As industry expanded and oil consumption rose, there were an increasing number of maritime oil pollution incidents, particularly those involving the production, processing, transportation, and use of oil. In 2022, oil pollution affected the beaches and waters in the centre of Peru. Many biological deaths were brought on in 2021 by the crude oil spill, which reached a volume of 126,000 gallons. A serious hazard to the marine and biological environment as well as a hidden risk to human health was posed by the introduction of several additional toxic and harmful compounds into the water. Finding a technology to stop oil pollution is therefore vital.

Oil boom, combustion, and settling agents were created to eliminate marine oil pollution, and they are often suitable for large concentrations of oil contamination as well as some more urgent conditions. In the interim, adsorption techniques offer the benefits of low cost and high efficiency for low amounts of residual oil. Fortunately, Enteromorpha are efficient at removing nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) and heavy metal pollution because to their huge biomass and high specific surface area. Additionally, Enteromorpha is now available as an adsorption material thanks to the recent outbreak of the disease in the Yellow Sea.

However, it has hydrophilic and oleophilic regions, which considerably reduces its ability to store oil pollutants and prevents the widespread application of seawater that has been contaminated by oil. Fortunately, we were able to successfully modify Enteromorpha with C14H32O3Si in order to make it hydrophobic and oleophilic. Organosilane-modified Enteromorpha's porous structure and hydrophobic-oleophilic traits can react with diesel oil to draw it out of seawater. However, the capacity of organosilane-modified Enteromorpha to adsorb diesel oil is limited, and desorption may take place during the prolonged treatment of saltwater contaminated with diesel oil, leading to secondary contamination. Additionally, there are numerous successful uses for microbes in engineering. Additionally, active functional groups on microorganisms' cell walls can increase their ability to adsorb diesel oil.

However, the broad use of microorganisms for such applications may be constrained by their susceptibility to environmental contaminants and significant fluctuations in marine ambient conditions. Some researchers treated wastewater that included nutrients with a combination of bacteria and algae and saw higher nutrient removal rates. As a result, bacteria may have better effects when used as a protective strategy. Fortunately, Enteromorpha was thought to be a potent carrier for immobilising germs since it offers a good environment for microbes to live in and serves as a carbon source and energy source for their growth. However, little study has been done on the use of microbes and Enteromorpha together to remediate saltwater contaminated with diesel.