Recommended Reading

This library is to be used as a bioremediation resource. The library mainly consists of published articles, books, and community projects relevant to our investigation of biological organisms being utilized to remedy pollutants. Check out our educational series for video format of highlighted organisms or our how-tos for cultivation purposes here!

Bioremediation Books and Other Researchers

Earth Repair: Leila Darwish

Earth Repair describes a host of powerful grassroots bioremediation techniques, including:

  • Microbial remediation-using microorganisms to break down and bind contaminants
  • Phytoremediation-using plants to extract, bind, and transform toxins
  • Mycoremediation-using fungi to clean up contaminated soil and water.

Corenewal: Maya Elson and Mia Maltz

CoRenewal (formerly known as Amazon MycoRenewal Project) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to providing education and research in ecosystem restoration, health and healing, and sustainable community dynamics. 

Mycoevolve: Jess Ann Ruben Yepeth Perla

MycoEvolve aims to reconcile how humans have and are disturbing earth’s balance. Through research, earthworks, and education we support land tenders to consciously, diversify habitat in ways that support pollinators and their food web neighborhood.

Fungi for the People: Ja Schindler

Fungi For the People is a project created to educate the interested on
various topics of mycology and to instigate radical advances in the ways that humans interact with the 5th kingdom. 

 

Bioremediation Articles

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Fungi

Soil

Bioaugmentation of Native Fungi, an Efficient Strategy for the Bioremediation of an Aged Industrially Polluted Soil With Heavy Hydrocarbons: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.626436/full

Enhancement of bioconversion of high-molecular mass polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in contaminated non-sterile soil by litter-decomposing fungi: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17091353/

In vitro study of mycoremediation of cypermethrin-contaminated soils in different regions of Punjab: https://annalsmicrobiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1007/s13213-015-1033-1

Polythene and Plastics-degrading microbes from the mangrove
soil: https://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442003000300003

Water

Expression of exogenously introduced β-galactosidase gene in a tropical, marine, oil-degrading strain of Yarrowia lipolytica: https://www.jstor.org/stable/24101453?refreqid=excelsior%3A63f8c0b9e4dbb88653168bf9e5a26bfe

Prospects for Fungal Bioremediation of Acidic Radioactive Waste Sites: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29375494/

Potential of White-Rot Fungi to Treat Xenobiotic-Containing Wastewater: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-42852-9_5

Air

Other

Degradation of environmental pollutants by Phanerochaete chrysosporium: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24193974/

Mineralization of RDX by the White Rot Fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium to Carbon Dioxide and Nitrous Oxide: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/44052327_Mineralization_of_RDX_by_the_White_Rot_Fungus_Phanerochaete_chrysosporium_to_Carbon_Dioxide_and_Nitrous_Oxide

Plants

Soil

Water

Air

Other

Bacteria

Soil

Water

Microbial Degradation of Nitroaromatic Compounds: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0065216408702508?via%3Dihub

Air

Other

Animals

Soil

Water

Air

Other

Multi-Species

Effect of plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPR) and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) inoculation on oats in saline-alkali soil contaminated by petroleum to enhance phytoremediation: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25091168/

Mycorrhizal fungi enhance accumulation and tolerance of chromium in
sunflower (Helianthus annuus): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0176161704700954