Review Article
Potential Applications of Cyanobacteria in Industrial Effluents-A Review
| Subramaniyan Vijayakumar* | |
| Department of Botany & Microbiology, A.V.V.M Sri pushpam College (Autonomous) Poondi-613503, Thanjavur, Tamilnadu, India | |
| Corresponding Author : | Subramaniyan Vijayakumar Department of Botany & Microbiology A.V.V.M Sri pushpam College (Autonomous) Poondi-613503 Thanjavur, Tamilnadu, India E-mail: svijaya_kumar2579@rediffmail.com |
| Received April 06, 2012; Accepted May 23, 2012; Published May 25, 2012 | |
| Citation: Vijayakumar S (2012) Potential Applications of Cyanobacteria in Industrial Effluents-A Review. J Bioremed Biodeg 3:154.. doi: 10.4172/2155-6199.1000154 | |
| Copyright: © 2012 Vijayakumar S. This is an open-a ccess article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
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Abstract
Biodiversity and its application of cyanobacteria for the treatment of domestic and industrial effluents have received more attention during the recent years. Cyanobacteria have the capacity to utilize nitrogenous compounds, ammonia and phosphates; in addition, they accumulate metal ions such as Cr, Co, Cu and Zn very effectively. It has been observed that immobilized cyanobacteria have greater potential than its counterparts, i.e., free cells. Immobilization of cyanobacteria has been widely reported with considerable success. The present study focused attention on the review of papers potential application of cyanobacteria for the removal of heavy metal ions, nutrients, pesticide from the waste water of different effluents.
