European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

Abstract

Heavy metals in the environments are of major threat to the entire civilization at present time as they are highly toxic even at low concentration. The state of the art methods to remove the heavy metals form food and water etc. is bio remediation techniques. The traditional method of physico-chemical separation technique is expensive and creates lots of chemical wastes and thereby causing environmental pollutions. This article reviews how microorganism can be utilized to purify a solution contaminated with heavy metal.