therapeutic action: toxicity reduction

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

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.

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Using Fungi in Artificial Microbial Consortia to Solve Bioremediation Problems

This review explores how combinations of fungi and other microorganisms can clean up polluted soil and water more effectively than using individual microbes alone. Fungi are particularly valuable because they produce powerful enzymes that can break down toxic substances like heavy metals, dyes, pesticides, and plastics. By carefully designing microbial teams and sometimes immobilizing them in gels or on materials, scientists can achieve much higher removal rates of pollutants while maintaining environmental safety.

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Response mechanism of extracellular polymers in the remediation of chromium pollution by carbonate mineralizing bacteria

Certain bacteria can help clean up chromium pollution by producing protective coatings made of sugar and protein molecules. When exposed to high levels of chromium, these bacteria produce more of these protective coatings, which trap and neutralize the toxic metal. The coating changes its composition to better bind chromium, and the protein structure becomes more porous to catch more metal. This research shows how nature can be used to clean up contaminated environments.

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Enhancement of Activated Carbon on Anaerobic Fermentation of Heavy-Metal-Contaminated Plants: Insights into Microbial Responses

This research shows that when plants contaminated with heavy metals are processed for energy production through anaerobic fermentation, adding activated carbon dramatically improves the efficiency of biogas generation. The activated carbon acts like a filter to reduce the toxic effects of heavy metals while providing surfaces for beneficial microorganisms to grow and work more effectively. The study reveals how specific bacteria and microbes adapt to these conditions, making the overall process more productive and potentially opening new possibilities for recycling contaminated plant waste into useful energy.

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A Review of Research Progress on the Microbial or Enzymatic Degradation and Mechanism of Aflatoxin B1

Aflatoxin B1 is a dangerous toxin found in contaminated cereals and food products that can cause serious diseases including liver cancer. Scientists have discovered that certain bacteria and fungi can naturally break down this toxin into less harmful substances through their enzymes. This review summarizes different microorganisms and enzymes that can degrade aflatoxin B1, explaining how they work and what safe products they create, offering hope for safer food storage and treatment.

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