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. 2023 Oct 18;13(44):30586–30605. doi: 10.1039/d3ra05062a

Biosurfactant-promoted bioremediation of soils contaminated with emerging pollutants.

Pollutants Microbial species and/or biosurfactant Removal efficiency (%) Ref.
Triclosan Soil indigenous microbes and rhamnolipid 94 127
DDT Arthrobacter globiformis and rhamnolipid 64.3 128
Carbendazim Rhodococcus sp. D-1 and rhamnolipid 97.3 129
Endosulfan Mixed bacterial culture 99 130
α- and β-endosulfan Natural surfactant extracted from mesquite seed and guar gums 65–94 (for α-) 131
41–80 (for β-)
Diethyl phthalate Pseudomonas sp. DNE-S1 produced biosurfactant 97.8 132
Atrazine Bacillus velezensis MHNK1 produced surfactin 100 133
Quinalphos Pseudomonas aeruginosa Q10 94 134
β-Cypermethrin Pseudomonas aeruginosa CH7 90 135
Hexachlorocyclohexane C. striatus plantation and Rhodococcus erythropolis ET54b 33 136
Epoxiconazole and fludioxonil Pseudomonas sp., Ochrobactrum sp. and Comamonas sp. 56 137
Cyprodinil Acinetobacter sp. 78 138