Biological and green remediation of heavy metal contaminated water and soils: A state-of-the-art review

A Sarker, MA Al Masud, DM Deepo, K Das, R Nandi… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Contamination of the natural ecosystem by heavy metals, organic pollutants, and hazardous
waste severely impacts on health and survival of humans, animals, plants, and …

Microalgae–a promising tool for heavy metal remediation

KS Kumar, HU Dahms, EJ Won, JS Lee… - … and environmental safety, 2015 - Elsevier
Biotechnology of microalgae has gained popularity due to the growing need for novel
environmental technologies and the development of innovative mass-production …

Ganga water pollution: a potential health threat to inhabitants of Ganga basin

S Dwivedi, S Mishra, RD Tripathi - Environment international, 2018 - Elsevier
Background The water quality of Ganga, the largest river in Indian sub-continent and life line
to hundreds of million people, has severely deteriorated. Studies have indicated the …

[HTML][HTML] Phycoremediation: A sustainable alternative in wastewater treatment (WWT) regime

B Koul, K Sharma, MP Shah - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2022 - Elsevier
Wastewater (WW) generated from the industries, agricultural and domestic activities produce
high amounts of nutrients, heavy metals (HMs) and chemicals that degrades the …

[HTML][HTML] Cyanobacteria as a potent platform for heavy metals biosorption: uptake, responses and removal mechanisms

N Kalita, PP Baruah - Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Towering up of heavy metal (HMs) contamination in varied natural ecosystems sensitize the
scientific community to think up of its remediation preferably with biosorbing components …

Characteristics, performances, equilibrium and kinetic modeling aspects of heavy metal removal using algae

S Rangabhashiyam, P Balasubramanian - Bioresource technology reports, 2019 - Elsevier
Heavy metals from industrial effluent are major threat to environment because of their major
toxicity effect. The treatment of metal contaminated wastewater is of special concern. This …

Phycoremediation of Tannery Wastewater Using Microalgae Scenedesmus Species

KV Ajayan, M Selvaraju, P Unnikannan… - International journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
A number of microalgae species are efficient in removing toxicants from wastewater. Many of
these potential species are a promising, eco-friendly, and sustainable option for tertiary …

Heavy metal resistance in algae and its application for metal nanoparticle synthesis

E Priyadarshini, SS Priyadarshini… - Applied Microbiology and …, 2019 - Springer
The ungenerous release of metals from different industrial, agricultural, and anthropogenic
sources has resulted in heavy metal pollution. Metals with a density larger than 5 g cm− 3 …

Ecotoxicological effects of enrofloxacin and its removal by monoculture of microalgal species and their consortium

JQ **ong, MB Kurade, BH Jeon - Environmental Pollution, 2017 - Elsevier
Enrofloxacin (ENR), a fluoroquinolone antibiotic, has gained big scientific concern due to its
ecotoxicity on aquatic microbiota. The ecotoxicity and removal of ENR by five individual …

Phycoremediation: algae as eco-friendly tools for the removal of heavy metals from wastewaters

S Ahmad, A Pandey, VV Pathak, VV Tyagi… - … of industrial waste for …, 2020 - Springer
Phycoremediation is a potential tool to eradicate the excess toxics (heavy metal and organic
contaminants) from the industrial waste stream. The algal species are a promising, eco …