Although there are no legal discharge limits for micropollutants into the environment, some
regulations have been published in the last few years. Recently, a watch list of substances …

Characteristic emerging pollutants at low concentration have raised much attention for
causing a bottleneck in water remediation, especially in complex water matrices where high …

Hormone active agents constitute a dangerous class of pollutants. Among them, those
agents that mimic the action of estrogens on target cells and are part of the group of …

Exposure to mycotoxins, secondary metabolites produced by fungi, may infer serious risks
for animal and human health and lead to economic losses. Several approaches to reduce …

Highlights•Microbial inoculants combined with humic acid (HA) increased composting
temperature to 62.2 C at under-low temperature.•Microbial inoculants combined with HA …

Municipal wastewaters contain a multitude of organic trace pollutants. Often, their
biodegradability by activated sludge microorganisms is decisive for their elimination during …

Abstract Endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs), represented by steroidal estrogens
(estrone (E1), 17β-estradiol (E2), estradiol (E3), and 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) and …

Steroid estrogens, such as estrone (E 1), 17β-estradiol (E 2), estriol (E 3), and 17α-
ethinylestradiol (EE 2), are natural and synthetic hormones released into the environment …

Steroid hormones modulate development, reproduction and communication in eukaryotes.
The widespread occurrence and persistence of steroid hormones have attracted public …

Bacteria are an enormous and largely untapped reservoir of biosensing proteins. We
describe an approach to identify and isolate bacterial allosteric transcription factors (aTFs) …