Table 1: Some immobilized cells for use in biodegradation compounds.

Compounds Degraded	Carriers	Microorganisms	REFERENCES
acrylamide	alginate	Pseudomonas sp. and Xanthomonas maltophilia	[54]
Cadmium and Zinc	alginate	Pseudomonas fluorescens G7	[55]
2-chloroethanol	sand	Pseudomonas putida US2	[56]
cyanuric acid	Granular clay	Pseudomonas sp. NRRL B-12228	[57]
Diesel oil	Polyvinyl alcohol	Hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria	[58]
Ethylbenzene	Alginate, agar, polyacrylamide	Pseudomonas fluorescens-CS2	[59]
Mercury	alginate	nitrogen-fixing bacteria (NFB)	[60]
naphthalene	alginate, agar and polyacrylamide	Pseudomonas sp. strain NGK 1	[61]
p-Nitrophenol	diatomaceous earth	Pseudomonas sp.	[62]
pentachlorophenol	polyurethane	Flavobacterium sp.	[63]
Pentachlorophenol	alginate	Phanerochaete chrysosporium	[64]
Pentachlorophenol	k-Carrageenan	Pseudomonas sp. UG30	[65]
phenol	Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)	Acinetobacter sp.strain PD12	[66]
phenol	agar	methanogenic consortium	[67]
Phenol,trichloroethane	Chitosan	Pseudomonas putida BCRc14349	[68]
sodium cyanide and acetonitrile	alginate	Pseudomonas putida	[69]
Sodium dodecyl sulfare (SDS)	polaycrylamide	Pseudomonas C12B	[70]
2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT)	alginate	Arthrobacter sp.	[71]
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol	k-Carrageenan/gelatin gel	Microbial consortium	[72]