Port Sediments: Problem or Resource? A Review Concerning the Treatment and Decontamination of Port Sediments by Fungi and Bacteria
| Autor: | Grazia Cecchi, Simone Di Piazza, Marco Capello, Mirca Zotti, Giovanni Besio, Laura Cutroneo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical) Resource (biology) Environmental remediation QH301-705.5 Biodiversity Microorganisms Context (language use) Review 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Microbiology Bioremediation Biosurfactants Bottom marine sediments Hydrocarbons Interreg IT‐FR Maritime GEREMIA Project Metals Microfungi 03 medical and health sciences Environmental protection Virology Ecosystem Biology (General) 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Pollutant Mycoremediation 030104 developmental biology Environmental science Interreg IT-FR Maritime GEREMIA Project |
| Zdroj: | Microorganisms, Vol 9, Iss 1279, p 1279 (2021) Microorganisms |
| ISSN: | 2076-2607 |
| Popis: | Contamination of marine sediments by organic and/or inorganic compounds represents one of the most critical problems in marine environments. This issue affects not only biodiversity but also ecosystems, with negative impacts on sea water quality. The scientific community and the European Commission have recently discussed marine environment and ecosystem protection and restoration by sustainable green technologies among the main objectives of their scientific programmes. One of the primary goals of sustainable restoration and remediation of contaminated marine sediments is research regarding new biotechnologies employable in the decontamination of marine sediments, to consider sediments as a resource in many fields such as industry. In this context, microorganisms—in particular, fungi and bacteria—play a central and crucial role as the best tools of sustainable and green remediation processes. This review, carried out in the framework of the Interreg IT-FR Maritime GEREMIA Project, collects and shows the bioremediation and mycoremediation studies carried out on marine sediments contaminated with ecotoxic metals and organic pollutants. This work evidences the potentialities and limiting factors of these biotechnologies and outlines the possible future scenarios of the bioremediation of marine sediments, and also highlights the opportunities of an integrated approach that involves fungi and bacteria together. |
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