Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Al-Gheethi, Adel A. S.
• Lalung, Japareng
• Noman, Efaq Ali
• Bala, J. D.
• Norli, Ismail

Titel

Removal of heavy metals and antibiotics from treated sewage effluent by bacteria

Ist Teil von

• Clean technologies and environmental policy, 2015-12, Vol.17 (8), p.2101-2123

Ort / Verlag

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The increased loads of antibiotics and heavy metals in sewage lead to bacterial cells acquiring resistance to both heavy metals and antibiotics. Therefore, these bacteria can play an important role for removal of pollutants from sewage. The utilization of the microbial processes such as biosorption and enzymatic biodegradation processes has increased during the recent years. These processes are significantly inexpensive and eco-friendly. Enzymatic techniques known as white biotechnology have the ability to degrade complex compounds. Hence, these can be applied to industrial processes. In the current review, the removal of heavy metals and antibiotics from treated sewage effluents by heavy metal/antibiotic-resistant bacteria will be discussed.