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Interaction Algae–Bacteria Consortia: A New Application of Heavy Metals Bioremediation

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Recently, bioremediation using algae–bacteria consortia for decontamination of crude oil, hydrocarbonates, organophosphate pesticides, and heavy metals among other contaminants, has been explored as a new environmental biotechnological approach. Genera such as Achromobacter, Pseudomonas, and the like have been identified as having high efficiency levels. In the same way, bacterial–microalgal and bacterial–fungal consortiums (e.g., Ceriporiopsis subvermispora—Cellulomonas sp., Azospirillum brasilense; artificial consortiums such as Scenedesmus obliquus GH2—Sphingomonas GY2B inter alia), have been subjected to different environmental contaminants and have given valuable information for the development of systems from matrices recovery. In Buenaventura, Colombia, we detected biological interaction between the red alga Bostrychia calliptera (Ceramiales) and a novel bacterial consortium, with three morphotypes displaying high efficiency for Cr(VI) removal. The results demonstrated that an algae–bacterial consortium is more effective in the process than free algae, acknowledging the importance of this type of interaction. This review gives an insight on tropical natural remediation processes, and how to make advances in laboratory strategies.

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  1. Departament of Biology, Biology of Plants and Microorganism Research Group, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

    Ana Lucia Rengifo-Gallego B.Sc., Biological. Sciences. Ph.D. Student.

  2. Biology Department, Biology of Plants and Microorganism Research Group, Universidad del Valle, Bogota, Cundinamarca, Colombia

    Ana Lucia Rengifo-Gallego B.Sc., Biological. Sciences. Ph.D. Student.

  3. Department of Biology, Universidad del Valle, Calle 13 N° 100-00, Cali, Valle, Colombia

    Enrique Javier Peña Salamanca Ph.D.

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  2. Centre for Biotechnology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, India

    Sarvajeet Singh Gill

  3. Centre for Biotechnology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, India

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Rengifo-Gallego, A.L., Salamanca, E.J.P. (2015). Interaction Algae–Bacteria Consortia: A New Application of Heavy Metals Bioremediation. In: Ansari, A., Gill, S., Gill, R., Lanza, G., Newman, L. (eds) Phytoremediation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10969-5_6

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