Advances in Bioremediation of Environmental Pollutants
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2025 | Viewed by 326
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bioremediation; bioprocessing; wastewater treatment
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Interests: bioremediation; bioleaching; bioinformatics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Environmental pollution, exacerbated by the ever-increasing population, is one of the most pressing challenges facing the world today. For instance, industrial effluents, agricultural runoff and urbanization have led to widespread contamination of air, water and soil. Available traditional remediation methods are often costly, with a negative environmental impact and limited long-term effectiveness. Thus, there is a need to continually improve processes such as bioremediation, which utilizes live microorganisms and plants to either degrade or transform pollutants, and ultimately offer a sustainable, environmentally friendly solution.
In this Special Issue, the emphasis is on the application of microorganisms and plants, as well as the role of bioinformatics and omic technologies in improving bioremediation processes. This includes the exploration of new research in microbial communities, metabolic pathways, and genetic engineering. Through this, we aim to tackle pollutants such as heavy metals, organic contaminants, and emerging pollutants.
The Special Issue invites submissions that cover a wide range of topics, including the following: advances in the use of microorganisms for the degradation or transformation of environmental pollutants; the role of phytoremediation and other plant-based strategies in the removal of pollutants from contaminated environments; and the application of genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics to study microbial communities and metabolic pathways.
Dr. Tonderayi Matambo
Dr. Rosina Nkuna
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bioremediation
- environmental Pollutants
- microbial Communities
- phytoremediation
- bioinformatics
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