Advances in biosorbents for removal of environmental pollutants: A review on pretreatment, removal mechanism and future outlook

PR Yaashikaa, PS Kumar, A Saravanan… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Environmental pollutants are a serious threat for decades causing contamination of soil and
water systems. The release from various industries is the main source of these pollutants …

Biosorption: A review of the latest advances

E Torres - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Biosorption is a variant of sorption techniques in which the sorbent is a material of biological
origin. This technique is considered to be low cost and environmentally friendly, and it can …

Biosorption of heavy metals by microorganisms: Evaluation of different underlying mechanisms

AK Priya, L Gnanasekaran, K Dutta, S Rajendran… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Globally, ecotoxicologists, environmental biologists, biochemists, pathologists, and other
experts are concerned about environmental contamination. Numerous pollutants, such as …

Bacterial biosorbents, an efficient heavy metals green clean-up strategy: prospects, challenges, and opportunities

VHT Pham, J Kim, S Chang, W Chung - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Rapid industrialization has led to the pollution of soil and water by various types of
contaminants. Heavy metals (HMs) are considered the most reactive toxic contaminants …

[HTML][HTML] Immobilized microalgal system: An achievable idea for upgrading current microalgal wastewater treatment

M Han, C Zhang, SH Ho - Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, 2023 - Elsevier
Efficient wastewater treatment accompanied by sustainable “nutrients/pollutants waste-
wastewater-resources/energy nexus” management is acting as a prominent and urgent …

Development of multifarious carrier materials and impact conditions of immobilised microbial technology for environmental remediation: a review

YZ Gong, QY Niu, YG Liu, J Dong, MM Xia - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial technology is the most sustainable and eco-friendly method of environmental
remediation. Immobilised microorganisms were introduced to further advance microbial …

Microorganisms-carbonaceous materials immobilized complexes: Synthesis, adaptability and environmental applications

P Wu, Z Wang, A Bhatnagar, P Jeyakumar… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbial remediation is an inherently eco-friendly and promising approach, if it can be
implemented properly. One important approach advancing microbial remediation is the …

Cell immobilization strategies for biotransformations

MJ Lapponi, MB Méndez, JA Trelles… - Current Opinion in Green …, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Cell immobilization is the mostly used procedure for biocatalyst stabilization.•
Pharmaceutical, food, and bioremediation industries apply biocatalyst …

Removal of food dyes using biological materials via adsorption: A review

ZM Şenol, N El Messaoudi, Z Ciğeroglu, Y Miyah… - Food Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
It is alarming that synthetic food dyes (FD) are widely used in various industries and that
these facilities discharge their wastewater into the environment without treating it. FDs mixed …

Remediation of heavy metals in polluted water by immobilized algae: current applications and future perspectives

Z Chen, AI Osman, DW Rooney, WD Oh, PS Yap - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The progression of urban industrialization releases large quantities of heavy metals into
water, resulting in the severe heavy metal contamination of the aquatic environment …