A review of sulfate-reducing bacteria: Metabolism, influencing factors and application in wastewater treatment

Z Zhang, C Zhang, Y Yang, Z Zhang, Y Tang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the rapid economy and population growth, wastewater containing sulfate originated
from industrial and human activities have gradually become a potential threat to the …

Microbial sulfur metabolism and environmental implications

B Wu, F Liu, W Fang, T Yang, GH Chen, Z He… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sulfur as a macroelement plays an important role in biochemistry in both natural
environments and engineering biosystems, which can be further linked to other important …

Improve niche colonization and microbial interactions for organohalide-respiring-bacteria-mediated remediation of chloroethene-contaminated sites

R Wu, R Shen, Z Liang, S Zheng, Y Yang… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Organohalide-respiring bacteria (OHRB)-mediated reductive dehalogenation is promising in
in situ bioremediation of chloroethene-contaminated sites. The bioremediation efficiency of …

Spatial distribution, bioconversion and ecological risk of PCBs and PBDEs in the surface sediment of contaminated urban rivers: a nationwide study in China

Q Lu, Y Liang, W Fang, KL Guan, C Huang… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Surface sediments of polluted urban rivers can be a reservoir of hydrophobic persistent
organic pollutants (POPs). In this study, we comprehensively assessed the contamination of …

Resuscitation-promoting factor accelerates enrichment of highly active tetrachloroethene/polychlorinated biphenyl-dechlorinating cultures

X Su, M **e, Z Han, Y **ao, R Wang… - Applied and …, 2023 - journals.asm.org
The anaerobic bioremediation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) is largely impeded by
difficulties in massively enriching PCB dechlorinators in short periods of time …

Global prevalence of organohalide-respiring bacteria dechlorinating polychlorinated biphenyls in sewage sludge

G Xu, S Zhao, MJ Rogers, C Chen, J He - Microbiome, 2024 - Springer
Background Massive amounts of sewage sludge are generated during biological sewage
treatment and are commonly subjected to anaerobic digestion, land application, and landfill …

Degradation or humification: rethinking strategies to attenuate organic pollutants

S Wang, Y Wang, X He, Q Lu - Trends in Biotechnology, 2022 - cell.com
The fate of organic pollutants in environmental matrices can be determined by degradation
and humification. The humification process represents a promising strategy to remove …

Deciphering microbiomes dozens of meters under our feet and their edaphoclimatic and spatial drivers

H He, J Zhou, Y Wang, S Jiao, X Qian… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Microbes inhabiting deep soil layers are known to be different from their counterpart in
topsoil yet remain under investigation in terms of their structure, function, and how their …

Plastisphere microbiomes respiring persistent organohalide pollutants

J Liu, G Xu, S Zhao, J He - Environmental Science & Technology, 2024 - ACS Publications
Plastics are invading nearly all ecosystems on earth, acting as emerging repositories for
toxic organic pollutants and thereby imposing substantial threats to ecological integrity. The …

In situ reductive dehalogenation of groundwater driven by innovative organic carbon source materials: Insights into the organohalide-respiratory electron transport …

Y Yu, Y Zhang, Y Liu, M Lv, Z Wang, L Wen… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
In situ bioremediation using organohalide-respiring bacteria (OHRB) is a prospective
method for the removal of persistent halogenated organic pollutants from groundwater, as …