Paper Details

Name: Priya Mondal, Subrata Raha, Dipak Kumar Kar
Email: subrata-raha@skbu.ac.in
Country: India

Year: 2024
Volume: Volume-11, Issue-2 (July-December)
Page Number: 37-56

Aquatic ecosystems are constantly exposed to a considerable load of harmful chemicals that exceeds the purifying capacities, posing a serious threat to animal and human population. The non-biodegradability and bio-magnifications of inorganic pollutants in aquatic ecosystem causes considerable harm to the environment. To combat this persistent issue, bioremediation offers a conventional clean-up technology due to its cost effectiveness and comparatively low harmful impact on the environment. Among the various biological systems, fungi are often used for bioremediation because of their ease of handling and high tolerance of metals. The application of remediation using fungi can be greatly improved by the inclusion of nano-biotechnology. Metallic nanoparticles from fungus have gained attention in remediation of aquatic ecosystem because of their properties such as synthetic dye quenching, metal sensing, biocompatibility, and superparamagnetism. Though, the knowledge of the susceptibility to biodegradation of some contaminants is still lacking, this technology can be used for reducing or eliminating the pollutants in the atmosphere, water and soil environments. This review would particularly provide an overview of current research and the importance of bioremediation for removing the toxic components from wastewater. Furthermore, the bioremediation performance of enzymes and nanoparticles from fungi in wastewater will also be highlighted.