Risky Ayu Kristanti, Rheva Amadea, Tony Hadibarata, Fitria Ningsih
Emerging pollutants (EPs) include pharmaceuticals, dyes, hormones, personal care products, pesticides, and surfactants. They impose dangerous environmental and human health risks through hormonal disruption and toxic effects. As EPs increasingly prevail in the environment, their eventual treatment before release into environment becomes more important. Though chemical and physical remediation methods are available, bioremediation is most economical as well as sustainable hence preferred. Extremophiles due to resistance against harsh condition besides possessing unique enzymatic capabilities inside them make potential candidates both for bioremediation and other biotechnological applications/processes. This paper discusses very unique features possessed by marine extremophiles and adaptations involved in pollutant degradation. Their mechanisms and future direction are also discussed. © 2026 Elsevier B.V.
Research Center for Oceanology, National Research and Innovation Agency, Pasir Putih I, Jakarta, 14430, Indonesia; Faculty of Biology, Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Rawamangun Muka, Jakarta, 13220, Indonesia; Environmental Engineering Program, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University Malaysia, CDT 250, Miri, Malaysia; Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Indonesia, Kampus UI Depok, Depok, 16424, Indonesia; Center of Excellence for Indigenous Biological Resources-Genome Studies, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Indonesia, Kampus UI Depok, Depok, 16424, Indonesia
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