Microorganism remediation strategies towards heavy metals

K Yin, Q Wang, M Lv, L Chen - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
Heavy metal pollution, because of its high toxicity, non-biodegradability and biological
enrichment, has seriously threatened the health of human beings and the stability of …

A new strategy for heavy metal polluted environments: a review of microbial biosorbents

AS Ayangbenro, OO Babalola - International journal of environmental …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Persistent heavy metal pollution poses a major threat to all life forms in the environment due
to its toxic effects. These metals are very reactive at low concentrations and can accumulate …

Engineering whole-cell microbial biosensors: Design principles and applications in monitoring and treatment of heavy metals and organic pollutants

C Liu, H Yu, B Zhang, S Liu, C Liu, F Li, H Song - Biotechnology Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Biosensors have been widely used as cost-effective, rapid, in situ, and real-time analytical
tools for monitoring environments. The development of synthetic biology has enabled …

A review on detection of heavy metal ions in water–an electrochemical approach

MB Gumpu, S Sethuraman, UM Krishnan… - Sensors and actuators B …, 2015 - Elsevier
Most of the metal ions are carcinogens and lead to serious health concerns by producing
free radicals. Hence, fast and accurate detection of metal ions has become a critical issue …

Efficient Pb (II) removal using sodium alginate–carboxymethyl cellulose gel beads: Preparation, characterization, and adsorption mechanism

H Ren, Z Gao, D Wu, J Jiang, Y Sun, C Luo - Carbohydrate polymers, 2016 - Elsevier
Alginate–carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) gel beads were prepared in this study using
sodium alginate (SA) and sodium CMC through blending and cross-linking. The specific …

Heavy metals (HMs) pollution in the aquatic environment: Role of probiotics and gut microbiota in HMs remediation

A Kakade, M Sharma, ES Salama, P Zhang… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The presence of heavy metals (HMs) in aquatic ecosystems is a universal concern due to
their tendency to accumulate in aquatic organisms. HMs accumulation has been found to …

A surface-display biohybrid approach to light-driven hydrogen production in air

W Wei, P Sun, Z Li, K Song, W Su, B Wang, Y Liu… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Solar-to-chemical production by artificial and bioinspired photosynthetic systems is of
tremendous interest to help solve current global energy and environmental problems. We …

Engineered cyanobacteria-based living materials for bioremediation of heavy metals both in vitro and in vivo

T Sun, H Huo, Y Zhang, Y **e, Y Li, K Pan, F Zhang… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The pollution caused by heavy metals (HMs) represents a global concern due to their
serious environmental threat. Photosynthetic cyanobacteria have a natural niche and the …

Bacterial metal (loid) resistance genes (MRGs) and their variation and application in environment: A review

Z He, J Shen, Q Li, Y Yang, D Zhang, X Pan - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Toxic metal (loid) s are widespread and permanent in the biosphere, and bacteria have
evolved a wide variety of metal (loid) resistance genes (MRGs) to resist the stress of excess …