Agriculture in the 21st century is facing multiple challenges, such as those related to soil
fertility, climatic fluctuations, environmental degradation, urbanization, and the increase in …

Heavy metal toxicity has become a pressing ecological problem that affects the ecosystems
through bioaccumulation, representing a serious public health hazard. Many conventional …

The environmental impacts of the use of synthetic surfactants are discussed in this work
such as their high levels of toxicity and low biodegradability. These materials destroy aquatic …

With an increasing number of low-grade primary ores starting to be cost-effectively mined,
we are at the verge of mining a myriad of low-grade primary and secondary mineral …

Heavy metals (HMs) pose a global ecological threat due to their toxic effects on aquatic and
terrestrial life. Effective remediation of HMs from the environment can help to restore soil's …

Co-contamination of the environment with toxic chlorinated organic and heavy metal
pollutants is one of the major problems facing industrialized nations today. Heavy metals …

Many microorganisms, especially bacteria, produce biosurfactants when grown on water-
immiscible substrates. Biosurfactants are more effective, selective, environmentally friendly …

▪ Abstract Contaminated soils and waters pose a major environmental and human health
problem, which may be partially solved by the emerging phytoremediation technology. This …

Surfactants are surface-active compounds capable of reducing surface and interfacial
tension at the interfaces between liquids, solids and gases, thereby allowing them to mix or …

A drop-collapse method has been refined for use as both a qualitative assay to screen for
surfactant-producing microbes, and as a quantitative assay to determine surfactant …