Bioprospecting culturable and unculturable microbial consortia through metagenomics for bioremediation

• DOI: 10.1016/j.clce.2022.100017
• Publication Date: 2022-04-06T01:38:14Z
• Authors: Atif Khurshid Wani; Nahid Akhtar; Nafiaah Naqash; Chirag Chopra; Reena Singh; Vineet Kumar; Sunil Kumar; Sikandar I. Mulla; Juliana Heloisa P...
• Keywords: Bioprospecting

With the enormous increase in population and industrial network, harmful pollutants affecting biota have also escalated. The are consumed by living organisms directly or indirectly reducing animal economic wellbeing. degradation of contaminants is imperative owing to prolonged persistence like plastics, heavy metals, pesticides, dyes, pharmaceuticals, hydrocarbons. Remediation such requires efficient methods prevent mobilizing-contaminants leaching into soil finally human beings. In this regard, metagenomics (MGs), a non-culturable technique, involving direct recovery genetic material from environmental samples an effective tool for understanding remediation process mediated microorganisms their gene products enzymes. MGs offers gateway previously hidden microbial communities grown normal extreme environment through sequence-based function-based approaches. culture-independent approach combination with other meta-omics approaches involves easy rapid method selection remediation-efficient microbes. This paper elucidates negative implications several on terrestrial aquatic besides highlighting role associated characterizing contaminant degrading research related bioremediation can help generate information that will improve aid deciphering complete microbe-mediated mechanism pathways. future be helpful comprehensively understand mechanisms involved bioremediation, develop new strategies models application rapid, accurate optimize technique. Furthermore, determine diversity specific genes act as pollution biomarkers.