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Bioremediation of Persistent Toxic Substances: From Conventional to New Approaches in Using Microorganisms and Plants

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Abstract

Bioremediation – the use of microorganisms and/or plants to detoxify different environmental compartments polluted with organic and inorganic compounds – received an increased attention across scientific media for its eco-friendliness, efficiency, and low cost. After the Stockholm Convention, persistent toxic substances (PTS) have also received an increased attention due to their persistence and bioaccumulative and toxic characteristics. Different bioremediation options started to be used to degrade and/or remove PTS. One of the major breakthroughs of our century is the use of bioremediation of genetically modified microorganisms (GMMOs) and plant-microbe interactions, including plants engineered by transferring different genes from organisms such as other plants, animals, bacteria, or fungi, meaning the so-called transgenic plants. Accordingly, this chapter discusses major in situ and ex situ technologies used for PTS removal by bioremediation, their limitations and advantages in practice, and future perspectives by applying genetically engineered alternatives to improve process efficiency and for successful application at a large scale.

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This work was supported by a grant of the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research, CNCS – UEFISCDI, project number PN-III-P4-ID-PCE-2016-0683, Contract no. 65/2017.

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Rosca, M., Hlihor, RM., Gavrilescu, M. (2019). Bioremediation of Persistent Toxic Substances: From Conventional to New Approaches in Using Microorganisms and Plants. In: Arora, P. (eds) Microbial Technology for the Welfare of Society. Microorganisms for Sustainability, vol 17. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8844-6_14

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