Bioremediation of heavy metals using microalgae: recent advances and mechanisms

YK Leong, JS Chang - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Five heavy metals namely, arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), lead (Pb) and
mercury (Hg) are carcinogenic and show toxicity even at trace amounts, posing threats to …

Algae biotechnology for industrial wastewater treatment, bioenergy production, and high-value bioproducts

A Ahmad, F Banat, H Alsafar, SW Hasan - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
A growing world population is causing hazardous compounds to form at an increasingly
rapid rate, calling for ecological action. Wastewater management and treatment is an …

Algae in wastewater treatment, mechanism, and application of biomass for production of value-added product

P Bhatt, G Bhandari, RF Turco, Z Aminikhoei… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The pollutants can enter water bodies at various point and non-point sources, and
wastewater discharge remains a major pathway. Wastewater treatment effectively reduces …

Arsenic speciation and biotransformation pathways in the aquatic ecosystem: The significance of algae

MM Hussain, J Wang, I Bibi, M Shahid, NK Niazi… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The contamination of aquatic systems with arsenic (As) is considered to be an internationally-
important health and environmental issue, affecting over 115 countries globally. Arsenic …

Heavy metal detoxification mechanisms by microalgae: Insights from transcriptomics analysis

S Tripathi, KM Poluri - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metal pollution in ecosystem is a global threat. The associated toxicity and
carcinogenic nature of heavy metals/metalloids such as mercury, cadmium, lead, and …

Insights into conventional and recent technologies for arsenic bioremediation: A systematic review

S Irshad, Z **e, S Mehmood, A Nawaz, A Ditta… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Arsenic (As) bioremediation has been an economical and sustainable approach, being
practiced widely under several As-contaminated environments. Bioremediation of As …

Organoarsenicals in seafood: occurrence, dietary exposure, toxicity, and risk assessment considerations–A review

C Luvonga, CA Rimmer, LL Yu… - Journal of agricultural and …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Diet, especially seafood, is the main source of arsenic exposure for humans. The total
arsenic content of a diet offers inadequate information for assessment of the toxicological …

Review of arsenic speciation, toxicity and metabolism in microalgae

Y Wang, S Wang, P Xu, C Liu, M Liu, Y Wang… - … Science and Bio …, 2015 - Springer
Arsenic is a toxic metalloid and its pollution has become a global environmental problem.
This paper reviewed the current knowledge on the speciation, toxicity and metabolism of …

Arsenic through aquatic trophic levels: effects, transformations and biomagnification—a concise review

D Ghosh, A Ghosh, P Bhadury - Geoscience Letters, 2022 - Springer
Arsenic (As) contamination is a major global environmental concern with widespread effects
on health of living organisms including humans. In this review, the occurrence (sources and …

Impact of heavy metals in the microalga Chlorella sorokiniana and assessment of its potential use in cadmium bioremediation

A León-Vaz, R León, I Giráldez, JM Vega, J Vigara - Aquatic Toxicology, 2021 - Elsevier
The chlorophyte microalga Chlorella sorokiniana was tested for the bioremediation of heavy
metals pollution. It was cultured with different concentrations of Cu 2+, Cd 2+, As (III) and As …