Ajaya Kumar Rout, Sangita Dixit, Partha Sarathi Tripathy, Sushree Swati Rout, Satya Narayan Parida, Pranaya Kumar Parida, Dhruba Jyoti Sarkar, Basanta Kumar Das, Ashok Kumar Singh, Bijay Kumar Behera
The Ganga is the largest river in India, serves as a lifeline for agriculture, drinking water, and religious rites. However, it became highly polluted due to the influx of industrial wastes and untreated sewages, leading to the decline of aquatic biodiversity. This study investigated the microbial diversity and plastic-xenobiotic degrading enzymes of six sediment metagenomes of river Ganga at Prayagraj (RDG, TSG, SDG) and Devprayag (KRG, BNG, BRG). The water quality parameters, higher values of BOD (1.8-3.7 ppm), COD (23-29...
April 21, 2024: Journal of Hazardous Materials