Department of Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan.
School of Medicine, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, 232001, Anhui, China.
World J Microbiol Biotechnol. 2024 Mar 4;40(4):120. doi: 10.1007/s11274-024-03910-6.
Endocrine disruption compounds can be found in various daily products, like pesticides, along with cosmetic and pharmaceutical commodities. Moreover, occurrence of EDCs in the wastewater alarms the urgency for their removal before discharge owing to the harmful effect for the environment and human health. Compared to implementation of physical and chemical strategies, cultivation of photosynthetic microorganisms has been acknowledged for their high efficiency and eco-friendly process in EDCs removal along with accumulation of valuable byproducts. During the process, photosynthetic microorganisms remove EDCs via photodegradation, bio-adsorption, -accumulation, and -degradation. Regarding their high tolerance in extreme environment, photosynthetic microorganisms have high feasibility for implementation in wastewater treatment plant. However, several considerations are critical for their scaling up process. This review discussed the potency of EDCs removal by photosynthetic microorganisms and focused on the efficiency, mechanism, challenge, along with the prospect. Details on the mechanism's pathway, accumulation of valuable byproducts, and recent progress in scaling up and application in real wastewater were also projected in this review.
内分泌干扰化合物存在于各种日常产品中，如农药，以及化妆品和药品。此外，由于对环境和人类健康的有害影响，废水中外源性化合物的存在提醒人们在排放前必须将其去除。与实施物理和化学策略相比，利用光合微生物在去除外源性化合物的同时积累有价值的副产品方面，因其高效和环保的过程而得到认可。在这个过程中，光合微生物通过光降解、生物吸附、积累和降解来去除外源性化合物。鉴于其在极端环境中的高耐受性，光合微生物在污水处理厂中的应用具有很高的可行性。然而，在扩大规模的过程中，有几个因素需要考虑。本综述讨论了光合微生物去除外源性化合物的能力，并重点介绍了其效率、机制、挑战以及前景。本综述还详细介绍了该机制的途径、有价值副产品的积累，以及在实际废水中的扩大规模和应用的最新进展。
