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Role of Exopolysaccharides of Pseudomonas in Heavy Metal Removal and Other Remediation Strategies

Pseudomonas biofilms have been studied intensively for several decades and research outcomes have been successfully implemented in various medical and agricultural applications. Research on biofilm synthesis and composition has also overlapped with the objectives of environmental sciences, since bio...

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Autores principales: Balíková, Katarína, Vojtková, Hana, Duborská, Eva, Kim, Hyunjung, Matúš, Peter, Urík, Martin
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9609410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36297831
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym14204253
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author Balíková, Katarína
Vojtková, Hana
Duborská, Eva
Kim, Hyunjung
Matúš, Peter
Urík, Martin
author_facet Balíková, Katarína
Vojtková, Hana
Duborská, Eva
Kim, Hyunjung
Matúš, Peter
Urík, Martin
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description Pseudomonas biofilms have been studied intensively for several decades and research outcomes have been successfully implemented in various medical and agricultural applications. Research on biofilm synthesis and composition has also overlapped with the objectives of environmental sciences, since biofilm components show exceptional physicochemical properties applicable to remediation techniques. Especially, exopolysaccharides (ExPs) have been at the center of scientific interest, indicating their potential in solving the environmental issues of heavy metal land and water contamination via sorptive interactions and flocculation. Since exposure to heavy metal via contaminated water or soil poses an imminent risk to the environment and human health, ExPs provide an interesting and viable solution to this issue, alongside other effective and green remedial techniques (e.g., phytostabilization, implementation of biosolids, and biosorption using agricultural wastes) aiming to restore contaminated sites to their natural, pollution-free state, or to ameliorate the negative impact of heavy metals on the environment. Thus, we discuss the plausible role and performance of Pseudomonas ExPs in remediation techniques, aiming to provide the relevant available and comprehensive information on ExPs’ biosynthesis and their usage in heavy metal remediation or other environmental applications, such as wastewater treatment via bioflocculation and soil remediation.
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spelling pubmed-96094102022-10-28 Role of Exopolysaccharides of Pseudomonas in Heavy Metal Removal and Other Remediation Strategies Balíková, Katarína Vojtková, Hana Duborská, Eva Kim, Hyunjung Matúš, Peter Urík, Martin Polymers (Basel) Review Pseudomonas biofilms have been studied intensively for several decades and research outcomes have been successfully implemented in various medical and agricultural applications. Research on biofilm synthesis and composition has also overlapped with the objectives of environmental sciences, since biofilm components show exceptional physicochemical properties applicable to remediation techniques. Especially, exopolysaccharides (ExPs) have been at the center of scientific interest, indicating their potential in solving the environmental issues of heavy metal land and water contamination via sorptive interactions and flocculation. Since exposure to heavy metal via contaminated water or soil poses an imminent risk to the environment and human health, ExPs provide an interesting and viable solution to this issue, alongside other effective and green remedial techniques (e.g., phytostabilization, implementation of biosolids, and biosorption using agricultural wastes) aiming to restore contaminated sites to their natural, pollution-free state, or to ameliorate the negative impact of heavy metals on the environment. Thus, we discuss the plausible role and performance of Pseudomonas ExPs in remediation techniques, aiming to provide the relevant available and comprehensive information on ExPs’ biosynthesis and their usage in heavy metal remediation or other environmental applications, such as wastewater treatment via bioflocculation and soil remediation. MDPI 2022-10-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9609410/ /pubmed/36297831 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym14204253 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Vojtková, Hana
Duborská, Eva
Kim, Hyunjung
Matúš, Peter
Urík, Martin
Role of Exopolysaccharides of Pseudomonas in Heavy Metal Removal and Other Remediation Strategies
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title_short Role of Exopolysaccharides of Pseudomonas in Heavy Metal Removal and Other Remediation Strategies
title_sort role of exopolysaccharides of pseudomonas in heavy metal removal and other remediation strategies
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9609410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36297831
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym14204253
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