Microplastic pollution: Understanding microbial degradation and strategies for pollutant reduction

R Jain, A Gaur, R Suravajhala, U Chauhan… - Science of The Total …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Microplastics are ubiquitous environmental pollutants with the potential for adverse impacts
on ecosystems and human health. These particles originate from the fragmentation of larger …

Techno-economic analysis of phytoremediation: A strategic rethinking

J Wang, MA Delavar - Science of The Total Environment, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Phytoremediation is a cost-effective and environmentally sound approach, which uses
plants to immobilize/stabilize, extract, decay, or lessen toxicity and contaminants. Despite …

Petroleum hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria for the remediation of oil pollution under aerobic conditions: a perspective analysis

X Xu, W Liu, S Tian, W Wang, Q Qi, P Jiang… - Frontiers in …, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
With the sharp increase in population and modernization of society, environmental pollution
resulting from petroleum hydrocarbons has increased, resulting in an urgent need for …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental DNA metabarcoding for benthic monitoring: A review of sediment sampling and DNA extraction methods

J Pawlowski, K Bruce, K Panksep, FI Aguirre… - Science of the Total …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding (parallel sequencing of DNA/RNA for
identification of whole communities within a targeted group) is revolutionizing the field of …

Microbial degradation of hydrocarbons—basic principles for bioremediation: a review

Ł Ławniczak, M Woźniak-Karczewska, AP Loibner… - Molecules, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Crude oil-derived hydrocarbons constitute the largest group of environmental pollutants
worldwide. The number of reports concerning their toxicity and emphasizing the ultimate …

Microbial degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons

SJ Varjani - Bioresource technology, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Petroleum hydrocarbon pollutants are recalcitrant compounds and are classified as priority
pollutants. Cleaning up of these pollutants from environment is a real world problem …

A new look on factors affecting microbial degradation of petroleum hydrocarbon pollutants

SJ Varjani, VN Upasani - International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 2017‏ - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been increasing concern over public health threat presented by
introduction of petroleum hydrocarbon pollutants in environment due to anthropogenic …

Worldwide emergence of resistance to antifungal drugs challenges human health and food security

MC Fisher, NJ Hawkins, D Sanglard, SJ Gurr - Science, 2018‏ - science.org
The recent rate of emergence of pathogenic fungi that are resistant to the limited number of
commonly used antifungal agents is unprecedented. The azoles, for example, are used not …

[HTML][HTML] Bacteria, fungi and microalgae for the bioremediation of marine sediments contaminated by petroleum hydrocarbons in the omics era

F Dell'Anno, E Rastelli, C Sansone, C Brunet, A Ianora… - Microorganisms, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs) are one of the most widespread and heterogeneous
organic contaminants affecting marine ecosystems. The contamination of marine sediments …

Mycoremediation as a potentially promising technology: current status and prospects—a review

SO Akpasi, IMS Anekwe, EK Tetteh, UO Amune… - Applied Sciences, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Global environmental pollutants are becoming intense because of the increasing human
population, urbanisation, and industrialisation. Human health and the ecosystem are …