Table 7.1 Potential of plants and organisms in remediation methods
Algae
Pollutant/contaminant
Reference
Chlorella vulgaris
Cadmium (II)
Aksu (2001)
Spirogyra
Copper
Lee and Chang (2011)
Ceramium virgatum
Chromium
Sari and Tuzen (2008)
Cladophora hutchinsiae
Selenium
Tuzen and Sari (2010)
Spirogyra condensate,
Rhizoclonium hieroglyphicum
Chromium
Onyancha et al. (2008)
Chlorella vulgaris
Diazinon
Kurade et al. (2016)
Spirogyra neglecta
Lead(II), copper(II)
Singh et al. (2007)
Fungi
Pollutant/contaminant
Reference
Aspergillus versicolor
Chromium, nickel, copper
Taştan et al. (2010)
Cladonia rangiformis
Lead
Ekmekyapar et al. (2012)
Phlebia
Aldrin
Xiao et al. (2011a, b)
Streptomyces consortium
Lindane
Saez et al. (2014)
Lactarius scrobiculatus
Lead(II), copper(II)
Anayurt et al. (2009)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Manganese(II)
Fadel et al. (2017)
Plants
Pollutant/contaminant
Reference
Brassica juncea L.
Cadmium, copper, zinc, lead Turan and Esringu (2007)
Eichhornia crassipes L.
Arsenic, chromium, zinc,
cesium, cobalt
Alvarado et al. (2008),
Mishra and Tripathi (2009),
Saleh (2012)
Lantana camara L.
Lead
Alaribe and Agamuthu
(2015)
Jatropha curcas L.
Iron, aluminum, copper,
manganese, chromium, arsenic, zinc, mercury
Jamil et al. (2009), Yadav
et al. (2009), MarrugoNegrete et al. (2015)
Pisum sativum L.
Lead, copper, zinc, iron, cadmium, nickel
Sharma et al. (2010)
Spinacia oleracea L.
Cadmium, iron, nickel, zinc,
chromium
Pathak et al. (2013)
Sorghum bicolor L
Cadmium, copper, zinc, iron Pinto et al. (2004)
Zea mays L.
Cadmium, lead, zinc, copper Tiecher et al. (2016), Mojiri
(2011)
Organisms
Pollutant/contaminant
Reference
Bacillus subtilis
Chromium, zinc, selenium
Prasad and Freitas (2000)
Desulfovibrio desulfuricans
Chromium, zinc
Banik et al. (2014)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Uranium, copper, nickel
Prasad and Freitas (2000)
Pseudomonas veronii
Cadmium, zinc, copper
Vullo et al. (2008)
Sporosarcina ginsengisoli
Arsenic
Achal et al. (2012)
Shewanella oneidensis,
Trichococcus pasteurii, and
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Chromium (VI)
Daulton et al. (2007),
Tandukar et al. (2009)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Chlorpyrifos
Kharabsheh et al. (2017)
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