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Cyanobacteria: The Eco-friendly Tool for the Treatment of Industrial Wastewater

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Cyanobacteria have been regarded as green eco-friendly bioremediation tools in recent years because of their potential applications in wastewater treatment. Several strains of cyanobacteria were reported to accumulate and detoxify different types of organic and inorganic pollutants. Studies also confirm that cyanobacterial consortia are capable of degrading oil components. There are still many unknown cyanobacteria that have tremendous degradation capacity for organic compounds present in nature, and it is important to assess the potential of cyanobacteria isolates indigenous to sites contaminated with organic and inorganic pollutants. Cyanobacteria are one of the potential organisms useful to mankind in various ways. Cyanobacteria constitute a vast potential resource in varied applications such as combating pollution, agriculture, food, feed, fuel, fertilizer, medicine, and industry.

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The authors are thankful to the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Sardar Bhagwan Singh Post Graduate Institute of Biomedical Science and Research (SBSPGI) Balawala, Dehradun (UK), India, for providing the facility, space, and resources for this review work.

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Sen, S., Karn, S.K. (2019). Cyanobacteria: The Eco-friendly Tool for the Treatment of Industrial Wastewater. In: Bharagava, R. (eds) Environmental Contaminants: Ecological Implications and Management . Microorganisms for Sustainability, vol 14. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7904-8_8

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