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ReviewWorld journal of microbiology & biotechnology2026

Role of CRISPR in bioremediation of heavy metal(loid): a breakthrough in environmental biotechnology.

Harshit Mangal, Shivangi Mathur, Sunil Kumar, Anurag Chaurasia, Rajiv Ranjan

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Review in World journal of microbiology & biotechnology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Harshit MangalPlant Molecular Biology Lab, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Dayalbagh, Agra, 282005, India.
Shivangi MathurPlant Molecular Biology Lab, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Dayalbagh, Agra, 282005, India.
Sunil KumarICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India.
Anurag ChaurasiaICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 221305, India. anuragchaurasia.icar@gmail.com.
Rajiv RanjanPlant Molecular Biology Lab, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Dayalbagh, Agra, 282005, India. rajivranjan@dei.ac.in.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A number of technological advancements have made bioremediation an emerging and innovative technology, including its economic viability, increased competence, and natural environment friendliness. The efficiency, scalability, and specificity of conventional physical, chemical, and biological remediation techniques are still limited, despite their partial success. Recent developments in CRISPR-based genome engineering have made it possible to precisely manipulate metal transporters, detoxification enzymes, and stress-response pathways in microorganisms and plants, opening up new possibilities to improve bioremediation. This review offers a thorough and integrated examination of enzyme engineering, biosensing systems, microbial bioremediation, and CRISPR-enabled phytoremediation. This work is novel because it presents a unified roadmap for next-generation bioremediation technologies by integrating CRISPR editing with multi-omics, synthetic biology, and emerging CRISPR-based biosensors. We also go over ecological risks, current difficulties, legal issues, and potential field deployment scenarios in the future. These revelations collectively demonstrate the revolutionary potential of CRISPR in creating highly effective, sustainable, and scalable remedies for heavy metal pollution.

Indexed as

Biodegradation, EnvironmentalBiotechnologyClustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic RepeatsCRISPR-Cas SystemsMetals, HeavyBacteriaBiosensing TechniquesGene EditingPlantsSoil PollutantsMetals, HeavySoil PollutantsCRISPR-Cas9Hyperaccumulators.Microbial bioremediationPhytoremediationSoil contamination

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PMID41498982

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