Microbial Role in Cleaning Environmental Pollution
Environmental Pollution Types and Associated Treatment Techniques
Table 1. Environmental Pollution Types and Associated Treatment Techniques
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Microbial Cleanup Method |
Example Microbes |
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Air |
Biofiltration, Bio scrubbers |
Pseudomonas, Bacillus, Aspergillus |
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Water |
Activated Sludge, Bioaugmentation, Algae |
Nitrosomonas, P. putida, Chlorella |
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Soil |
Bioremediation, Mycoremediation |
Phanerochaete, Bacillus, Rhizobium |
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Noise |
No direct role |
— |
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Light |
No direct role |
— |
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Thermal |
Indirect (thermophilic microbes) |
Thermus aquaticus, B. stearothermophilus |
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Radioactive |
Experimental (radioresistant microbes) |
Deinococcus radiodurans, radiotrophic fungi |