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ReviewPolymers2022

Prospects of Biogenic Xanthan and Gellan in Removal of Heavy Metals from Contaminated Waters.

Katarína Balíková, Bence Farkas, Peter Matúš, Martin Urík

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Review in Polymers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Production of Bacterial Exopolysaccharides: Xanthan and Bacterial Cellulose.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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4 authors.

Katarína BalíkováInstitute of Laboratory Research on Geomaterials, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 84215 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Bence FarkasInstitute of Laboratory Research on Geomaterials, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 84215 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Peter MatúšInstitute of Laboratory Research on Geomaterials, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 84215 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Martin UríkInstitute of Laboratory Research on Geomaterials, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 84215 Bratislava, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0001-7998-7992

Funding

Scientific Grant Agency of the Slovak Republic Ministry of Education and the Slovak Academy of Sciences VEGA 1/0175/22
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biosorption is considered an effective technique for the treatment of heavy-metal-bearing wastewaters. In recent years, various biogenic products, including native and functionalized biopolymers, have been successfully employed in technologies aiming for the environmentally sustainable immobilization and removal of heavy metals at contaminated sites, including two commercially available heteropolysaccharides-xanthan and gellan. As biodegradable and non-toxic fermentation products, xanthan and gellan have been successfully tested in various remediation techniques. Here, to highlight their prospects as green adsorbents for water decontamination, we have reviewed their biosynthesis machinery and chemical properties that are linked to their sorptive interactions, as well as their actual performance in the remediation of heavy metal contaminated waters. Their sorptive performance in native and modified forms is promising; thus, both xanthan and gellan are emerging as new green-based materials for the cost-effective and efficient remediation of heavy metal-contaminated waters.

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biosorptionheavy metalsheteropolysaccharidesremediationwastewater

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PMID36501719
PMCPMC9737242

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