Roles of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in improving metabolism and cometabolism of trace organic chemicals in biological wastewater treatment processes: a review

MN Kumwimba, F Meng - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
While there has been a significant recent improvement in the removal of pollutants in natural
and engineered systems, trace organic chemicals (TrOCs) are posing a major threat to …

Occurrence and removal of 17α-ethynylestradiol (EE2) in municipal wastewater treatment plants: Current status and challenges

Z Tang, Z Liu, H Wang, Z Dang, Y Liu - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
As a synthetic estrogen, 17α-ethynylestradiol (EE2) has been known to show the strong
estrogenic potency. This work critically reviewed the occurrence and removal of EE2 in …

A review: driving factors and regulation strategies of microbial community structure and dynamics in wastewater treatment systems

Y Chen, S Lan, L Wang, S Dong, H Zhou, Z Tan, X Li - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
The performance and stabilization of biological wastewater treatment systems 1 are closely
related to the microbial community structure and dynamics. In this paper, the effects and …

Soil fertility and crop production are fostered by micro-nano bubble irrigation with associated changes in soil bacterial community

Y Zhou, F Bastida, B Zhou, Y Sun, T Gu, S Li… - Soil Biology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The improvement of aeration conditions in the rhizosphere is beneficial for crop growth and
productivity. However, its effects on the soil microbial community are less known. Due to …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting and improving the microbial removal of organic micropollutants during wastewater treatment: A review

AB Rios-Miguel, TJHM van Bergen, C Zillien… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Organic micropollutants (OMPs) consist of widely used chemicals such as pharmaceuticals
and pesticides that can persist in surface and groundwaters at low concentrations (ng/L to …

Impact of external carbon dose on the removal of micropollutants using methanol and ethanol in post-denitrifying Moving Bed Biofilm Reactors

E Torresi, ME Casas, F Polesel, BG Plósz… - Water Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Addition of external carbon sources to post-denitrification systems is frequently used in
wastewater treatment plants to enhance nitrate removal. However, little is known about the …

Micropollutant transformation and taxonomic composition in hybrid MBBR–A comparison of carrier-attached biofilm and suspended sludge

D Wolff, L Helmholz, S Castronovo, AK Ghattas… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The suspended sludge and carrier-attached biofilms of three different hybrid moving bed
biofilm reactor (MBBR) systems were investigated with respect to their transformation …

[HTML][HTML] Removal of organic micropollutants from municipal wastewater by aerobic granular sludge and conventional activated sludge

C Burzio, J Ekholm, O Modin, P Falås, O Svahn… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Removal performances of organic micropollutants by conventional activated sludge (CAS)
and aerobic granular sludge (AGS) were investigated at a full-scale wastewater treatment …

Aeration increases soil bacterial diversity and nutrient transformation under mulching-induced hypoxic conditions

Z Qian, S Zhuang, J Gao, L Tang… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil oxygen (O 2) deficiency induced by organic mulching is easy to overlook. Aeration has
been shown to potentially alleviate soil hypoxia stress. However, the responses of soil …

Predominance of comammox bacteria among ammonia oxidizers under low dissolved oxygen condition

M Zheng, G Mu, A Zhang, J Wang, F Chang, J Niu… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Although low-oxygen nitrification can significantly cut down the aeration demand in
wastewater treatment plants, little is known about the community dynamics of relevant …