Phytoremediation – Page 2

Actinorhizal plants and Frankiaceae: The overlooked future of phytoremediation

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Actinorhizal plants are special trees and shrubs that team up with beneficial bacteria called Frankiaceae to clean up polluted and degraded soils. This natural partnership helps these plants survive harsh conditions like salty or heavy metal-contaminated soil while also cleaning up the environment. The bacteria help the plants by providing essential nitrogen and improving their ability to tolerate pollution, making them an inexpensive and sustainable solution for restoring degraded farmland.

Biological approaches to mitigate heavy metal pollution from battery production effluents: advances, challenges, and perspectives

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Battery factories produce dirty water containing harmful heavy metals like lead and cadmium. Instead of using expensive chemical treatments, scientists are finding natural ways to clean this water using plants, bacteria, and other living organisms. These biological methods can remove up to 99% of the metals and are better for the environment. This review examines all these natural cleaning methods and suggests ways to make battery production cleaner and safer.

Integration of physio-biochemical, biological and molecular approaches to improve heavy metal tolerance in plants

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Heavy metals in soil can poison plants and damage crops, reducing food safety. Plants have natural defense systems that can be strengthened through adding minerals like silicon and boron, applying plant hormones, using specially designed nanoparticles, and improving soil quality. This review explains how different combinations of these approaches can help plants survive in contaminated soil and produce safer food.

Safe Meat, Smart Science: Biotechnology’s Role in Antibiotic Residue Removal

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Antibiotics used to treat sick animals can leave residues in meat that contribute to dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria affecting human health. This review explores cutting-edge biotechnology solutions like rapid detection sensors, engineered enzymes, and bacterial viruses that can identify and eliminate these harmful residues. When combined with smarter antibiotic use on farms, these technologies offer practical ways to make meat safer and protect public health.

Water Quality Degradation Due to Heavy Metal Contamination: Health Impacts and Eco-Friendly Approaches for Heavy Metal Remediation

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Heavy metals from factories, farms, and waste contaminate our drinking water and cause serious health problems like kidney damage and cancer. Traditional chemical methods to clean this water are expensive and create more pollution. Scientists are discovering that certain bacteria and plant materials can remove heavy metals naturally and cheaply, offering a sustainable solution to protect public health.

Use of Anaerobic Digestate Inoculated with Fungi as a Soil Amendment for Soil Remediation: A Systematic Review

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This research examines how using fungi-treated digestate (a byproduct from biogas production) can clean polluted soil more effectively than using either alone. The study shows that combining digestate with fungi successfully removes heavy metals like lead and cadmium from soil while promoting plant growth. The best results came from using digestate made from cattle manure. This approach offers an affordable and sustainable way to restore contaminated soils.

Ecological indicators and biological resources for hydrocarbon rhizoremediation in a protected area

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A gasoline pipeline spill contaminated a protected nature area in Italy, threatening rare fish species. Scientists tested whether plants and natural bacteria could clean up the pollution. They found that corn and sunflower plants, combined with bacteria from the soil, could remove about 70-80% of the petroleum pollution in just 38 days. The study showed this approach could successfully restore the protected area without expensive chemical treatments.

A Review on Remediation Technology and the Remediation Evaluation of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soils

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Heavy metals from industrial activities, mining, and vehicle emissions contaminate agricultural soils and pose health risks to humans through the food chain. This review summarizes different methods to clean contaminated soils, ranging from physical removal to using plants and microorganisms to absorb metals. The most promising approaches combine multiple techniques and use biological methods like planting metal-accumulating plants, which are cheaper and less damaging to soil ecology than traditional chemical or thermal treatments.

Impact of energy metabolism pathways in promoting phytoremediation of cadmium contamination by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Bam1

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Researchers developed genetically modified bacteria (Bacillus amyloliquefaciens) that produce more energy to better survive in cadmium-contaminated soil. These enhanced bacteria can then help tomato plants absorb and remove cadmium pollution from the soil more effectively. The best-performing modified strain increased cadmium accumulation in tomatoes by nearly 1.9 times compared to the original bacteria, offering a promising biological solution for cleaning contaminated agricultural soils.

Innovative Approaches and Evolving Strategies in Heavy Metal Bioremediation: Current Limitations and Future Opportunities

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Heavy metals like lead, mercury, and arsenic accumulate in soil and water, harming both ecosystems and human health. Traditional cleanup methods are expensive and harmful to the environment. Scientists are developing biological solutions using microorganisms and special plants that can absorb or break down these toxic metals, combined with genetic engineering and nanotechnology to make the process faster and more effective.

Research Keyword: Phytoremediation