Current updates and perspectives of biosorption technology: an alternative for the removal of heavy metals from wastewater

OA Ramírez Calderón, OM Abdeldayem… - Current Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
Several municipal, industrial, and agricultural activities use and release heavy metals
containing wastewater into the environment. These mixtures of heavy metals pose various …

Element sulfur-based autotrophic denitrification constructed wetland as an efficient approach for nitrogen removal from low C/N wastewater

H Wang, Y Liu, Y Yang, Y Fang, S Luo, H Cheng… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Constructed wetlands (CWs) integrated with sulfur autotrophic denitrification to stimulate
high-rate nitrogen removal from carbon-limited wastewater holds particular application …

Toxicity assessment using different bioassays and microbial biosensors

SHA Hassan, SW Van Ginkel, MAM Hussein… - Environment …, 2016 - Elsevier
Toxicity assessment of water streams, wastewater, and contaminated sediments, is a very
important part of environmental pollution monitoring. Evaluation of biological effects using a …

A batch-mode cube microbial fuel cell based “shock” biosensor for wastewater quality monitoring

B Liu, Y Lei, B Li - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2014 - Elsevier
A single chamber batch-mode cube microbial fuel cell (CMFC) was explored as a novel self-
sustained biosensor for real-time monitoring the toxicity shocks (sudden change in toxins …

Toxicity measurement in biological wastewater treatment processes: a review

Y **ao, C De Araujo, CC Sze, DC Stuckey - Journal of hazardous materials, 2015 - Elsevier
Biological wastewater treatment processes (WWTPs), by nature of their reliance on
biological entities to degrade organics and sometimes remove nutrients, are vulnerable to …

Progress in the biosensing techniques for trace-level heavy metals

J Mehta, SK Bhardwaj, N Bhardwaj, AK Paul… - Biotechnology …, 2016 - Elsevier
Diverse classes of sensors have been developed over the past few decades for on-site
detections of heavy metals. Most of these sensor systems have exploited optical …

Assessment of the impact of three pesticides on microbial dynamics and functions in a lab-to-field experimental approach

PA Karas, C Baguelin, G Pertile… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
The toxicity of pesticides on soil microorganisms is as an emerging area of concern. Novel
and well-standardized tools could be now used to provide a robust assessment of the …

Performance indicators for a holistic evaluation of catalyst-based degradation—A case study of selected pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs)

M He, Z Wan, DCW Tsang, Y Sun, E Khan… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Considerable efforts have been made to develop effective and sustainable catalysts, eg.,
carbon-/biochar-based catalyst, for the decontamination of organic pollutants in …

Evaluation of joint toxicity of BTEX mixtures using sulfur-oxidizing bacteria

H Eom, S Kim, SE Oh - Journal of environmental management, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Benzene (B), toluene (T), ethylbenzene (E), and xylenes (X) are petrochemicals
vital in various industrial and commercial processing but identified as priority pollutants due …

A simple and rapid algal assay kit to assess toxicity of heavy metal-contaminated water

H Eom, M Park, A Jang, S Kim, SE Oh - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
This study presents a novel algal-based toxicity test suitable for simple and rapid
assessment of heavy metal (Hg2+, Cr6+, Cd2+, Pb2+, or As3+)-contaminated water. A …