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 …

Protecting the environment from harmful pollutants has become increasingly difficult in
recent decades. The presence of heavy metal (HM) pollution poses a serious environmental …

Arsenic (As) bioremediation has been an economical and sustainable approach, being
practiced widely under several As-contaminated environments. Bioremediation of As …

Heavy metal (HM) contamination is a persisting environmental problem in many countries.
The major sources of soil contamination due to heavy metals (HMs) include pesticides …

Palm oil mill effluent (POME) is one of the environmentally hazardous sources of acidic
wastewater containing a high quantity of toxic organic and nitrogenous pollutants. A proper …

In this study, arsenic tolerating bacteria Bacillus pacificus (AKS1a) was isolated from arsenic
contaminated groundwater of Purbasthali, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, India and its …

Heavy metal pollution in mining areas is a serious environmental concern. The exploration
of mine-inhabiting microbes, especially bacteria may use as an effective alternative for the …

Globally, rice is becoming more vulnerable to arsenic (As) pollution, posing a serious threat
to public food safety. Previously Debaryomyces hansenii was found to reduce grain As …

Arsenic ranks first on the Substance Priority List of the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry and causes a wide range of health problems, including cancer and even …

Lateritic soil is the reddish to brown-colored soil composed mainly of iron or aluminium
oxides, hydroxides, or oxyhydroxides. Information on bacteria that inhabit this soil type, their …