Bioremediation: Perspectives of the use biopolymers systems for slow release nutrients

Authors

  • Fernanda Veloso de Carvalho
  • Luísa Vieira da Silva
  • Thuanny Moraes de Almeida
  • Fernando Gomes de Souza Junior Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8332-4953
  • Selma Gomes Ferreira Leite
  • Ivonete Oliveira Barcellos
  • Eldho Elias
  • Sabu Thomas
  • Kaushik Pal
  • Thinakaran Narayanan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55747/bjedis.v1i2.48397

Keywords:

Data analysis, Statistical analysis, Bioremediation, Biopolymer, Slow release systems, Microbial activity, Xenobiotic compounds

Abstract

Biostimulation (microbial stimulation) is the most effective bioremediation strategy, thus it’s widely used in Brazil, and is highlighted for its simplicity and low cost. In biostimulation, polymeric systems are used in controlled release of nutrients (SRN) in order to maintain their adequate concentration to stimulate xenobiotic molecule-degrading microorganisms. The use of biopolymers systems ensures biodegradability, low cost and low toxicity over synthetic ones. Despite advances in studies with naturally occurring polymers, few are used as SRN for bioremediation applications. Thus, there are still remaining gaps to be filled concerning release efficiency, and effects on microbial growth and degradation of xenobiotics. Therefore, this work aims to explore the results and advances of these biopolymeric systems used in SRN and their future perspectives in bioremediation.

Author Biography

Fernando Gomes de Souza Junior, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Associate (III) Prof. Fernando Gomes: Expertise focused in the use of renewable resources and nanocomposites in sensors, drug delivery and environmental recovery. Coordination of more than ten research projects with financial support from Brazilian government sponsoring agencies. Published 160 scientific articles plus 13 accepted for publication during 2021. Published 8 books. Among them,3 chemistry books in Portuguese and 3 books about Biopolymers in English. He has published more than two hundred papers in Conferences and Scientific meetings. Co-convener of the Sixth International Conference on Natural Polymers, Biopolymers and biomaterials: Applications from macro to nanoscale (http://www.biopolymers.macromol.in/), Chairman of the Fifth International Conference on Natural Polymers, Biopolymers and biomaterials: Applications from macro to nanoscale (https://www.icnp2017rio.com/) and Chaiman of the 1st Brazilian Conference on Design of Experiments and Data Analysis (https://sites.google.com/pent.coppe.ufrj.br/conbrapa2020). Supervisor of 128 undergraduate students; 29 M.Sc. students, 14 Ph.D. students and 6 Post Doc. Nowadays I am the supervisor of 11 undergraduate students; 7 M.Sc. students, 10 Ph.D. students and 3 Post Doc. Associate Editor of the MedCrave Online Journal (MOJ) Polymer Science (ISSN: 2574-9773) since 2017. Editor of the Academic Journal of Polymer Science (ISSN: 2641-8282), since 2018. Member of the Editorial Board of Composite Interfaces (ISSN: 0927-6440), since 2021. Member of the editorial board of Current Applied Polymer Science (ISSN 2452-2716) since 2016 and Editor-in-Chief of Current Applied Polymer Science (ISSN 2452-2716) since 2020. Professor Gomes has founded the Brazilian Journal of Experimental Design, Data Analysis and Inferential Statistics in 2021, acting as its 1st Editor-in-Chief. Awardedtwice as Young Scientist of Rio de Janeiro State (FAPERJ 2011 and 2014), Chair Professorship on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology - Mahatma Gandhi University – India (2018), member of Post Graduate Program in Science and Technology of Polymers of the Macromolecules Institute / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) since 2008, member of Post Graduate Program in Civil Engineering (COPPE/UFRJ) between 2015-2019 and member of Post Graduate Program in Nanotechnology (COPPE/UFRJ) since 2019.

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Published

2021-12-01

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2021)

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