Bioremediation of Organic Pollutants and Heavy Metals in Contaminated Water and Wastewater
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Biochemistry, Biophysics and Computational Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023)
Special Issue Editors
Interests: heavy metal toxicity, bioremediation, phytoremediation, arsenic, nano adsorption and remediation
Interests: biocatalyst mediated bioremediation; bioprocessing; biofermentation; protein purification; biomass pre-treatment; wastewater pre-treatment
Interests: aquatic toxicology; biomonitoring of aquatic environment; nanotoxicology; emerging pollutants; waste valorization; bioconversion; gene and protein expression; gene regulation
Special Issue Information
The world's water resources are under constant stress due to rapid industrialization and demographic change. Around 5.5 billion people are projected to live in areas with water scarcity for more than a month out of the year by 2050. Additionally, heavy metals and organic contaminants released in wastewater have detrimental impacts on ecosystems, the environment and human health. Environmental sustainability can be achieved by implementing clean, eco-friendly technologies for managing and treating water, contaminated with heavy metals and organic pollutants. The bioremediation of contaminated water and wastewater is an eco-friendly sustainable approach to ensure water security and it is aligned with the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Several plant species that are capable of removing toxic metals and organics from water have been identified. Additionally, several microbial strains are also useful in the bioremediation of organic pollutants and heavy metals. Enzymatic bioremediation is a green bioprocess, utilizing a diverse range of enzymes, which effectively detoxifies and breaks down organic wastes and contaminants. The importance of a variety of enzymes and the major obstacles in biocatalytic bioremediation will be discussed in this context.
This Special Issue will demonstrate several aspects of the bioremediation of heavy metals and organic contaminants in contaminated water and wastewater. Recent advancements in enzyme nano-scaffold biotechnological systems, the application of genetically engineered plants and microbes in bioremediation, the application of electro-bioremediation and nano-bioremediation, etc., will be discussed in this Special Issue.
Dr. Sayan Bhattacharya
Dr. Nalok Dutta
Dr. Sabrina Oliva
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- organic pollutants
- heavy metals
- bioremediation
- nanotechnology
- enzyme nano-scaffold
- phytoremediation
- microbial remediation
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