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nanoparticles using leaf extract of Jatropha curcas L. for photocatalytic degradation of tannery
wastewater. Chem Eng J 336:386–396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2017.12.029
Guo J, Dai X, Xu W, Ma M (2008) Overexpressing gsh1 and AsPCS1 simultaneously increases the
tolerance and accumulation of cadmium and arsenic in Arabidopsis thaliana. Chemosphere
72:1020–1026
Hannink NK, Subramanian M, Rosser SJ, Basran A, Murray JAH, Shanks JV, Bruce NC (2007)
Enhanced transformation of TNT by tobacco plants expressing a bacterial nitroreductase. Int J
Phytoremediation 9:385–401
Harvey S, Elashvili I, Valdes J, Kamely D, Chakrabarty AM (1990) Enhanced removal of Exxon
Valdez spilled oil from Alaskan gravel by a microbial surfactant. Biotechnology 8:228–230
Hasin AA, Gurman SJ, Murphy LM, Perry A, Smith TJ, Gardiner PE (2010) Remediation of
chromium (VI) by a methane-oxidizing bacterium. Environ Sci Technol 44:400–405
Hassani AH (2014) Phytoremediation of soils contaminated with heavy metals resulting from acidic
sludge of Eshtehard industrial town using native pasture plants. J Environ Earth Sci 4(19):87–94
Haugland RA, Schlemm DJ, Lyons RP III, Sferra PR, Chakrabarty AM (1990) Degradation of the
chlorinated phenoxyacetate herbicides 2,4- dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and 2,4,5trichlorophenoxyacetic acid by pure and mixed bacterial cultures. Appl Environ Microbiol
56:1357–1362
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AY, Meilan R, Strauss SH, Wilkerson J, Farin F, Strand SE (2007) Enhanced phytoremediation
of volatile environmental pollutants with transgenic trees. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA
104:16816–16821
Dua M, Singh A, Sethunathan N, Johri AK (2002) Biotechnology and bioremediation: successes
and limitations. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 59:143–152
Eapen S, D’Souza SF (2005) Prospects of genetic engineering of plants for phytoremediation of
toxic metals. Biotechnol Adv 23:97–114
Eapen S, Singh S, D’Souza SF (2007) Advances in development of transgenic plants for remediation of xenobiotic pollutants. Biotechnol Adv 25:442–451
Folch A, Vilaplana M, Amado L, Vicent R, Caminal G (2013) Fungal permeable reactive barrier to
remediate groundwater in an artificial aquifer. J Hazard Mater 262:554–560
Frascari D, Zanaroli G, Danko AS (2015) In situ aerobic cometabolism of chlorinated solvents: a
review. J Hazard Mater 283:382–399
Freeman JL, Persans MW, Nieman K, Salt DE (2005) Nickel and cobalt resistance engineered in
Escherichia coli by overexpression of serine acetyltransferase from the nickel hyperaccumulator
plant Thlaspi goesingense. Appl Environ Microbiol 71:8627–8633
Fulkerson JF, Garner RM, Mobley HLT (1998) Conserved residues and motifs in the nixA protein
of Helicobacter pylori are critical for the high affinity transport of nickel ions. J Biol Chem
273:235–241
Furukawa K (2003) Super bugs’ for bioremediation. Trends Biotechnol 21:187–190
Gasic K, Korban SS (2007) Transgenic Indian mustard (Brassica juncea) plants expressing an
Arabidopsis phytochelatin synthase (AtPCS1) exhibit enhanced As and Cd tolerance. Plant Mol
Biol 64:361–369
Gautam S, Kaithwas G, Bharagava RN, Saxena G (2017) Pollutants in tannery wastewater,
pharmacological effects and bioremediation approaches for human health protection and environmental safety. In: Bharagava RN (ed) Environmental pollutants and their bioremediation
approaches, 1st edn. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, pp 369–396. https://doi.org/10.
1201/9781315173351-14
Gisbert C, Ros R, De Haro A, Walker DJ, Pilar Bernal M, Serrano R (2003) A plant genetically
modified that accumulates Pb is especially promising for phytoremediation. Biochem Biophys
Res Commun 303:440–445
Goutam SP, Saxena G, Singh V, Yadav AK, Bharagava RN (2018) Green synthesis of TiO 2
nanoparticles using leaf extract of Jatropha curcas L. for photocatalytic degradation of tannery
wastewater. Chem Eng J 336:386–396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2017.12.029
Guo J, Dai X, Xu W, Ma M (2008) Overexpressing gsh1 and AsPCS1 simultaneously increases the
tolerance and accumulation of cadmium and arsenic in Arabidopsis thaliana. Chemosphere
72:1020–1026
Hannink NK, Subramanian M, Rosser SJ, Basran A, Murray JAH, Shanks JV, Bruce NC (2007)
Enhanced transformation of TNT by tobacco plants expressing a bacterial nitroreductase. Int J
Phytoremediation 9:385–401
Harvey S, Elashvili I, Valdes J, Kamely D, Chakrabarty AM (1990) Enhanced removal of Exxon
Valdez spilled oil from Alaskan gravel by a microbial surfactant. Biotechnology 8:228–230
Hasin AA, Gurman SJ, Murphy LM, Perry A, Smith TJ, Gardiner PE (2010) Remediation of
chromium (VI) by a methane-oxidizing bacterium. Environ Sci Technol 44:400–405
Hassani AH (2014) Phytoremediation of soils contaminated with heavy metals resulting from acidic
sludge of Eshtehard industrial town using native pasture plants. J Environ Earth Sci 4(19):87–94
Haugland RA, Schlemm DJ, Lyons RP III, Sferra PR, Chakrabarty AM (1990) Degradation of the
chlorinated phenoxyacetate herbicides 2,4- dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and 2,4,5trichlorophenoxyacetic acid by pure and mixed bacterial cultures. Appl Environ Microbiol
56:1357–1362
14
G. Saxena et al.