ADVANCEMENTS IN MICROALGAE-MEDIATED REMOVAL OF POLLUTANTS FROM WASTEWATER

Abstract

Environmental pollution poses a critical global challenge, and the increase of artificial population in the global pollution has led to extensive use of wastewater. The release and frequency of organic adulterants in a waterless terrain due to artificial discharges, agrarian operations, or improper waste disposal is a huge obstacle to attaining sustainable development. As a result, wastewater treatment has attained a huge scope as it's apparent from the recent paper published. Among the colourful ways, bioremediation is one of the provident eco-friendly means of wastewater treatment for the removal of organic adulterants. The Use of microbes are an effective treatment style that has been developed to drop wastewater nutrient content and pollutants. Microbial community and microalgae are the frontrunners of this process. Microalgae are a promising tool as a sustainable alternative to traditional wastewater treatment. Likewise, the biomass attained from the wastewater treatment can be used in different operations, having a positive, profitable impact. This mini review discusses the types of organic adulterants and the bioremediation strategies using microbes and microalgae, and the eventuality of microalgae as a natural wastewater remediation tool, including the use of genetically engineered strains. Their current artificial application and their untapped marketable eventuality in terms of bioremediation are also examined. Eventually, this work discusses how microalgal biotechnology is perceived by the public and governments, analyzes the implicit pitfalls of microalgae to the terrain, and examines standard procedures that can be enforced for the safe biocontainment of large- scale microalgae culture.