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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0138448
Kim YM, Murugesan K, Chang YY et al (2012) Degradation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers by
a sequential treatment with nanoscale zero valent iron and aerobic biodegradation. J Chem
Technol Biotechnol 87(2):216–224. https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.2699
Kim KY, Yang W, Evans PJ, Logan BE (2016) Continuous treatment of high strength wastewaters
using air-cathode microbial fuel cells. Bioresour Technol 221:96–101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
biortech.2016.09.031
Kumar GG, Hashmi S, Karthikeyan C et al (2014) Graphene oxide/carbon nanotube composite
hydrogels-versatile materials for microbial fuel cell applications. Macromol Rapid Commun 35
(21):1861–1865. https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.201400332
Le TT, Nguyen KH, Jeon JR et al (2015) Nano/bio treatment of polychlorinated biphenyls with
evaluation of comparative toxicity. J Hazard Mater 287:335–341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
jhazmat.2015.02.001
Letnik I, Avrahami R, Rokem JS et al (2015) Living composites of electrospun yeast cells for
bioremediation and ethanol production. Biomacromolecules 16(10):3322–3328. https://doi.org/
10.1021/acs.biomac.5b00970
Li Y, Du X, Wu C et al (2013) An efficient magnetically modified microbial cell biocomposite for
carbazole biodegradation. Nanoscale Res Lett 8(1):1–5. https://doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-8522
Li WW, Yu HQ, He Z (2014) Towards sustainable wastewater treatment by using microbial fuel
cells-centered technologies. Energy Environ Sci 7(3):911–924. https://doi.org/10.1039/
C3EE43106A
Li T, Wang Y, Guo S et al (2016) Effect of polarity-reversal on electrokinetic enhanced bioremediation of Pyrene contaminated soil. Electrochim Acta 187:567–575. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
electacta.2015.11.097
Li R, Dörfler U, Munch JC, Schroll R (2017) Enhanced degradation of isoproturon in an agricultural
soil by a Sphingomonas sp. strain and a microbial consortium. Chemosphere 168:1169–1176.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.10.084
Li S, Hu S, Shi S et al (2019) Microbial diversity and metaproteomic analysis of activated sludge
responses to naphthalene and anthracene exposure. RSC Adv 9(40):22841–22852. https://doi.
org/10.1039/C9RA04674G
Liu L, Yang Y, Li DL (2012) Accelerated hexavalent chromium [Cr (VI)] reduction with
electrogenerated hydrogen peroxide in microbial fuel cells. Adv Mater Res 512:1525–1528.
https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.512-515.1525
Luimstra VM, Kennedy SJ, Güttler J et al (2014) A cost-effective microbial fuel cell to detect and
select for photosynthetic electrogenic activity in algae and cyanobacteria. J Appl Phycol 26
(1):15–23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-013-0051-2
Ma Y, Rajkumar M, Zhang C, Freitas H (2016) Beneficial role of bacterial endophytes in heavy
metal phytoremediation. J Environ Manag 174:14–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.
02.047
Ma J, Zhang Q, Chen F et al (2020) Remediation of resins-contaminated soil by the combination of
electrokinetic and bioremediation processes. Environ Pollut 260:114047. https://doi.org/10.
1016/j.envpol.2020.114047
Maiti S, Sinha SS, Singh M (2017) Microbial decolorization and detoxification of emerging
environmental pollutant: cosmetic hair dyes. J Hazard Mater 338:356–363. https://doi.org/10.
1016/j.jhazmat.2017.05.034
Malla MA, Dubey A, Yadav S et al (2018) Understanding and designing the strategies for the
microbe-mediated remediation of environmental contaminants using omics approaches. Front
Microbiol 9:1132. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01132
234
A. Murmu and M. Sevanan