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. 2022 Aug 19;10(8):484. doi: 10.3390/toxics10080484

Table 3.

Potentially hazardous organic and inorganic pollutants and their degrading microbes (bacteria, fungi, and algae).

Substrate Compound Microorganisms References
Organic substrate Chlorobenzenes P. putida (GJ31) [106]
N, N-dimethyl-pphenylenediamine Klebsiella pneumonia (RS-13) [107]
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Burkholderia sp., Myceliophthorathermophila [108]
Remazol Black B Kluyveromyces marxianus (IMB3) [109]
Sulfonate benzene A. radiobacter (S2) [110]
4,4 dibromodiphenyl ether Phanerochaete chrysosporium [111]
Aromatic hydrocarbons Acinetobacter sp., Microbacterium sp., Pseudomonas sp. and Ralstonia sp. [112]
Phenol Alcaligenes odorans, Corynebacterium propinquum, B. subtilis, and P. aeruginosa [113]
Toluene and its derivatives P. putida (F1), Penicillium chrysogenum [114]
Methyl parathion and chlorpyrifos Acinetobactor sp., Pseudomonas sp., Enterobacter sp. and Photobacterium sp. [115]
Endosulfan Bacillus, Staphylococcus [116]
Azo dyes effluents Exiguobacterium indicum, B. cereus, E. aurantiacums and A. baumanii [117]
Vat dyes B. firmus, Staphylococcus aureus, B. macerans, and K. oxytoca [118]
Oil-based based paints B. subtilis strain NAP1, NAP2, NAP4 [119]
Crude oil Aspergillus niger, Candida krusei, C. glabrata, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae [120]
Diesel oil P. cepacia, B. coagulans, B. cereus, B. cereus A and Serratia ficaria [121]
Oils Alcaligenes odorans, Corynebacterium propinquum, P. aeruginosa and Fusarium sp. [122]
Inorganic substrate Heavy metals, mercury nickel and lead Saccharomyces cerevisiae and, Cunninghamella elegans [123]
Cr6+ Pseudomonas putida [124]
Cobalt, chromium, copper, and lead Lysinibacillus sphaericus CBAM5 [125]
Cadmium A. versicolor, Paecilomyces sp., A. fumigatus, Paecilomyces sp., Terichoderma sp. and Cladosporium sp. [126]
Uranium, copper, nickel, chromium P. aeruginosa, Aeromonas sp. [127]
Lead, chromium, and cadmium Aerococcus sp., Rhodopseudomonas palustris [128]
Hg2+ Cyclotella cryptica, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Pseudochlorococcum typicum, Spirogyra hyaline [129]
Cr2O722 Chlorella spp. Spirulina sp. (HD-104) [130]
Cr51 Spirulina sp., Ulothrix tenuissima and C. reinhardtii [131]
Pb21 Oscillatoria laete-virens, Arthrospira platensis, Pseudochlorococcum typicum and Spirogyra insignis [132]