ABSTRACT
Environmental pollution of the total environment (water, soil, and air) due to anthropogenic activities has resulted in more number of human deaths. The concentration of several pollutants is beyond the threshold level, and there is an urgent need to bring down the concentration of pollutants. Physical, chemical, or biological methods employed in decontaminating pollutants can remove pollutants to some extent. But the efficiency of all these methods does not match with the frequency of pollutants being released into the environment by human activities at present. To avoid changes in Earth due to pollutants, there is a need for permanent solution. Bioremediation of polluted sites using microorganisms is an emerging, eco-friendly, and cost-effective method to decontaminate the sites using microorganisms. Microorganisms can utilize the pollutants’ carbon source to completely mineralize or to transform pollutants into non-toxic forms by the enzymes they possess. This study reviews emerging pollutants in the environment and microorganisms capable of successfully removing these pollutants.
