Multispecies biofilms in fermentation: Biofilm formation, microbial interactions, and communication

S Yao, L Hao, R Zhou, Y **, J Huang… - … reviews in food science …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Food fermentation is driven by microorganisms, which usually coexist as multispecies
biofilms. The activities and interactions of functional microorganisms and pathogenic …

The role of bacterial extracellular polymeric substances in geomicrobiology

J Tourney, BT Ngwenya - Chemical Geology, 2014 - Elsevier
The last two decades have seen geomicrobiology evolve into a broad field encompassing a
wide range of environmentally significant processes such as proton and metal adsorption …

Nano-and microplastics trigger secretion of protein-rich extracellular polymeric substances from phytoplankton

RF Shiu, CI Vazquez, CY Chiang, MH Chiu… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The substantial increase in plastic pollution in marine ecosystems raises concerns about its
adverse impacts on the microbial community. Microorganisms (bacteria, phytoplankton) are …

Comparative efficacy of bio-selenium nanoparticles and sodium selenite on morpho-physiochemical attributes under normal and salt stress conditions, besides …

AM El-Badri, AM Hashem, M Batool, A Sherif… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) have attracted considerable attention globally due to their
significant potential for alleviating abiotic stresses in plants. Accordingly, further research …

[HTML][HTML] Metal recovery by microbial electro-metallurgy

X Dominguez-Benetton, JC Varia, G Pozo… - Progress in Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Raw metals are fundamental to the global economy as they are essential to maintain the
quality of our life as well as industrial performance. A number of metal-bearing aqueous …

Extracellular polymeric substances govern the surface charge of biogenic elemental selenium nanoparticles

R Jain, N Jordan, S Weiss, H Foerstendorf… - Environmental …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The origin of the organic layer covering colloidal biogenic elemental selenium nanoparticles
(BioSeNPs) is not known, particularly in the case when they are synthesized by complex …

Can the protein/carbohydrate (P/C) ratio of exopolymeric substances (EPS) be used as a proxy for their 'stickiness' and aggregation propensity?

PH Santschi, C Xu, KA Schwehr, P Lin, L Sun, WC Chin… - Marine Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Microbially secreted exopolymeric substances (EPS), rich in polysaccharides and proteins,
make up an important part of natural organic matter in the ocean, especially marine snow …

Redox properties of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) from electroactive bacteria

SW Li, GP Sheng, YY Cheng, HQ Yu - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Although the capacity for electroactive bacteria to convert environmental metallic minerals
and organic pollutants is well known, the role of the redox properties of microbial …

The role of microbial exopolymers in determining the fate of oil and chemical dispersants in the ocean

A Quigg, U Passow, WC Chin, C Xu… - Limnology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The production of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) by planktonic microbes can
influence the fate of oil and chemical dispersants in the ocean through emulsification …

Long-term medium chain carboxylic acids production from liquor-making wastewater: parameters optimization and toxicity mitigation

Q Wu, X Feng, W Guo, X Bao, N Ren - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Medium chain carboxylic acids (MCCAs) production from waste biomass by an emerging
open culture chain elongation (CE) technology is a sustainable and affordable approach for …