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 …

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 …

Resource utilization of rice straw to prepare biochar as peroxymonosulfate activator for naphthalene removal: Performances, mechanisms, environmental impact and …

JB Zhang, C Dai, Z Wang, X You, Y Duan, X Lai, R Fu… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Herein, biochar was prepared using rice straw, and it served as the peroxymonosulfate
(PMS) activator to degrade naphthalene (NAP). The results showed that pyrolysis …

Current perspective of innovative strategies for bioremediation of organic pollutants from wastewater

M Jain, SA Khan, K Sharma, PR Jadhao, KK Pant… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Organic contaminants in water are a growing environmental threat to sustainable
development, with detrimental effects on the biosphere. In recent years, researchers have …

Metal and organic pollutants bioremediation by extremophile microorganisms

P Giovanella, GAL Vieira, IVR Otero… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Extremophiles comprise microorganisms that are able to grow and thrive in extreme
environments, including in an acidic or alkaline pH, high or low temperatures, high …

Exploring the effectiveness of microbial fuel cell for the degradation of organic pollutants coupled with bio-energy generation

MO Idris, HC Kim, AA Yaqoob, MNM Ibrahim - … Energy Technologies and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The ongoing global industrialization has contributed in a significant increase in the release
of toxic pollutants into the environment, the majority of which are primarily organic pollutions …

Biodiversity, and biotechnological contribution of beneficial soil microbiomes for nutrient cycling, plant growth improvement and nutrient uptake

AN Yadav, D Kour, T Kaur, R Devi, A Yadav… - Biocatalysis and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil, the skin of the Earth is one of the fundamental natural resource and important
component that contributes to the ecosystem. Soil performs a wide range of ecosystem …

Living at the frontiers of life: extremophiles in Chile and their potential for bioremediation

R Orellana, C Macaya, G Bravo, F Dorochesi… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Extremophiles are organisms capable of adjust, survive or thrive in hostile habitats that were
previously thought to be adverse or lethal for life. Chile gathers a wide range of extreme …

Recent development of extremophilic bacteria and their application in biorefinery

D Zhu, WA Adebisi, F Ahmad, S Sethupathy… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The biorefining technology for biofuels and chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass has
made great progress in the world. However, mobilization of laboratory research toward …

Extreme environments: a source of biosurfactants for biotechnological applications

J Schultz, AS Rosado - Extremophiles, 2020 - Springer
The surfactant industry moves billions of dollars a year and consists of chemically
synthesized molecules usually derived from petroleum. Surfactant is a versatile molecule …