ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2016
Bioaugmentation: An Emerging Strategy of Industrial Wastewater Treatment for Reuse and Discharge.
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- Effectiveness of wastewater treatment systems in removing microbial agents: a systematic review.Globalization and health · 2020Pooled it
- Removal of SARS-CoV-2 Antivirals from Aqueous Media Using Bioaugmented Activated Sludge.Toxics · 2026Article
- Microbial and Insect Gut-Mediated Polystyrene Microplastic Degradation for Environmental Remediation Applications.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Biodegradation of high-molecular-weight PAHs in polluted mangrove sediments using indigenous microflora and exogenous strains Rhodococcus erythropolis T902.1 and Bacillus subtilis.Biodegradation · 2026Article
- Bioaugmentation in anaerobic digesters: a systematic review.Biotechnology for biofuels and bioproducts · 2026Review
- Machine learning approaches for data-driven hydrocarbon bioaugmentation and phytoremediation: the role of multi-omics insights.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Bioaugmentation as microbiome engineering: a framework for evaluating functional performance, persistence, and safety.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Metagenomic analysis of bacteriome and phageome of wastewater from a ceramic factory in Türkiye.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2025Article
- Enrichment and characterization of steroid-degrading microbes for targeted removal of steroid hormone micropollutants in small-scale wastewater treatment solutions.Microbiology spectrum · 2025Article
- Degradation of Dioxins and DBF in Urban Soil Microcosms from Lausanne (Switzerland): Functional Performance of Indigenous Bacterial Strains.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Technologies accessible for major commodity manufacturing industries to mitigate effluents: a comprehensive review to emphasize the disparity between efficiency and life cycle of the process.Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research · 2025Review
- Unraveling the Role of Microbes in Remediation of High Molecular Weight Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Persistence in the Environment.Applied biochemistry and biotechnology · 2025Review
- PFAS biodegradation by Labrys portucalensis F11: Evidence of chain shortening and identification of metabolites of PFOS, 6:2 FTS, and 5:3 FTCA.The Science of the total environment · 2025Article
- Wastewater biotreatment and bioaugmentation for remediation of contaminated sites at an oil recycling plant.Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research · 2025Article
- Associative analysis of sludge microbiota and wastewater degradation efficacy within swine farm sludge systems.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Anaerobic benzene oxidation inApplied and environmental microbiology · 2024Article
- Exploitation of microbial activities at low pH to enhance planetary health.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2024Article
- Isolation ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Interaction between indigenous hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria in reconstituted mixtures for remediation of weathered oil in soil.Biotechnology reports (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2022Article
- Mechanistic and recent updates in nano-bioremediation for developing green technology to alleviate agricultural contaminants.International journal of environmental science and technology : IJEST · 2022Review
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Abstract
A promising long-term and sustainable solution to the growing scarcity of water worldwide is to recycle and reuse wastewater. In wastewater treatment plants, the biodegradation of contaminants or pollutants by harnessing microorganisms present in activated sludge is one of the most important strategies to remove organic contaminants from wastewater. However, this approach has limitations because many pollutants are not efficiently eliminated. To counterbalance the limitations, bioaugmentation has been developed and consists of adding specific and efficient pollutant-biodegrading microorganisms into a microbial community in an effort to enhance the ability of this microbial community to biodegrade contaminants. This approach has been tested for wastewater cleaning with encouraging results, but failure has also been reported, especially during scale-up. In this review, work on the bioaugmentation in the context of removal of important pollutants from industrial wastewater is summarized, with an emphasis on recalcitrant compounds, and strategies that can be used to improve the efficiency of bioaugmentation are also discussed. This review also initiates a discussion regarding new research areas, such as nanotechnology and quorum sensing, that should be investigated to improve the efficiency of wastewater bioaugmentation.
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