Cyanobacteria: Photoautotrophic Microbial Factories for the Sustainable Synthesis of Industrial Products

Table 2

Potential uses of cyanobacteria in bioremediation of wastewater.

Cyanobacteria	Types of wastewater	Compounds removed	References
Phormidium bohneri	Industrial effluent (cheese factory)	and	[19]
Phormidium bohneri	Swine manure effluent	and	[20]
Oscillatoria sp.	Activated sludge effluent	and	[21]
Schizothrix calcicola, Phormidium subfuscum, Phormidium tenue, and Oscillatoria sp.	Synthetic wastewater	and
Spirulina indica, Spirulina maxima, and Spirulina platensis	Synthetic heavy metal solution	Nickel and zinc	[22]
Anabaena doliolum, Chlorella vulgaris	Synthetic wastewater	Copper, iron, , and	[23]
Nostoc  sp. PCC 7936	Industrial wastewater [chromium (VI) plating industry]	Chromium (VI)	[24]
Anabaena oryzae, Anabaena variabilis, and; Tolypothrix ceytonica	Mixed domestic-industrial wastewater	Organic matter, copper, and zinc	[25]
Synechocystis sp. PUPCCC 64	Synthetic insecticide solution	Chlorpyrifos	[26]
Westiellopsis prolifica, Nostoc hatei, and; Anabaena sphaerica	Synthetic insecticide solution	Carbofuran, chlorpyrifos, and endosulfan	[27]
Synechocystis sp. PUPCCC 64	Synthetic herbicide solution	Anilofos	[28]
Anabaena oryzae, Nostoc muscorum, and; Spirulina platensis	Synthetic pesticide solution	Malathion	[29]