ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2017
A New Strategy for Heavy Metal Polluted Environments: A Review of Microbial Biosorbents.
Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 254 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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254 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Bacteria in bioremediation of metal waste-contaminated soils across sub-saharan Africa: mechanisms, driving factors, and efficiency.Biodegradation · 2026Pooled it
- Systematic bibliographic analysis of heavy metal remediation.Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research · 2025Pooled it
- Determination of selected heavy metals in soil and their impact onToxicology reports · 2026Article
- The release of absorbed cadmium and lead by probiotic bacteria during in vitro gastrointestinal digestion: a matrix-dependent process.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2026Article
- Mechanism and Application of Biochar as an Electron Shuttle in the Remediation of Soil Pollutants.Toxics · 2026Review
- Inhalation of cadmium oxide nanoparticles alters intestinal and pulmonary microbiomes in mice.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2026Article
- Impact Assessment and Sustainable Remediation of Heavy Metal and Radioactive Contamination in Aquatic Systems: A Review.Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation · 2026Review
- Insights into the bioremediation potential of native Bacillus isolates and their consortia against Iron, Cadmium and Chromium at pH 5.0.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Seasonal and Source-Associated Microbiome Dynamics in Brazilian Drinking Water.Microbial ecology · 2026Article
- Deciphering microbial approaches for heavy metal removal: an overview on their mechanisms, innovations and future horizons.Archives of microbiology · 2026Review
- Biosorption of CuMaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The impact of microbial colonization on cadmium adsorption by rice husk biochar: microorganism-dependent outcomes in bioretention systems.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Chemisorptive biosorption of cd(II), Cr(VI), and Ni(II) by wastewater-derivedFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- The fetal exposome: cellular and epigenetic programming of neonatal immune function.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Potential of Graphene Nanoparticles for Reducing Cadmium Toxicity and Environmental Contamination.Journal of toxicology · 2026Review
- Bioprotective role ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Activated sludge recovered from wastewater provides a sustainable approach for removing dyes and heavy metals from effluents.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, and Practical Hg(II)-Sensing Applications of a Rigidified Phenolo-Merocyanine Dye.Chemistry, an Asian journal · 2025Article
- Microbial phytoremediation of contaminated soils irrigated with industrial effluents: a soil health perspective.Biodegradation · 2025Review
- Metal-induced changes in the early-life gut microbial composition and life-history traits in three insectivorous passerines.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2025Article
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Abstract
Persistent heavy metal pollution poses a major threat to all life forms in the environment due to its toxic effects. These metals are very reactive at low concentrations and can accumulate in the food web, causing severe public health concerns. Remediation using conventional physical and chemical methods is uneconomical and generates large volumes of chemical waste. Bioremediation of hazardous metals has received considerable and growing interest over the years. The use of microbial biosorbents is eco-friendly and cost effective; hence, it is an efficient alternative for the remediation of heavy metal contaminated environments. Microbes have various mechanisms of metal sequestration that hold greater metal biosorption capacities. The goal of microbial biosorption is to remove and/or recover metals and metalloids from solutions, using living or dead biomass and their components. This review discusses the sources of toxic heavy metals and describes the groups of microorganisms with biosorbent potential for heavy metal removal.
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