Recent developments in environmental mercury bioremediation and its toxicity: A review

S Kumari, R Jamwal, N Mishra, DK Singh - … Nanotechnology, Monitoring & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg), a global pollutant produced by anthropogenic and natural means acts as a
bioacumulative toxin that severely affects our environment and human lives. Besides being …

[HTML][HTML] The potential of microorganisms as biomonitoring and bioremediation tools for mercury-contaminated soils

L Meyer, S Guyot, M Chalot, N Capelli - Ecotoxicology and Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) pollution is a global issue due to the high toxicity and wide dispersion of Hg
around the world. Whether due to anthropogenic activities or natural processes, Hg …

Tailored bacteria tackling with environmental mercury: Inspired by natural mercuric detoxification operons

C Hui, B Ma, S Hu, C Wu - Environmental Pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) and its inorganic and organic compounds significantly threaten the ecosystem
and human health. However, the natural and anthropogenic Hg environmental inputs …

Transcription factor-based biosensors enlightened by the analyte

R Fernandez-López, R Ruiz, F de la Cruz… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Whole cell biosensors (WCBs) have multiple applications for environmental monitoring,
detecting a wide range of pollutants. WCBs depend critically on the sensitivity and specificity …

Development of a bioavailable Hg (II) sensing system based on MerR-regulated visual pigment biosynthesis

Y Guo, C Hui, L Liu, M Chen, H Huang - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Engineered microorganisms have proven to be a highly effective and robust tool to
specifically detect heavy metals in the environment. In this study, a highly specific pigment …

Bioremediation of mercury: not properly exploited in contaminated soils!

KR Mahbub, MM Bahar, M Labbate, K Krishnan… - Applied Microbiology …, 2017 - Springer
Contamination of land and water caused by heavy metal mercury (Hg) poses a serious
threat to biota worldwide. The seriousness of toxicity of this neurotoxin is characterized by its …

Versatile artificial mer operons in Escherichia coli towards whole cell biosensing and adsorption of mercury

N Zhang, Y Guo, H Li, XQ Yang, C Gao, C Hui - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Mercury exists naturally and mainly as a man-made pollutant in the environment, where it
exerts adverse effects on local ecosystems and living organisms. It is important to develop …

A gas reporting whole-cell microbial biosensor system for rapid on-site detection of mercury contamination in soils

Y Liu, M Guo, R Du, J Chi, X He, Z Xie, K Huang… - Biosensors and …, 2020 - Elsevier
As optical reporting elements, fluorescent proteins are extensively used in whole-cell
microbial biosensors. However, the use of these optical reporters is limited in opaque media …

Inorganic cadmium detection using a fluorescent whole-cell bacterial bioreporter

E Elcin, HA Öktem - Analytical Letters, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Cadmium pollution has become a serious environmental issue due to its toxicity and
frequent entrance into environment components such as soil, water, and air via many …

Review of microbial biosensor for the detection of mercury in water

S Bose, S Maity, A Sarkar - Environmental Quality Management, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The environmental contamination produced by heavy metals has increased rigorously due
to rapid industrialization, agricultural, and anthropogenic activities, and it has become a …