Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32172324›Full record

ReviewApplied microbiology and biotechnology2020

Successive use of microorganisms to remove chromium from wastewater.

Amina Elahi, Iqra Arooj, Dilara A Bukhari, Abdul Rehman

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In one paragraph

Review in Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 17 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 123 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. A review of the treatment technologies for hexavalent chromium contaminated water.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2023
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  10. Simultaneous removal of ternary heavy metal ions by a newly isolated Microbacterium paraoxydans strain VSVM IIT(BHU) from coal washery effluent.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2023
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  13. A Survey on Nanotechnology-Based Bioremediation of Wastewater.Bioinorganic chemistry and applications · 2022
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  17. Cr(VI) reduction and adsorption by bimetallic nanoparticles from Li-ion batteries.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Amina ElahiDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of the Punjab, New Campus, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan.
Iqra AroojDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The Women University, Multan, Pakistan.
Dilara A BukhariDepartment of Zoology, Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Abdul RehmanDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of the Punjab, New Campus, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan. rehman.mmg@pu.edu.pk.
University of the Punjab · PKGovernment College University, Lahore · PKThe Women University Multan · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heavy metal pollution is a direct consequence of the extensive utilization of heavy metals in various industrial processes. The persistence and nondegradability of heavy metals cause them to bioaccumulate in nature, and when they come in direct contact with the pristine environment, they not only contaminate it severely but also pose dire consequences to the health of all living forms on earth, including humans. Chromium (Cr) is one of the heavy metals which has been extensively used in various industrial processes such as mining, alloy manufacturing, tanning of hides and skins, pigment production, etc. However, it is regarded as a priority pollutant due to its highly toxic, teratogenic, mutagenic, and carcinogenic nature, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also categorized it into group "A" human carcinogen. In contrast to water-soluble hexavalent chromium (Cr

Indexed as

BacteriaBiodegradation, EnvironmentalChromiumCyanobacteriaFungiWastewaterWater Pollution, ChemicalWater PurificationChromiumWastewaterAntioxidant enzymesCr bioremediationCr resistance strategiesCr toxicityMicroorganisms

Identifiers

PMID32172324
PMCPMC13521037
OpenAlexW3012483238

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Registered trials

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