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]