Functional sustainability of periphytic biofilms in organic matter and Cu2+ removal during prolonged exposure to TiO2 nanoparticles

J Liu, J Tang, J Wan, C Wu, B Graham, PG Kerr… - Journal of hazardous …, 2019 - Elsevier
Responses of microbial communities to nanotoxicity in aquatic ecosystems are largely
unknown, particularly with respect to relationship between community dynamics and …

Dynamic responses of community structure and microbial functions of periphytic biofilms during chronic exposure to TiO 2 NPs

J Hou, T Li, L Miao, G You, Y Xu, S Liu - Environmental Science: Nano, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The widespread application of TiO2 NPs will lead to their increasing release into the aquatic
environment and thus affects the ecosystem function of aquatic life. As a microbial …

Effects of titanium dioxide nanoparticles on algal and bacterial communities in periphytic biofilms

J Hou, T Li, L Miao, G You, Y Xu, S Liu - Environmental pollution, 2019 - Elsevier
The widespread application of commercial TiO 2 NPs inevitably leads to their release into
environmental waters through various ways. TiO 2 NPs released into water might be …

Chronic exposure to CuO nanoparticles induced community structure shift and a delay inhibition of microbial functions in multi-species biofilms

L Miao, P Wang, J Hou, D Ning, Z Liu, S Liu… - Journal of cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Periphytic biofilms have served as a potentially important environmental media of
contaminants removal and an important indicator of the health of aquatic systems. When the …

Protection mechanisms of periphytic biofilm to photocatalytic nanoparticle exposure

N Zhu, S Wang, C Tang, P Duan, L Yao… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Researchers are devoting great effort to combine photocatalytic nanoparticles (PNPs) with
biological processes to create efficient environmental purification technologies (ie, intimately …

Nanostructured TiO2: Transport Behavior and Effects on Aquatic Microbial Communities under Environmental Conditions

TJ Battin, FVD Kammer, A Weilhartner… - … science & technology, 2009 - ACS Publications
Industry has already commenced the large-scale production of some nanomaterials.
Evidence for toxic effects of engineered nanoparticles (ENP) on model organisms is …

Sustainable pollutant removal by periphytic biofilm via microbial composition shifts induced by uneven distribution of CeO2 nanoparticles

J Tang, N Zhu, Y Zhu, SM Zamir, Y Wu - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
The responses of periphytic biofilm to CeO 2 nanoparticle (CNP) exposure were explored by
investigating community shifts and pollutant removal. Results showed that CNPs entered the …

Acute Effects of TiO2 Nanomaterials on the Viability and Taxonomic Composition of Aquatic Bacterial Communities Assessed via High-Throughput Screening and …

CTT Binh, T Tong, JF Gaillard, KA Gray, JJ Kelly - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The nanotechnology industry is growing rapidly, leading to concerns about the potential
ecological consequences of the release of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) to the …

Differential toxicity of anatase and rutile TiO 2 nanoparticles to the antioxidant enzyme system and metabolic activities of freshwater biofilms based on microelectrodes …

P Wang, K Li, J Qian, C Wang, B Lu, X Tian… - Environmental …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Differential toxicities of different compositions of TiO2-nanoparticles (TiO2-NPs) to
freshwater biofilms remain poorly understood. Here, we investigated this matter by …

Chronic addition of a common engineered nanomaterial alters biomass, activity and composition of stream biofilm communities

CTT Binh, E Adams, E Vigen, T Tong… - Environmental …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Nano-TiO2 is an engineered nanomaterial that is found in a wide range of commercial
products. Production of nano-TiO2 has increased rapidly over the last several decades …