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ClearSynthetically engineered microbial scavengers for enhanced bioremediation
Synthetic biology approaches were reviewed for engineering microorganisms with enhanced bioremediation capabilities against pollutants including plastics, heavy metals, and organic contaminants, with the authors discussing strategies for improving enzyme efficiency, substrate range, and environmental fitness while addressing biosafety concerns about releasing engineered microbes into natural environments.
Microbiome Engineering for Detoxification of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), Pesticides, Dyes, Dioxins, Arsenic (As), Mercury(Hg), Lead (Pb), Cadmium(Cd), Chromium(Cr)(VI), Pharmaceuticals and Microplastics: Challenges and Future Directions
This review examined advances in microbiome engineering for degrading polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and other environmental pollutants, covering synthetic biology approaches, microbial consortia design, and host-microbiome modifications. Engineered microbial systems show promise for large-scale bioremediation of contaminated soils and waters.
Synthetic biology tools for environmental protection
Researchers reviewed how synthetic biology — engineering microbes and plants with new genetic capabilities — is being applied to detect and remove environmental pollutants, from heavy metals to plastics to industrial chemicals. These genetically engineered "living sensors and cleaners" represent a promising frontier for addressing pollution that conventional treatment methods struggle to handle.
Engineered microorganisms for bioremediation in aquatic ecosystems for pollution mitigation
This review proposed engineered microorganism-based bioremediation as a sustainable alternative to traditional pollutant removal techniques for aquatic ecosystems, addressing contaminants including hydrocarbons, heavy metals, pesticides, and microplastics with less ecological harm.
Synthetic bacteria for the detection and bioremediation of heavy metals
This review covers how scientists are engineering bacteria to detect and clean up heavy metal contamination in the environment. Synthetic biology tools allow researchers to create microbes that can sense specific metals and either absorb or transform them into less toxic forms. While focused on heavy metals, this bioremediation approach is relevant to microplastics research because microplastics often concentrate heavy metals, and cleaning up one pollutant could help address both.
Genetically engineered organisms for sustainable bioremediation of polluted environments
This research review summarizes how scientists are using genetically modified organisms (like bacteria and plants) to clean up pollution in water, soil, and air by breaking down harmful substances including microplastics and heavy metals. These modified organisms can be engineered to eat or neutralize specific pollutants more effectively than natural organisms, offering a promising eco-friendly way to tackle environmental contamination. This matters for human health because cleaner environments mean less exposure to toxic chemicals and pollutants that can cause disease.
Algae Based Solutions for Polluted Environments to Restore Ecosphere Equilibrium
This review examined algae-based bioremediation solutions for polluted environments, finding that algae's diverse metabolic capabilities make them effective at removing pollutants including heavy metals, organic compounds, and microplastics from contaminated water and soil.
Construction of microbial consortia for microbial degradation of complex compounds
This review explores how engineered microbial consortia can degrade complex environmental pollutants more effectively than isolated bacteria, discussing strategies for constructing stable multi-species communities for bioremediation applications.
Современное состояние и тенденции в экологической биотехнологии
This review examines the current state and trends in environmental biotechnology for achieving sustainable development goals, covering biotechnological approaches for remediating soil, water, and air from persistent and hazardous pollutants, with a dedicated chapter on the utilization and remediation of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems contaminated with synthetic materials including microplastics.
Microbial degradation of contaminants of emerging concern: metabolic, genetic and omics insights for enhanced bioremediation
This review covers how microorganisms have evolved the ability to break down emerging pollutants including plasticizers, pharmaceuticals, and pesticides, turning them into less harmful substances. Understanding the genes, enzymes, and metabolic pathways these microbes use could lead to cost-effective, eco-friendly cleanup methods for removing persistent contaminants -- including plastic-derived chemicals -- from the environment before they reach people.
Novel Environmental Remediation Techniques for Enhancing Public Health and Ecosystem Resilience
This review covers novel environmental remediation techniques for addressing pollution from deforestation, urbanization, and industrial activity, including microplastics, heavy metals, and organic contaminants. It surveys biological, chemical, and physical remediation approaches with potential to restore ecosystem resilience and reduce the public health burden of environmental pollution.
The Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Biological Electrochemical System: A Mini-Review
This review examines how biological electrochemical systems can be used to break down polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, persistent pollutants commonly found in water and sediments. Researchers found that these systems offer an energy-efficient and environmentally friendly approach to degrading these harmful compounds. The study outlines promising directions for scaling up this technology to address real-world contamination.
Characterization of microplastic degrading bacteria isolated from the Putri Cempo landfill
Researchers isolated bacteria from a landfill in Indonesia and characterized their ability to degrade microplastics, identifying indigenous strains with potential for use in bioremediation of plastic pollution.
New Advances in Bioelectrochemical Systems in the Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Source, Degradation Pathway, and Microbial Community
This review examined how bioelectrochemical systems can degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, persistent pollutants found alongside microplastics in contaminated environments. Researchers found that these systems combine biological metabolism with electrochemical processes to break down pollutants while recovering energy. The study highlights an emerging technology that could simultaneously address multiple types of environmental contamination.
Establishment of a salt-induced bioremediation platform from marine Vibrio natriegens
Researchers engineered the salt-tolerant marine bacterium Vibrio natriegens with salt-responsive promoters to drive expression of pollutant-degrading genes, creating a bioremediation platform capable of functioning in high-salinity marine environments contaminated with plastics, petroleum, and heavy metals.
The power of synthetic biology for bioproduction, remediation and pollution control
Researchers review how synthetic biology — engineering living organisms to perform new tasks — can help meet UN sustainability goals by creating eco-friendly products and cleaner production processes, offering new tools to tackle pollution and reduce industrial waste.
Ecofriendly sustainable synthetized nano-composite for removal of heavy metals from aquatic environment
An eco-friendly nano-composite was synthesized and tested for removing heavy metals from aquatic environments, achieving high removal efficiencies for multiple metals through adsorption. The material was developed using sustainable synthesis methods and biomass-derived components, offering a greener alternative to conventional adsorbents for water treatment.
Extremophiles, a Nifty Tool to Face Environmental Pollution: From Exploitation of Metabolism to Genome Engineering
This review examines how extremophile microorganisms — adapted to extreme temperatures, pH, salinity, and toxic substances — can be exploited for bioremediation and biotechnology applications, with emerging genome engineering approaches enabling further expansion of their environmental pollution-fighting capabilities.
Toward sustainable plastic bioremediation using bacterial consortia from aquatic environments.
This study explored the biotechnological potential of native bacteria from diverse aquatic environments to biodegrade synthetic plastics and microplastics. Bacterial consortia isolated from contaminated sites showed promising plastic-degrading capabilities, pointing toward bioremediation strategies for plastic pollution.
The role of marine bacteria in modulating the environmental impact of heavy metals, microplastics, and pesticides: a comprehensive review
This comprehensive review covers how marine bacteria mitigate environmental impacts of heavy metals, microplastics, and pesticides through processes including biosorption, biotransformation, biofilm colonization of microplastics, and enzymatic pesticide degradation.
Microbial and multi-omics approaches for bioremediation of emerging contaminants: environmental impact and future engineering solutions
This research review summarizes how scientists are using helpful microbes (bacteria, fungi, and algae) to clean up dangerous pollutants in our water and soil, including pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and microplastics that can harm human health. The study shows that these tiny organisms can naturally break down and remove many toxic chemicals from the environment. This matters because it could lead to cheaper, eco-friendly ways to clean up contaminated areas and protect our drinking water and food supply.
Biochar/Clay Composite Particle Immobilized Compound Bacteria: Preparation, Collaborative Degradation Performance and Environmental Tolerance
Not a microplastics paper — this study develops a biochar-clay composite material colonized by two bacterial species to remove ammonia and petroleum hydrocarbons from contaminated surface water, finding the combined system outperforms single-bacteria approaches.
Translating New Synthetic Biology Advances for Biosensing Into the Earth and Environmental Sciences
This review explores how emerging synthetic biology tools including engineered microbial biosensors can be applied to longstanding problems in environmental and earth sciences, such as detecting pollutants, tracking biogeochemical cycles, and monitoring ecosystem health.
Marine Bacteria for Bioremediation of Polluted Marine Environments: A Blue Revolution Approach
This review explored how marine bacteria can be harnessed to bioremediate polluted ocean environments contaminated with hydrocarbons, heavy metals, and microplastics. The authors found that marine bacteria offer cost-effective and ecologically compatible remediation potential but that practical deployment at scale remains a major challenge.