Conversion and removal strategies for microplastics in wastewater treatment plants and landfills

L Hou, D Kumar, CG Yoo, I Gitsov… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Although wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have been identified as important collection
points and environmental sources for now omnipresent waste in waterways, the contribution …

Use of biomass-derived biochar in wastewater treatment and power production: A promising solution for a sustainable environment

M Gupta, N Savla, C Pandit, S Pandit, PK Gupta… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the past few years, we are witnessing the advent of a revolutionary bioengineering
technology in biochar production and its application in waste treatment and an important …

Metagenomic analysis reveals wastewater treatment plants as hotspots of antibiotic resistance genes and mobile genetic elements

J Guo, J Li, H Chen, PL Bond, Z Yuan - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
The intensive use of antibiotics results in their continuous release into the environment and
the subsequent widespread occurrence of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB), antibiotic …

Fate of antibiotic resistant genes in wastewater environments and treatment strategies-A review

RK Manoharan, F Ishaque, YH Ahn - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic-resistant genes (ARGs) have emerged in
aquatic environments through the discharge of large amounts of antibiotics into wastewater …

Fate of antibiotic resistance genes in sewage treatment plant revealed by metagenomic approach

Y Yang, B Li, S Zou, HHP Fang, T Zhang - Water research, 2014 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance has become a serious threat to human health. Sewage treatment plant
(STP) is one of the major sources of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in natural …

Clarifying electron transfer and metagenomic analysis of microbial community in the methane production process with the addition of ferroferric oxide

Q Yin, S Yang, Z Wang, L **ng, G Wu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) is a new mechanism responsible for syntrophic
methane production. Supplementation of conductive material in syntrophic communities can …

Acetoclastic methanogenesis led by Methanosarcina in anaerobic co-digestion of fats, oil and grease for enhanced production of methane

MB Kurade, S Saha, ES Salama, SM Patil… - Bioresource …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fats, oil and grease (FOG) are energy-dense wastes that substantially increase biomethane
recovery. Shifts in the microbial community during anaerobic co-digestion of FOG was …

Dissecting microbial community structure and methane-producing pathways of a full-scale anaerobic reactor digesting activated sludge from wastewater treatment by …

J Guo, Y Peng, BJ Ni, X Han, L Fan, Z Yuan - Microbial cell factories, 2015 - Springer
Background Anaerobic digestion has been widely applied to treat the waste activated
sludge from biological wastewater treatment and produce methane for biofuel, which has …

Next generation sequencing approaches to evaluate water and wastewater quality

E Garner, BC Davis, E Milligan, MF Blair, I Keenum… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The emergence of next generation sequencing (NGS) is revolutionizing the potential to
address complex microbiological challenges in the water industry. NGS technologies can …

16S rRNA genes-and metagenome-based confirmation of syntrophic butyrate-oxidizing methanogenesis enriched in high butyrate loading

X Meng, Q Cao, Y Sun, S Huang, X Liu, D Li - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
The understanding and enrichment of consortia formed by syntrophic butyrate-oxidizing
bacteria and methanogens in the complex environment are crucial for effectively degrading …