Quorum quenching in membrane bioreactors for fouling retardation: complexity provides opportunities

B Xu, Q Su, Y Yang, S Huang, Y Yang… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The occurrence of biofouling restricts the widespread application of membrane bioreactors
(MBRs) in wastewater treatment. Regulation of quorum sensing (QS) is a promising …

Exploring the function of quorum sensing regulated biofilms in biological wastewater treatment: A review

S Sahreen, H Mukhtar, K Imre, A Morar… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Quorum sensing (QS), a type of bacterial cell–cell communication, produces autoinducers
which help in biofilm formation in response to cell population density. In this review, biofilm …

Enhancing biolipid production and self-flocculation of Chlorella vulgaris by extracellular polymeric substances from granular sludge with CO2 addition: microscopic …

X Liu, B Ji, A Li - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Microalgae-bacteria symbiotic systems were known to have great potential for simultaneous
water purification and resource recovery, among them, microalgae-bacteria biofilm/granules …

New insight on occurrence of liquid crystal monomers: A class of emerging e-waste pollutants in municipal landfill leachate

Q **, D Tao, Y Lu, J Sun, CH Lam, G Su… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Liquid crystal monomers (LCMs) have been proposed as a class of emerging organic
pollutants, which were recently detected in indoor dust and sediment samples collected near …

Accelerated performance recovery of anaerobic granular sludge after temperature shock: Rapid construction of protective barriers (EPS) to optimize microbial …

L Lv, C Feng, W Li, Z Ren, P Wang, X Liu, W Gao… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Poor temperature shock resistance of anaerobic granular sludge (AnGS) is one of its main
disadvantages. In this study, enhancing the temperature shock resistance of AnGS by …

Enhancing quorum quenching media with 3D robust electrospinning coating: A novel biofouling control strategy for membrane bioreactors

H Pang, J Huang, X Li, K Yi, S Li, Z Liu, W Zhang… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Bacterial quorum quenching (QQ) is an effective strategy for controlling biofouling in
membrane bioreactor (MBR) by interfering the releasing and degradation of signal …

Effect of quorum quenching on EPS and size-fractioned particles and organics in anaerobic membrane bioreactor for domestic wastewater treatment

B Xu, TCA Ng, S Huang, HY Ng - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Quorum quenching (QQ) has been applied as a promising membrane fouling control
strategy for anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBRs). Nevertheless, long-term operation …

N-Acyl-Homoserine Lactone (AHL)-Mediated Microalgal–Bacterial Communication Driving Chlorella-Activated Sludge Bacterial Biofloc Formation

H Wang, P Wu, D Zheng, L Deng… - Environmental Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
N-acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs) as autoinducers of Gram-negative bacteria for quorum
sensing regulation have shown positive effects on the production of aromatic proteins in …

Metabolomics uncovers adaptation discrepancy among anammox granular sludge with different granule size: Metabolic pathway regulation by consortia cooperation

C Ma, W Zeng, J Li, S Li, Y Peng - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The relationship between granular size and anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox)
performance in the anammox granular sludge (AnGS) system has been extensively …

Efficient nitrogen removal of mangrove constructed wetlands: Enhancing heterotrophic nitrification-aerobic denitrification microflora through quorum sensing

L Zhao, G Fu, J Tang, J Wu, W Pang, Z Guo - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
There are a large number of heterotrophic nitrifying aerial denitrifying (HN-AD) bacteria in
mangrove wetlands. They have a certain salt tolerance and high nitrogen removal potential …