Antibiotics, the most frequently prescribed drugs, have been widely applied to prevent or
cure human and veterinary diseases and have undoubtedly led to massive releases into …

Rapid industrialization, modern agricultural practices and other anthropogenic activities add
a significant quantity of toxic heavy metals into the environment, which induces severe toxic …

Whereas prospects of bioremediation for a vanadium (V)[V (V)]-contaminated environment
are widely recognized, reported functional species are extremely limited, with the vast …

Iron is a recognized physiological requirement for microorganisms but, for anaerobic
ammonium oxidation (anammox) bacteria, its role extends well beyond that of a nutritional …

Abstract Microbial vanadate [V (V)] reduction is the key process of vanadium geochemical
cycling, while the identified functional microbes are rather limited. Considering the structural …

Abstract Vanadate [V (V)] and phenanthrene (PHE) commonly coexist in groundwater
aquifer, posing potential threats to ecological environment and public health. However, little …

Chemical sulfidation has been considered as an effective strategy to improve the reactivity of
zero-valent iron (S-ZVI). However, sulfidation is a widespread biogeochemical process in …

Microplastics (MPs) can disintegrate into smaller sized microplastics and even nanoplastics
(NPs). The toxicity of nanoplastics and microplastics on freshwater organisms have been …

Antibiotics abuse has triggered a growing environmental problem, posing a major threat to
both ecosystem and human health. Unfortunately, there are still several shortcomings to …

The contaminant of herbicide clopyralid (3, 6-dichloro-2-pyridine-carboxylic acid, CLP)
poses a potential threat to the ecological system. However, there is a general lack of …