From Laboratory Tests to the Ecoremedial System: The Importance of Microorganisms in the Recovery of PPCPs-Disturbed Ecosystems
The presence of a wide variety of emerging pollutants in natural water resources is an important global water quality challenge. Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are known as emerging contaminants, widely used by modern society. This objective ensures availability and sustainable m...
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| author | María Carmen Molina Luis Fernando Bautista Myriam Catalá María Rosa de las Heras Pilar Martínez-Hidalgo Jon San-Sebastián Natalia González-Benítez |
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| description | The presence of a wide variety of emerging pollutants in natural water resources is an important global water quality challenge. Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are known as emerging contaminants, widely used by modern society. This objective ensures availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all, according to the 2030 Agenda. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) do not always mitigate the presence of these emerging contaminants in effluents discharged into the environment, although the removal efficiency of WWTP varies based on the techniques used. This main subject is framed within a broader environmental paradigm, such as the transition to a circular economy. The research and innovation within the WWTP will play a key role in improving the water resource management and its surrounding industrial and natural ecosystems. Even though bioremediation is a green technology, its integration into the bio-economy strategy, which improves the quality of the environment, is surprisingly rare if we compare to other corrective techniques (physical and chemical). This work carries out a bibliographic review, since the beginning of the 21st century, on the biological remediation of some PPCPs, focusing on organisms (or their by-products) used at the scale of laboratory or scale-up. PPCPs have been selected on the basics of their occurrence in water resources. The data reveal that, despite the advantages that are associated with bioremediation, it is not the first option in the case of the recovery of systems contaminated with PPCPs. The results also show that fungi and bacteria are the most frequently studied microorganisms, with the latter being more easily implanted in complex biotechnological systems (78% of bacterial manuscripts vs. 40% fungi). A total of 52 works has been published while using microalgae and only in 7% of them, these organisms were used on a large scale. Special emphasis is made on the advantages that are provided by biotechnological systems in series, as well as on the need for eco-toxicological control that is associated with any process of recovery of contaminated systems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ec7691891e154e63bd58c9aefe48a26a2023-11-20T00:25:53ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172020-05-011010339110.3390/app10103391From Laboratory Tests to the Ecoremedial System: The Importance of Microorganisms in the Recovery of PPCPs-Disturbed EcosystemsMaría Carmen Molina0Luis Fernando Bautista1Myriam Catalá2María Rosa de las Heras3Pilar Martínez-Hidalgo4Jon San-Sebastián5Natalia González-Benítez6Department of Biology, Geology, Physics and Inorganic Chemistry (Area of Biodiversity and Conservation), ESCET, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28933 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Technology (Group of Chemical and Environmental Engineering), ESCET, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28933 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Biology, Geology, Physics and Inorganic Chemistry (Area of Biodiversity and Conservation), ESCET, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28933 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Biology, Geology, Physics and Inorganic Chemistry (Area of Biodiversity and Conservation), ESCET, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28933 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Biology, Geology, Physics and Inorganic Chemistry (Area of Biodiversity and Conservation), ESCET, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28933 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Studies and Consulting (Area of Engineering and Building), Tragsatec, 28037 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Biology, Geology, Physics and Inorganic Chemistry (Area of Biodiversity and Conservation), ESCET, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28933 Madrid, SpainThe presence of a wide variety of emerging pollutants in natural water resources is an important global water quality challenge. Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are known as emerging contaminants, widely used by modern society. This objective ensures availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all, according to the 2030 Agenda. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) do not always mitigate the presence of these emerging contaminants in effluents discharged into the environment, although the removal efficiency of WWTP varies based on the techniques used. This main subject is framed within a broader environmental paradigm, such as the transition to a circular economy. The research and innovation within the WWTP will play a key role in improving the water resource management and its surrounding industrial and natural ecosystems. Even though bioremediation is a green technology, its integration into the bio-economy strategy, which improves the quality of the environment, is surprisingly rare if we compare to other corrective techniques (physical and chemical). This work carries out a bibliographic review, since the beginning of the 21st century, on the biological remediation of some PPCPs, focusing on organisms (or their by-products) used at the scale of laboratory or scale-up. PPCPs have been selected on the basics of their occurrence in water resources. The data reveal that, despite the advantages that are associated with bioremediation, it is not the first option in the case of the recovery of systems contaminated with PPCPs. The results also show that fungi and bacteria are the most frequently studied microorganisms, with the latter being more easily implanted in complex biotechnological systems (78% of bacterial manuscripts vs. 40% fungi). A total of 52 works has been published while using microalgae and only in 7% of them, these organisms were used on a large scale. Special emphasis is made on the advantages that are provided by biotechnological systems in series, as well as on the need for eco-toxicological control that is associated with any process of recovery of contaminated systems.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/10/3391microorganismsbioremediationecotoxicologypharmaceuticals and personal care productswaste water treatmentecoremediation |
| spellingShingle | María Carmen Molina Luis Fernando Bautista Myriam Catalá María Rosa de las Heras Pilar Martínez-Hidalgo Jon San-Sebastián Natalia González-Benítez From Laboratory Tests to the Ecoremedial System: The Importance of Microorganisms in the Recovery of PPCPs-Disturbed Ecosystems Applied Sciences microorganisms bioremediation ecotoxicology pharmaceuticals and personal care products waste water treatment ecoremediation |
| title | From Laboratory Tests to the Ecoremedial System: The Importance of Microorganisms in the Recovery of PPCPs-Disturbed Ecosystems |
| title_full | From Laboratory Tests to the Ecoremedial System: The Importance of Microorganisms in the Recovery of PPCPs-Disturbed Ecosystems |
| title_fullStr | From Laboratory Tests to the Ecoremedial System: The Importance of Microorganisms in the Recovery of PPCPs-Disturbed Ecosystems |
| title_full_unstemmed | From Laboratory Tests to the Ecoremedial System: The Importance of Microorganisms in the Recovery of PPCPs-Disturbed Ecosystems |
| title_short | From Laboratory Tests to the Ecoremedial System: The Importance of Microorganisms in the Recovery of PPCPs-Disturbed Ecosystems |
| title_sort | from laboratory tests to the ecoremedial system the importance of microorganisms in the recovery of ppcps disturbed ecosystems |
| topic | microorganisms bioremediation ecotoxicology pharmaceuticals and personal care products waste water treatment ecoremediation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/10/3391 |
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