aspergillus ustus: extraction, isotherms and kinetics …

LA Mohamed, CO Aniagor, AA Aly… - … Conservation Science and …, 2023 - Springer
This work reported the adsorption of Cr (VI) ions and acid orange 142 dye onto dead fungal
biomass. The mycelium of Aspergillus ustus (MAU) was successfully cultured, grown …

Long-term nickel contamination increased soil fungal diversity and altered fungal community structure and co-occurrence patterns in agricultural soils

X Zhang, B Chen, R Yin, S Xing, W Fu, H Wu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nickel (Ni) contamination imposes deleterious effects on the stability of soil ecosystem. Soil
fungal community as a crucial moderator of soil remediation and biochemical processes has …

Fungi mediated detoxification of heavy metals: Insights on mechanisms, influencing factors and recent developments

SK Dwivedi - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater originating from various industries is a major global environmental issue. The
conventional methods utilized for the removal of HM are observed as inappropriate when …