Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the water environment: A review on toxicity, microbial biodegradation, systematic biological advancements, and environmental …

M Vijayanand, A Ramakrishnan, R Subramanian… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are considered a major class of organic
contaminants or pollutants, which are poisonous, mutagenic, genotoxic, and/or …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: sources, toxicity, and remediation approaches

AB Patel, S Shaikh, KR Jain, C Desai… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widespread across the globe mainly due to
long-term anthropogenic sources of pollution. The inherent properties of PAHs such as …

Microbial consortium degrading of organic pollutants: Source, degradation efficiency, pathway, mechanism and application

H Lü, JL Wei, GX Tang, YS Chen, YH Huang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
Toxic organic pollutants in the environment cause potential threats to ecosystem and human
health. Microbial consortia demonstrate efficient degradation of organic pollutants and …

A comprehensive insight into the application of white rot fungi and their lignocellulolytic enzymes in the removal of organic pollutants

R Zhuo, F Fan - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Environmental problems resultant from organic pollutants are a major current challenge for
modern societies. White rot fungi (WRF) are well known for their extensive organic …

Remediation approaches for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) contaminated soils: Technological constraints, emerging trends and future directions

S Kuppusamy, P Thavamani, K Venkateswarlu, YB Lee… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
For more than a decade, the primary focus of environmental experts has been to adopt risk-
based management approaches to cleanup PAH polluted sites that pose potentially …

Soil amendments for sustainable agriculture: Microbial organic fertilizers

H Bamdad, S Papari, G Lazarovits… - Soil Use and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
There is an enormous body of the literature, proving that soil amendments enhance plant
growth/yield and prevent the impact of pathogens/toxins. To the best of our knowledge, there …

An effort to understand and improve the anaerobic biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons: A literature review

B Wartell, M Boufadel, L Rodriguez-Freire - International Biodeterioration & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Oil and fuel spills occur regularly in terrestrial and aquatic environments and substances
such as crude oil can contain many compounds that are highly resistant to degradation …

Microbial degradation of multiple PAHs by a microbial consortium and its application on contaminated wastewater

L Zhang, X Qiu, L Huang, J Xu, W Wang, Z Li… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widely distributed in the environment and
pose a serious threat to human health. Due to their unfavorable biological effects and …

Pervasiveness, bioaccumulation and subduing environmental health challenges posed by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs): A systematic review to settle a …

GJ Udom, C Frazzoli, OC Ekhator, AP Onyena… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The crude oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria is under threat due to anthropogenic
activities that include mainly PAH contamination. Following the Preferred Reporting Items for …

Enhanced remediation of oil-contaminated intertidal sediment by bacterial consortium of petroleum degraders and biosurfactant producers

H Zhou, Q Liu, L Jiang, Q Shen, C Chen, C Zhang… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Oil pollution in intertidal zones is an important environmental issue that has serious adverse
effects on coastal ecosystems. This study investigated the efficacy of a bacterial consortium …