Acknowledgment The research was funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF) of
South Africa through the Incentive Funding for Rated Researchers Grant No. IFR2010042900080
and Competitive Programme for Rated Researchers Grant No. CPR2011060300001 awarded to Prof.
Evans M.N. Chirwa of the University of Pretoria. Postdoctoral fellow working on this project – Dr
Zainab Birungi – was funded by the National Research Foundation and the University of Pretoria
Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme.
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South Africa through the Incentive Funding for Rated Researchers Grant No. IFR2010042900080
and Competitive Programme for Rated Researchers Grant No. CPR2011060300001 awarded to Prof.
Evans M.N. Chirwa of the University of Pretoria. Postdoctoral fellow working on this project – Dr
Zainab Birungi – was funded by the National Research Foundation and the University of Pretoria
Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme.
References
Abdel-Rahman GN, Nassar NRA, Heikal YA, Abou-Donia MAM, Naguib MM, Fadel M (2016)
Effect of different treatments on heavy metal concentration in sugar cane molasses. Int J
AgriBiosys Eng 10(1):43–48
Acar YB, Gale RJ, Alshawabkeh AN, Marks RE, Puppala S, Bricka M, Parker R (1995) Electrokinetic remediation: basics and technology status. J Hazard Mater 40(2):117–137
ACGIH (American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists) (2004) Threshold limit
values for chemical substances and physical agents and biological exposure indices. ACGIH,
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Anastopoulos AG, Papoutsis AD, Papaderakis AA (2015) Differential capacitance and electrochemical impedance study of surfactant adsorption on polycrystalline Ni electrode. J Solid State
Electrochem 19(8):2369–2377
Arıca MY, Kaçar Y, Genç Ö (2001) Entrapment of white-rot fungus Trametes versicolor in
Ca-alginate beads: preparation and biosorption kinetic analysis for cadmium removal from an
aqueous solution. Bioresour Technol 80(2):121–129
Aziz HA, Adlan MN, Ariffin KS (2008) Heavy metals (Cd, Pb, Zn, Ni, Cu and Cr(III)) removal
from water in Malaysia: post treatment by high quality limestone. Bioresour Technol 99
(6):1578–1583
Babel S, Kurniawan TA (2004) Cr (VI) removal from synthetic wastewater using coconut shell
charcoal and commercial activated carbon modified with oxidizing agents and/or chitosan.
Chemosphere 54(7):951–967
Bansal N (2010) Determination of trace amounts of mercury (II) by catalytic kinetic method in
environmental samples. World Rev Sci Technol Sustain Dev 7(4):316–327
Barak Y, Ackerley DF, Dodge CJ, Banwari L, Alex C, Francis AJ, Matin A (2006) Analysis of
novel soluble chromate and uranyl reductases and generation of an improved enzyme by
directed evolution. Appl Environ Microbiol 72(11):7074–7082
Battista JR (1997) Against all odds: the survival strategies of Deinococcus radiodurans. Annu Rev
Microbiol 51:203–224
Beszedits S (1988) Chromium removal from industrial wastewaters, In: Nriagu O, Nieboer E (eds)
Chromium in the natural and human environments. Wiley, New York. , pp 232–263. isbn:9780471856436
Bharagava RN, Saxena G, Mulla SI, Patel DK (2017a) Characterization and identification of
recalcitrant organic pollutants (ROPs) in tannery wastewater and its phytotoxicity evaluation
for environmental safety. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-0170490-x
Bharagava RN, Saxena G, Chowdhary P (2017b) Constructed wetlands: an emerging
phytotechnology for degradation and detoxification of industrial wastewaters. In: Bharagava
RN (ed) Environmental pollutants and their bioremediation approaches, 1st edn. CRC Press/
Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, pp 397–426. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315173351-15
Bharagava RN, Chowdhary P, Saxena G (2017c) Bioremediation: an ecosustainable green technology: its applications and limitations. In: Bharagava RN (ed) Environmental pollutants and
2 Advances in Bioremediation of Toxic Heavy Metals and Radionuclides in. . .
45