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New insights into the degradation of synthetic pollutants in contaminated environments
Abstract
The environment is contaminated by synthetic contaminants owing to their extensive applications globally. Hence, the removal of synthetic pollutants (SPs) from the environment has received widespread attention. Different remediation technologies have been investigated for their abilities to eliminate SPs from the ecosystem; these include photocatalysis, sonochemical techniques, nanoremediation, and bioremediation. SPs, which can be organic or inorganic, can be degraded by microbial metabolism at contaminated sites. Owing to their diverse metabolisms, microbes can adapt to a wide variety of environments. Several microbial strains have been reported for their bioremediation potential concerning synthetic chemical compounds. The selection of potential strains for large-scale removal of organic pollutants is an important research priority. Additionally, novel microbial consortia have been found to be capable of efficient degradation owing to their combined and co-metabolic activities. Microbial engineering is one of the most prominent and promising techniques for providing new opportunities to develop proficient microorganisms for various biological processes; here, we have targeted the SP-degrading mechanisms of microorganisms. This review provides an in-depth discussion of microbial engineering techniques that are used to enhance the removal of both organic and inorganic pollutants from different contaminated environments and under different conditions. The degradation of these pollutants is investigated using abiotic and biotic approaches; interestingly, biotic approaches based on microbial methods are preferable owing to their high potential for pollutant removal and cost-effectiveness.
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- Bhatt, P., Gangola, S., Bhandari, G., Zhang, W., Maithani, D., Mishra, S., & Chen, S.
- Venue
- Chemosphere
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2021-04
- Volume
- 268
- Pages
- 128827
- ISSN
- 0045-6535 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3097383536
- Cited by
- 283
- References
- 257
- FWCI
- 9.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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