Biofilm: An Innovative Modern Technology for Aquatic Pollution Remediation

Dar, Showket A; Lone, Farooq Ahmad; Dar, Shahid Ahmad; Bhat, Rouf Ahmad; Bashir, Imran; Mir, Saba; Dar, Z. Ahmad

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-40333-1_12

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“…The residual, persistent, and recalcitrant properties as well as their capacity to accumulate in aquatic species and sediments, where they pose a threat to human health and ecosystems, have sparked widespread concern about pesticide contamination 5 . The consumption of water and food resources contaminated with pesticides have been shown to cause various health hazards including cancer, reproductive, and neurological disorders 6–8 …”

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“…5 The consumption of water and food resources contaminated with pesticides have been shown to cause various health hazards including cancer, reproductive, and neurological disorders. [6][7][8] Agriculture is the 2nd largest area involving manpower and one of the most dangerous occupations in the world. Every year, a large population of farmers and laborers have work-related illnesses and accidents.…”

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Perceptions of pesticide use and health risks among apple growers in Kashmir Himalaya

2023

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Background: Understanding the patterns of pesticide use is important in protecting the environment and farmer's health for improvement of sustainability in chemical pest control. Studies on the knowledge and awareness of pesticides by farmers are often incomplete. Therefore, our study aimed at investigating the awareness and knowledge of pesticides from a detailed survey of 394 apple growers in the Kashmir Himalaya. Results:The study revealed that farmers have inadequate knowledge and awareness about pesticides. About 47.2% of the farmers are choosing pesticides based on the efficiency of the pest/pathogen control, 38.1% are choosing pesticides based on the cost of the product, and 14.7% of the farmers are choosing pesticides based on ease of availability. Most of the farmers rated the principles of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) as not important. The farmers believed that the use of pesticides is the only way of controlling the pest outbreaks that ultimately led to reckless spraying of pesticides. Our results revealed that farmers are spraying pesticides without protective gears and inappropriate dumping of pesticides and their containers, risking the health of humans and the environment. Almost 96% of the farmers feel burning and irritation to the eyes and skin, headache, and vomiting due to pesticide spraying. The results of this research work accentuate the requirement to educate apple growers about the adequate and safe use of pesticides to avoid risks to public and environmental health. Conclusion:The study concludes that farmers are significantly impacted by the use of pesticides. Ineffective actions of pesticide dealers, government regulations, and illiteracy of farmers are the main causes of the reckless use of pesticides. Therefore, special attention should be paid towards sustainable approaches of pesticide spraying and use of safety gears like personal protective equipment, for protection of human and environmental health.

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2023

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“…A biofilm EPS, that is, extracellular polymeric substance not only provides structural and functional benefits but also directly participate in the complex formation with the heavy metals due to their functional group such as amide, phenol, and hydroxide. [18,19]. Further, some studies show that the microbes incubated with toxic metals to degrade the toxicity of the metals such as chromium and lead have been reported to catalyze the metals in the part of their metabolism to which the toxicity of the metals was also reduced.…”

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Ex-situ biofilm mediated approach for bioremediation of selected heavy metals in wastewater of textile industry

Kumar¹,

Shivani²,

Krishan³

et al. 2022

J App Biol biotech

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Industrialization plays a major role in strengthening the economy of any country. However, these industries directly or indirectly affect the environment. Industrial wastewater discharge has been reported with certain heavy metals such as chromium, lead, cobalt, and others which are a potential hazard to the water bodies and humans as well. Biofilm is an applied method in the fields of bioremediation for reliving this emerging problem and in the efficient removal of heavy metals from wastewater. Biofilms of Escherichia coli and petroleum soil isolated microorganisms (PSIM) were developed at the V bottom of 96 well microtiter plate. The contaminated water sample was collected from the textile industry, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. The biofilms were incubated with the industrial water tested for heavy metals assuming the microbes have the potential to assimilate the heavy metals up to 5 mg/mL of concentration. After the incubation for 1-2 weeks, the microorganisms were able to reduce the level of heavy metals present in the samples which was conveyed by biomass comparison of microorganisms in the successive intervals of time. 0.74 × 10 10 cells/mL and 0.77 × 10 10 cell/mL of E. coli and PSIM biofilms were able to tolerate the metal toxicity on incubation for 2 weeks at the highest concentration due to the functional group present extracellular polymeric substance which forms complexes with heavy metals. This leads to the fact that these biofilms have assimilated the heavy metals and are potent for the removal of heavy metals from industrial wastewater.

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“…This system enhances fodder yield relative to dry weight due to the grasses (Hashemi et al, 2013), and improves feed quality due to the higher crude protein (CP) concentration of legumes. Furthermore, increased fodder yields imply heavy fertilizer and pesticide use, which increases the risk of soil and water pollution (Dar et al, 2020). Besides, it also debilitates the plant roots, rendering them defenceless against certain pathogenic organisms.…”

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Agronomic potential of biofertilizers on growth, yields and nutritional quality of Oat- Triticale-Vetch intercrops

Fitouri¹,

Boudabbous²,

Romdhane³

et al. 2022

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The existing issues of climate change and population development have driven to a rising realization of the need to innovate in sustainable agricultural practice, such as intercropping, in parallel, improving the effectiveness of intercropping systems by applying beneficial micro-organisms (rhizobacteria and/or mycorrhizae) is a valuable approach. In this regard, two experiments were conducted to assess the effect of inoculation with beneficial microorganisms: rhizobacteria (B), mycorrhizae, and (M) rhizobacteria-mycorrhizae consortium (B+M) compared to the control (uninoculated plants: C) on Vetch/Oat/Triticale intercropping system. Growth, physiologicals traits, forage yield and qualities were determined at two harvesting periods (74 and 142 days after seeding: DAS). Overall, the different studied intercrops varied in term of inoculations effect. Mycorrhizal inoculation had a significantly positive effect on SPAD, total nitrogen and leaf to stem ratio for vetch, Oat and Triticale, respectively. Bacteria inoculation promoted leaf area and plant height for Vetch and Oat crops and only plant height for Triticale. The dual bacteria and mycorrhizae inoculum improved significantly the yield dry matter (YDM) by 41.2% ensuring an increase of 2.1 and 1.67 tons/ha at 74 and 142 DAS respectively, compared to control treatment. Further data analysis revealed an improvement of calcium and phosphorus status after mycorrhizae inoculation. This study highlighted the potential applications of the dual biofertilizers on Vetch/Oat/Triticale intercropping as way to increase forage yield and qualities in semi-arid region.

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Biofilm: An Innovative Modern Technology for Aquatic Pollution Remediation

Cited by 6 publications

References 54 publications

Perceptions of pesticide use and health risks among apple growers in Kashmir Himalaya

Perceptions of pesticide use and health risks among apple growers in Kashmir Himalaya

Ex-situ biofilm mediated approach for bioremediation of selected heavy metals in wastewater of textile industry

Agronomic potential of biofertilizers on growth, yields and nutritional quality of Oat- Triticale-Vetch intercrops

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