Recent advances in the biocatalytic mitigation of emerging pollutants: A comprehensive review

The issue of environmental pollution has been worsened by the emergence of new contaminants whose morphology is yet to be fully understood. Several techniques have been adopted to mitigate the pollution effects of these emerging contaminants, and bioremediation involving plants, microbes, or enzymes...

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Main Authors: Ekeoma, B.C., Ekeoma, L.N., Yusuf, M., Haruna, A., Ikeogu, C.K., Merican, Z.M.A., Kamyab, H., Pham, C.Q., Vo, D.-V.N., Chelliapan, S.
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Published: Elsevier B.V. 2023
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spelling oai:scholars.utp.edu.my:375522023-10-04T13:32:29Z http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/37552/ Recent advances in the biocatalytic mitigation of emerging pollutants: A comprehensive review Ekeoma, B.C. Ekeoma, L.N. Yusuf, M. Haruna, A. Ikeogu, C.K. Merican, Z.M.A. Kamyab, H. Pham, C.Q. Vo, D.-V.N. Chelliapan, S. The issue of environmental pollution has been worsened by the emergence of new contaminants whose morphology is yet to be fully understood. Several techniques have been adopted to mitigate the pollution effects of these emerging contaminants, and bioremediation involving plants, microbes, or enzymes has stood out as a cost-effective and eco-friendly approach. Enzyme-mediated bioremediation is a very promising technology as it exhibits better pollutant degradation activity and generates less waste. However, this technology is subject to challenges like temperature, pH, and storage stability, in addition to recycling difficulty as it is arduous to isolate them from the reaction media. To address these challenges, the immobilization of enzymes has been successfully applied to ameliorate the activity, stability, and reusability of enzymes. Although this has significantly increased the uses of enzymes over a wide range of environmental conditions and facilitated the use of smaller bioreactors thereby saving cost, it still comes with additional costs for carriers and immobilization. Additionally, the existing immobilization methods have their individual limitations. This review provides state-of-the-art information to readers focusing on bioremediation using enzymes. Different parameters such as: the sustainability of biocatalysts, the ecotoxicological evaluation of transformation contaminants, and enzyme groups used were reviewed. The efficacy of free and immobilized enzymes, materials and methods for immobilization, bioreactors used, challenges to large-scale implementation, and future research needs were thoroughly discussed. © 2023 Elsevier B.V. Elsevier B.V. 2023 Article NonPeerReviewed Ekeoma, B.C. and Ekeoma, L.N. and Yusuf, M. and Haruna, A. and Ikeogu, C.K. and Merican, Z.M.A. and Kamyab, H. and Pham, C.Q. and Vo, D.-V.N. and Chelliapan, S. (2023) Recent advances in the biocatalytic mitigation of emerging pollutants: A comprehensive review. Journal of Biotechnology, 369. pp. 14-34. ISSN 01681656 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85160005876&doi=10.1016%2fj.jbiotec.2023.05.003&partnerID=40&md5=352434ccece44cc6afe72c9e44a3bb0c 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2023.05.003 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2023.05.003 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2023.05.003
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description The issue of environmental pollution has been worsened by the emergence of new contaminants whose morphology is yet to be fully understood. Several techniques have been adopted to mitigate the pollution effects of these emerging contaminants, and bioremediation involving plants, microbes, or enzymes has stood out as a cost-effective and eco-friendly approach. Enzyme-mediated bioremediation is a very promising technology as it exhibits better pollutant degradation activity and generates less waste. However, this technology is subject to challenges like temperature, pH, and storage stability, in addition to recycling difficulty as it is arduous to isolate them from the reaction media. To address these challenges, the immobilization of enzymes has been successfully applied to ameliorate the activity, stability, and reusability of enzymes. Although this has significantly increased the uses of enzymes over a wide range of environmental conditions and facilitated the use of smaller bioreactors thereby saving cost, it still comes with additional costs for carriers and immobilization. Additionally, the existing immobilization methods have their individual limitations. This review provides state-of-the-art information to readers focusing on bioremediation using enzymes. Different parameters such as: the sustainability of biocatalysts, the ecotoxicological evaluation of transformation contaminants, and enzyme groups used were reviewed. The efficacy of free and immobilized enzymes, materials and methods for immobilization, bioreactors used, challenges to large-scale implementation, and future research needs were thoroughly discussed. © 2023 Elsevier B.V.
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author Ekeoma, B.C.
Ekeoma, L.N.
Yusuf, M.
Haruna, A.
Ikeogu, C.K.
Merican, Z.M.A.
Kamyab, H.
Pham, C.Q.
Vo, D.-V.N.
Chelliapan, S.
spellingShingle Ekeoma, B.C.
Ekeoma, L.N.
Yusuf, M.
Haruna, A.
Ikeogu, C.K.
Merican, Z.M.A.
Kamyab, H.
Pham, C.Q.
Vo, D.-V.N.
Chelliapan, S.
Recent advances in the biocatalytic mitigation of emerging pollutants: A comprehensive review
author_facet Ekeoma, B.C.
Ekeoma, L.N.
Yusuf, M.
Haruna, A.
Ikeogu, C.K.
Merican, Z.M.A.
Kamyab, H.
Pham, C.Q.
Vo, D.-V.N.
Chelliapan, S.
author_sort Ekeoma, B.C.
title Recent advances in the biocatalytic mitigation of emerging pollutants: A comprehensive review
title_short Recent advances in the biocatalytic mitigation of emerging pollutants: A comprehensive review
title_full Recent advances in the biocatalytic mitigation of emerging pollutants: A comprehensive review
title_fullStr Recent advances in the biocatalytic mitigation of emerging pollutants: A comprehensive review
title_full_unstemmed Recent advances in the biocatalytic mitigation of emerging pollutants: A comprehensive review
title_sort recent advances in the biocatalytic mitigation of emerging pollutants: a comprehensive review
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