The discharge of hydrocarbons and their derivatives to environments due to human and/or
natural activities cause environmental pollution (soil, water, and air) and affect the natural …

Bacterial biofilms are formed by communities that are embedded in a self-produced matrix of
extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). Importantly, bacteria in biofilms exhibit a set …

Sulfonamides are applied worldwide as antibiotics. They are emerging contaminants of
concern, as their presence in the environment may lead to the spread of antibiotic resistance …

Microorganisms in wetland groundwater play an essential role in driving global
biogeochemical cycles. However, largely due to the dynamics of spatiotemporal surface …

Elimination or mitigation of the toxic effects of chemical waste released to the environment
by industrial and urban activities relies largely on the catalytic activities of microorganisms …

Over the last 60 years, soil microbiologists have accumulated a wealth of experimental data
showing that the bulk, macroscopic parameters (eg, granulometry, pH, soil organic matter …

The research on human gut microbiome, regarded as the black box of the human body, is
still at the stage of infancy as the functional properties of the complex gut microbiome have …

Aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are
very slowly degraded without molecular oxygen. Here, we review the recent advances in the …

Intrusion of salinity and petroleum hydrocarbons (eg, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and
xylenes, BTEX) into shallow groundwater by so-called'produced water'(the water associated …

Although members of the genus Pseudomonas share specific morphological, metabolic, and
genomic traits, the diversity of niches and lifestyles adopted by the family members is vast …