bioremediation

Solutions to some of the globe’s most daunting environmental challenges may be closer than you think. Scientists are harnessing nature to clean up toxic chemicals and mining waste.

Scientific Reports, Published online: 18 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-40806-x Bioremediation of low-density polyethylene microplastics using red microalga porphyridium purpureum: a biotechnological perspective

Industrial activities and legacy contamination have generated metal-laden soils, radionuclide plumes, solvent-saturated sediments, and acidified pollutants. These are complex, hostile matrices where chemical treatments often redistribute rather than eliminate hazards, and where conventional mesophilic microbes cannot survive. Extremophiles, particularly species within the genus Deinococcus, repre…

What if the solution to heavy metal pollution was hiding in a steaming, toxic hot spring? We found Raoultella ornithinolytica LAM1 in Los Azufres, Mexico, and its genome reveals an extraordinary toolkit for bioremediation.

* By Stephen Newman, Ph.D. Many products are sold for use in aquaculture, ostensibly to improve outcomes. Considering the global market, all too often many of these products are potentially of limited use and the purveyors often rely on natural pond to pond variability for marketing and claims of efficacy. The handful of products that […]

Pure Algae’s bioremediation technology is designed to turn excess emissions into a financially attractive proposition for recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) farms. With several setups operational in labs and production containers across Europe, the company…

New Villages for 2023: Space, Agriculture, and Bioremediation The iGEM 2023 Competition season is about to begin. As you and your teammates think about projects, you’ll also want to consider what Village you would like to join. Villages (previously called Tracks) represent the topics that iGEMers are most interested in working on, and serve to bring together teams that are focused on solving spec…