Potential of Biotechnology in Phytoremediation

The accumulation of toxic substances involving the inorganic and organic contaminants in the soil is a global problem. Status of the World's Soil Resources Report (SWSR) recognized soil pollution as one of the main reasons affecting global soils and the ecosystem services provided by them. However, transgenic approaches utilizing the biodegradation capabilities of microbes and mammals into plants pledge an efficient and eco-friendly approach to renewing the environment. An effective method of phytoremediation involves an enhanced rate of pollutant uptake by the plant, followed by the detoxification of the chemicals absorbed or translocated. It also involves the production of genetically modified herbicide-resistant plants for herbicide remediation and exploits the principles of biotechnology and molecular biology for the introduction and improvement of potentially superior genes into plants. This review discusses the various transgenic approaches involved in the phytoremediation of persistent organic pollutants, metals, metalloids, and explosives. Besides, it also focuses on the limitations of transgenics and provides an insight into the future potential of emerging biotechnological tools and techniques in this field.

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A hydrostable Zn2+ Coordination Polymer for Multifunction Detection of Inorganic and Organic Contaminants in Water

Dalton Transactions ◽

10.1039/d1dt03022a ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Hao Cheng ◽

Fu-Qiang Song ◽

NaNa Zhao ◽

Xue-Qin Song

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metal ◽

Coordination Polymer ◽

Metal Ions ◽

Human Health ◽

Organic Contaminants ◽

Heavy Metal Ions ◽

Environmental Safety ◽

Fluorescent Sensors ◽

Challenging Issue ◽

Inorganic And Organic Contaminants

From the perspective of human health and environmental safety, the development of hydrostable fluorescent sensors for detection of heavy metal ions and nitroaromatics is an important but challenging issue. To...

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Trends and Future Potential of Payment for Ecosystem Services to Alleviate Rural Poverty in Developing Countries

Ecology and Society ◽

10.5751/es-03098-150204 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 141

Author(s):

Jeffrey C. Milder ◽

Sara J. Scherr ◽

Carina Bracer

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Ecosystem Services ◽

Rural Poverty ◽

Payment For Ecosystem Services ◽

Future Potential

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Mining Sport Activities

Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Media and Communications - Advances in Multimedia and Interactive Technologies ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7601-3.ch049 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 610-621

Author(s):

Iztok Fister Jr. ◽

Iztok Fister

Keyword(s):

Data Mining ◽

Real World ◽

Healthy Lifestyle ◽

Smart Phones ◽

The Other ◽

Training Data ◽

Stress Relieving ◽

Sport Activities ◽

Future Potential ◽

Insight Into

For many people, sport is one of the stress-relieving activities. People being involved with sport wish to achieve attractive shape, healthy lifestyle, lose weight, and so on. However, there are also people who deal with sport because of competition goals. In order to fulfill their competition goals, they need to train properly. Even for professionals, it is very hard to perform a serious training. On the other hand, recent expansion of smart sport watches and even smart phones allow athletes to train smarter. During the months and years, they produce dozens of activity files. These files offer thousands of opportunities for data mining approaches, where athletes gained a deep insight into their training data. Data mining approaches are able to extract habits of athletes, help to prevent over-training syndrome and injuries, clustering similar activities together, and much more. In this chapter, the authors show opportunities for data mining, enumerate recent applications, and outline future potential for research and applications in the real world.

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Insight into metabolic and cometabolic activities of autotrophic and heterotrophic microorganisms in the biodegradation of emerging trace organic contaminants

Bioresource Technology ◽

10.1016/j.biortech.2013.07.083 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 146 ◽

pp. 721-731 ◽

Cited By ~ 213

Author(s):

Ngoc Han Tran ◽

Taro Urase ◽

Huu Hao Ngo ◽

Jiangyong Hu ◽

Say Leong Ong

Keyword(s):

Organic Contaminants ◽

Trace Organic Contaminants ◽

Heterotrophic Microorganisms ◽

Insight Into ◽

Trace Organic

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Nature and Value of Freely Dissolved EPS Ecosystem Services: Insight into Molecular Coupling Mechanisms for Regulating Metal Toxicity

Environmental Science & Technology ◽

10.1021/acs.est.7b04834 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 52 (2) ◽

pp. 457-466 ◽

Cited By ~ 30

Author(s):

Weijun Shou ◽

Fuxing Kang ◽

Jiahao Lu

Keyword(s):

Ecosystem Services ◽

Metal Toxicity ◽

Coupling Mechanisms ◽

Insight Into

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Molecular biology: Insight into the causes and prevention of restenosis after arterial intervention

The American Journal of Cardiology ◽

10.1016/0002-9149(93)91043-h ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 72 (13) ◽

pp. E88-E95 ◽

Cited By ~ 41

Author(s):

Josiah N. Wilcox

Keyword(s):

Molecular Biology ◽

Arterial Intervention ◽

Insight Into

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Building a scientific data grid with D i GS

Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences ◽

10.1098/rsta.2009.0050 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 367 (1897) ◽

pp. 2471-2481 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mark G. Beckett ◽

Chris R. Allton ◽

Christine T.H. Davies ◽

Ilan Davis ◽

Jonathan M. Flynn ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Molecular Biology ◽

High Performance Computing ◽

Particle Physics ◽

High Performance ◽

Scientific Data ◽

Grid Technology ◽

Data Infrastructure ◽

Software Application ◽

Performance Computing ◽

Insight Into

We provide an insight into the challenge of building and supporting a scientific data infrastructure with reference to our experience working with scientists from computational particle physics and molecular biology. We illustrate how, with modern high-performance computing resources, even small scientific groups can generate huge volumes (petabytes) of valuable scientific data and explain how grid technology can be used to manage, publish, share and curate these data. We describe the D i GS software application, which we have developed to meet the needs of smaller communities and we have highlighted the key elements of its functionality.

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Aerosol Deposition Study of Subject-Specific Upper Respiratory Model

ASME 2012 Summer Bioengineering Conference, Parts A and B ◽

10.1115/sbc2012-80482 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Anthony L. Fratino ◽

Sinjae Hyun ◽

Chong S. Kim

Keyword(s):

Particulate Matter ◽

Respiratory System ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Aerosol Deposition ◽

Toxic Substances ◽

Subject Specific ◽

Upper Respiratory ◽

Lung Airways ◽

Simulations And Modeling ◽

Insight Into

An accurate model of the human respiratory system allows health professionals to gain insight into the interactions between particulate matter (PM) and the exposed surfaces of the lung airways. Respiratory dose simulations and modeling are frequently used for evaluating health effects of inhaled toxic substances [1–4] and for analyzing the risk potentials of inhaled toxic or harmful PM such as vehicle emissions [4,5].

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