A comparative review on bioremediation of chromium by bacterial, fungal, algal and microbial consortia

A Kuanar, SK Kabi, M Rath, NK Dhal… - Geomicrobiology …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Metals are necessary for plants and animals to function biologically, but presence of
massive quantities can disrupt the metabolic activities in an organism's systems. Chromium …

Mechanistic studies on the bioremediation of Cr (VI) using Sphingopyxis macrogoltabida SUK2c, a Cr (VI) tolerant bacterial isolate

DC Prabhakaran, V Bolaños-Benitez, Y Sivry… - Biochemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Bioremediation studies of toxic hexavalent chromium (Cr (VI)) were investigated using an
indigenous bacterial strain namely, Sphingopyxis macrogoltabida SUK2c, isolated from …

Hexavalent chromate bioreduction by a magnetotactic bacterium Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense MSR-1 and the effect of magnetosome synthesis.

SC Wu, WC Hsiao, YC Zhao, LF Wu - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) are receiving attention for heavy metal biotreatment due to
their potential for biosorption with heavy metals and the capability of the magnetic recovery …

A comprehensive study on the behavior of a novel bacterial strain Acinetobacter guillouiae for bioremediation of divalent copper

S Majumder, G Gangadhar, S Raghuvanshi… - Bioprocess and …, 2015 - Springer
Biological methods have been successfully used to mitigate heavy metal pollution problem
in wastewater. The present study was aimed towards isolation of a novel indigenous …

Application of a hybrid biofilter column for the removal of Cr(VI) from aqueous solution using an indigenous bacterial strain Pseudomonas taiwanensis

S Majumder, S Raghuvanshi, S Gupta - Bioremediation Journal, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
In the present study, a laboratory-scale biofilter column was designed and fabricated. It was
packed with a mixture of coal and compost as a packing medium. The column was enriched …

Simultaneous sequestration of ternary metal ions (Cr6+, Cu2+ and Zn2+) from aqueous solution by an indigenous bacterial consortium

S Majumder, V Gupta, S Raghuvanshi… - Process Safety and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Sequestration of single heavy metal contaminant from industrial wastewater using pure
bacterial strains has received much attention. However, application of a bacterial consortium …

New trends in microbial biosorption modeling and optimization

D Podstawczyk, A Dawiec… - Handbook of Metal …, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter describes the latest trends in microorganism-induced heavy metal ions
biosorption. Since biosorption is a similar process to adsorption, conventional equilibrium …

Chromium (VI) reduction in aqueous solutions using coal gangue

Y Li, X Wangl - Desalination and Water Treatment, 2018 - Elsevier
Coal gangue can be applied to remove chromium (VI) from wastewater because it exhibits
excellent reduction ability. Cr (VI) could be almost completely reduced to the lower toxicity …

[PDF][PDF] Research at BITS 2017

P BITS - 2017 - dspace.bits-pilani.ac.in
Research activities at BITS encompasses work conducted by large number of students at all
levels in the three-tier structure of the educational programmes. At the first-degree level, a …