Table 16.4 Plants and microorganisms widely used in remediation of organic and inorganic
pollutants from soil
Types of biological organisms
Organic and
inorganic
pollutants
References
Microorganisms
Bacillus sp., Bordetella sp. and
Pseudomonas sp.
Co, Zn, Cd and
Ni
Das and Dash (2014)
Staphylococcus aureus and Methylococcus
capsulatus
Cr
Bawa and Omairi
(2017); Das and Dash (2014)
Penicillium chrysogenum and Pseudomonas
putida
Monocyclic
aromatic
hydrocarbons
Abatenh et al. (2017)
Pseudomonas sp., Achromobacter sp.,
Flavobacterium sp., Acinetobacter sp.,
Bacillus sp., Alcaligenes odorans,
Arthrobacter sp., Citrobacter koseri and
Serratia ficaria
Crude oil, petrol
and diesel
Abatenh et al. (2017)
Pseudomonas alcaligenes, Pseudomonas
mendocina and P. putida, Pseudomonas
veronii, Achromobacter sp., Flavobacterium
sp., Acinetobacter sp., Coprinellus radians,
Candida viswanathii and Bacillus
licheniformis
PAHs
Abatenh et al. (2017),
Mardani et al. (2016)
Myrothecium roridum, Pycnoporus
sanguineus, Phanerochaete chrysosporium,
Trametes trogii, Exiguobacterium sp.,
Bacillus cereus and Acinetobacter
baumannii
Industrial dyes
Abatenh et al. (2017)
P. chrysosporium
PCBs
Elangovan et al. (2019)
Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus fumigatus,
Fusarium solani, Penicillium funiculosum,
Tyromyces palustris, Gloeophyllum
trabeum, Trametes versicolor, Acinetobacter
sp., Pseudomonas sp., Ralstonia sp. and
Microbacterium sp.
Aliphatic and
aromatic
hydrocarbon
Abatenh et al. (2017)
A. odorans, Bacillus subtilis,
Corynebacterium propinquum and
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Phenol
Abatenh et al. (2017), Hasan
and Jabeen. (2015)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Cunninghamella
elegans and Escherichia coli
As
Abatenh et al. (2017), Su
et al. (2009)
Pseudomonas fluorescens, P. aeruginosa
and Aeromonas sp.
Cu
Abatenh et al. (2017)
P. fluorescens, P. aeruginosa, Lysinibacillus
sphaericus, Aerococcus sp., Azotobacter
sp. and Rhodopseudomonas palustris
Pb
Abatenh et al. (2017), Ashraf
(2017)
P. fluorescens, P. aeruginosa, B. subtilis,
B. cereus, Bordetella sp., Microbacterium
sp. and Pseudomonas sp.
Zn
Abatenh et al. (2017), Ashraf
et al. (2017)
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pollutants from soil
Types of biological organisms
Organic and
inorganic
pollutants
References
Microorganisms
Bacillus sp., Bordetella sp. and
Pseudomonas sp.
Co, Zn, Cd and
Ni
Das and Dash (2014)
Staphylococcus aureus and Methylococcus
capsulatus
Cr
Bawa and Omairi
(2017); Das and Dash (2014)
Penicillium chrysogenum and Pseudomonas
putida
Monocyclic
aromatic
hydrocarbons
Abatenh et al. (2017)
Pseudomonas sp., Achromobacter sp.,
Flavobacterium sp., Acinetobacter sp.,
Bacillus sp., Alcaligenes odorans,
Arthrobacter sp., Citrobacter koseri and
Serratia ficaria
Crude oil, petrol
and diesel
Abatenh et al. (2017)
Pseudomonas alcaligenes, Pseudomonas
mendocina and P. putida, Pseudomonas
veronii, Achromobacter sp., Flavobacterium
sp., Acinetobacter sp., Coprinellus radians,
Candida viswanathii and Bacillus
licheniformis
PAHs
Abatenh et al. (2017),
Mardani et al. (2016)
Myrothecium roridum, Pycnoporus
sanguineus, Phanerochaete chrysosporium,
Trametes trogii, Exiguobacterium sp.,
Bacillus cereus and Acinetobacter
baumannii
Industrial dyes
Abatenh et al. (2017)
P. chrysosporium
PCBs
Elangovan et al. (2019)
Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus fumigatus,
Fusarium solani, Penicillium funiculosum,
Tyromyces palustris, Gloeophyllum
trabeum, Trametes versicolor, Acinetobacter
sp., Pseudomonas sp., Ralstonia sp. and
Microbacterium sp.
Aliphatic and
aromatic
hydrocarbon
Abatenh et al. (2017)
A. odorans, Bacillus subtilis,
Corynebacterium propinquum and
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Phenol
Abatenh et al. (2017), Hasan
and Jabeen. (2015)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Cunninghamella
elegans and Escherichia coli
As
Abatenh et al. (2017), Su
et al. (2009)
Pseudomonas fluorescens, P. aeruginosa
and Aeromonas sp.
Cu
Abatenh et al. (2017)
P. fluorescens, P. aeruginosa, Lysinibacillus
sphaericus, Aerococcus sp., Azotobacter
sp. and Rhodopseudomonas palustris
Pb
Abatenh et al. (2017), Ashraf
(2017)
P. fluorescens, P. aeruginosa, B. subtilis,
B. cereus, Bordetella sp., Microbacterium
sp. and Pseudomonas sp.
Zn
Abatenh et al. (2017), Ashraf
et al. (2017)
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