abstract

• Nowadays, the bioremediation of water bodies is necessary. Several microorganisms have been reported as pollutant degraders, this capacity is due to their ability to adapt to hostile environmental conditions. Bioreactors are a promising biodegradation technique for hydrocarbons, plastics, heavy metals, and pesticides bioremediation. The design of bioreactors depends on biological systems, characteristics of water polluted, target pollutants, and its scalability. An optimum bioreactor design is expected to have improved productivity, operational viability, better capacity, and removal efficiencies of pollutants in a cost-effective manner.The important challenge for researchers now is an adequate large-scale implementation, the exploitation of metabolic pathways, and the better use of enzymes.Remediation of the sea represents the material and cultural foundation of the way of life of people affected by the environment and promotes environmental justice. In this sense, the practice of biotechnologists represents an ethical contribution to restoring the health of the sea and thereby protecting the livelihoods of people who depend on the marine ecosystem.

authors

• Lizardi Jiménez Manuel Alejandro

publication date

• 2023-01-01

published in

• Current Status of Marine Water Microbiology  Book

keywords

• Bioreactor, Polluted water, Bioremediation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/978-981-99-5022-5_15

PubMed ID

start page

• 345

end page

• 364

volume

issue