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Phytoremediation of bauxite wastewater potentiality by Jatropa curcas

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Bauxite wastewater creates soil contamination and produces toxic effects on human health such as respiratory and skin rash problems. In this study, we investigated the phytoremediation ability of Jatropha curcas to remove bauxite wastewater from soil. Pot experiments were conducted to investigate the bauxite wastewater on the phytoremediation potential of J. curcas grown in contaminated soils. J. curcas exhibited a significant increase in plant growth leaf, root activity, plant height, and plant shoot when grown in bauxite contaminated soils compared with J. curcas grown in uncontaminated soils after 30 d treatment. Under bauxite exposure, a higher aluminium removal (88.5%) was observed in soils planted with J. curcas than unplanted soils (39.6%). The bioconcentration factor was also found to be 5.62, indicating that J. curcas have great tolerance and hyperaccumulator of aluminium under high aluminium concentrations and are capable of phytoextraction of soil contaminated with bauxite wastewater.

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This research was financially supported by Kurita Water Environment Foundation Grant (Vote 17P013) which is gratefully acknowledged; additional support from the Researchers supporting project number (RSP-2021/189), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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  1. Research Center for Oceanography, National Research and Innovation Agency, Jakarta, 14430, Indonesia

    Risky Ayu Kristanti

  2. Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26300, Gambang, Pahang, Malaysia

    Priyatharishini Mardarveran

  3. Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

    Khalid S. Almaary & Mohamed S. Elshikh

  4. Genetics and Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, International University of Sarajevo, 71210, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Mohamed Ragab AbdelGawwad

  5. Environmental Science Program, Division of Science and Technology, BNU-HKBU UIC, 2000 Jintong Road, Tangjiawan, Zhuhai, 519087, GD, China

    Daniel Kuok Ho Tang

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Kristanti, R.A., Mardarveran, P., Almaary, K.S. et al. Phytoremediation of bauxite wastewater potentiality by Jatropa curcas. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 46, 373–379 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00449-022-02745-5

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