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The Yamuna is the source of key water supply in the national capital region of India. Due to its immense importance, the pollution of Yamuna has become an imperative issue of study. Various initiatives have been taken by the Indian Government to decontaminate this river, but so far no possible outcome has been obtained. Therefore bioremediation may seem to be a promising approach. To assess the bioremediation potential of the microbes at river Yamuna, study of microbial diversity was carried out. Escherichia, Pseudomonas, Bacillus, Thermomicrobium, Azoarcus, Nitrosomonas and Shigella were the dominant genera present at the contaminated river coastal zone. The presence of Escherichia and Shigella indicated the sewage contamination in the river. On the other hand, the presence of Pseudomonas and Bacillus indicated the existence of indigenous bacterial communities capable of de-polluting the river, thus providing a promising approach to decontaminate Yamuna by natural means.
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Dubey, M., Yadav, G., Kapuria, A. et al. Exploring bacterial diversity from contaminated soil samples from river Yamuna. Microbiology 83, 585–588 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026261714050099
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