Assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contamination in the Sundarbans, the world’s largest tidal mangrove forest and indigenous microbial mixed biofilm-based removal of the contaminants
Saranya Balu, Shantanu Bhunia, Ratan Gachhui, Joydeep Mukherjee
Topics & Concepts
FluorantheneEnvironmental chemistryPyreneAcenaphtheneChemistryMangroveContaminationLaboratory flaskBiofilmPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbonAnthraceneMicrobial population biologyBiotaPhenanthreneEcologyBiologyOrganic chemistryBacteriaGeneticsMicroplastics and Plastic PollutionToxic Organic Pollutants ImpactMicrobial bioremediation and biosurfactants