Bacterial biofilm and extracellular polymeric substances in the treatment of environmental pollutants: beyond the protective role in survivability

KU Mahto, M Priyadarshanee, DP Samantaray… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increased tolerance to toxic pollutants and enhanced degradation capabilities of the
bacterial biofilm is often attributed to the matrix of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) …

Beneficial microbiomes for bioremediation of diverse contaminated environments for environmental sustainability: present status and future challenges

D Kour, T Kaur, R Devi, A Yadav, M Singh… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Over the past few decades, the rapid development of agriculture and industries has resulted
in contamination of the environment by diverse pollutants, including heavy metals …

Bioremediation of heavy metals by microbial process

S Verma, A Kuila - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2019 - Elsevier
Bioremediation is an inventive and optimistic technology which is applicable for the retrieval
and reduction of heavy metals in water and polluted lands. Microorganism plays an …

A critical review of uranium contamination in groundwater: treatment and sludge disposal

TP Gandhi, PV Sampath, SM Maliyekkal - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Dissolved uranium in groundwater at high concentrations is an emerging global threat to
human and ecological health due to its radioactivity and chemical toxicity. Uranium can …

A comprehensive review on sources, analysis and toxicity of environmental pollutants and its removal methods from water environment

A Saravanan, PS Kumar, RV Hemavathy… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Natural and human anthropogenic activities increase the concentration of the toxic pollutant
in the water environment; they could cause harmful effects even in their lower concentration …

Abscisic acid priming confers salt tolerance in maize seedlings by modulating osmotic adjustment, bond energies, ROS homeostasis, and organic acid metabolism

B Sarkar, P Bandyopadhyay, A Das, S Pal… - Plant Physiology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aimed at investigating the influence of exogenous abscisic acid (ABA) on salt
homeostasis under 100 mM NaCl stress in maize (Zea mays L. cv. Kaveri 50) through 3 and …

Unraveling the complex regulatory networks in biofilm formation in bacteria and relevance of biofilms in environmental remediation

KU Mahto, S Kumari, S Das - Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Biofilms are assemblages of bacteria embedded within a matrix of extracellular polymeric
substances (EPS) attached to a substratum. The process of biofilm formation is a complex …

Synthetically engineered microbial scavengers for enhanced bioremediation

KM Tran, HM Lee, TD Thai, J Shen, S Eyun… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbial bioremediation has gained attention as a cheap, efficient, and sustainable
technology to manage the increasing environmental pollution. Since microorganisms in …

Kinetic modelling of the uranium biosorption by Deinococcus radiodurans biofilm

T Manobala, SK Shukla, TS Rao, MD Kumar - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Increasing number of reports on uranium contamination in groundwater bodies is a growing
concern. Deinococcus radiodurans biofilm-based U (VI) bioremediation has great potential …

Bioremediation of uranium from waste effluents using novel biosorbents: a review

S Banerjee, A Kundu, P Dhak - Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear …, 2022 - Springer
Several treatments for the removal of toxic heavy metals like uranium from wastewater have
been developed, but none of them are sufficiently effective. Biosorption is the most feasible …