An Investigation of The Use of Mushrooms in The Research on Environmental Pollution
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: Efforts to eliminate environmental pollution are becoming more and more important. Because, with the rapidly increasing world population and technological developments, natural resources are rapidly being destroyed. In this respect, it is widely believed that 100 years later, human beings will find it difficult to find water and nutrients and environmental pollution will reach serious levels. These environmental impurities are known to be of organic, inorganic and biological origin. In terms of toxic effects, heavy metal group is more prominent. These pollutants can interfere with soil, air and water resources and threaten living things. The most important part of the studies in the prevention of environmental pollution is the cost of plant or application investment, additional consumables and chemical needs, operating costs and toxic effects of the outputs (such as a waste sludge) after treatment. Therefore, the use and investigation of the easier and economical application of natural products in environmental studies is gaining importance. In this study, the usability of fungi growing naturally in environmental pollution prevention studies were investigated. In the literature, some studies have been identified that remove pollutants with mushrooms and their process, fungus and optimization criteria were compared. The achievements were shared with the values and what kind of pollutants were removed. In the light of the information presented in this study, it was observed that parameter “ Pleurotus mushroom” species were more preferred in these studies and high pollutant parameter removal was obtained.
Source: Mantar dergisi
Author: Muhammed Kamil Öden
Language: English
Subfield: Pollution
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2998672057