An overview on emerging bioelectrochemical systems (BESs): technology for sustainable electricity, waste remediation, resource recovery, chemical production and …

S Bajracharya, M Sharma, G Mohanakrishna… - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) are unique systems capable of converting chemical
energy into electrical energy (and vice-versa) while employing microbes as catalysts. Such …

Anaerobic microbial dehalogenation

H Smidt, WM de Vos - Annu. Rev. Microbiol., 2004 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The natural production and anthropogenic release of halogenated hydrocarbons
into the environment has been the likely driving force for the evolution of an unexpectedly …

Hormesis-like effects of tetrabromobisphenol a on anaerobic digestion: responses of metabolic activity and microbial community

X Liu, Q Lu, M Du, Q Xu, D Wang - Environmental Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) has extensive applications in various fields; its release into
ecosystems and the potential toxic effects on organisms are becoming major concerns …

Dehalococcoides mccartyi gen. nov., sp. nov., obligately organohalide-respiring anaerobic bacteria relevant to halogen cycling and bioremediation, belong to a novel …

FE Löffler, J Yan, KM Ritalahti… - … of systematic and …, 2013 - microbiologyresearch.org
Six obligately anaerobic bacterial isolates (195T, CBDB1, BAV1, VS, FL2 and GT) with
strictly organohalide-respiring metabolisms were obtained from chlorinated solvent …

Depth-resolved microbial diversity and functional profiles of trichloroethylene-contaminated soils for Biolog EcoPlate-based biostimulation strategy

S Koner, JS Chen, BM Hsu, J Rathod… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study explores the toxic effect of TCE at different depths of sub-surface soil and
underpins microbial community-level suitable carbon (C)-sources that provided directionality …

Detoxification of vinyl chloride to ethene coupled to growth of an anaerobic bacterium

J He, KM Ritalahti, KL Yang, SS Koenigsberg… - Nature, 2003 - nature.com
Tetrachloroethene (PCE) and trichloroethene (TCE) are ideal solvents for numerous
applications, and their widespread use makes them prominent groundwater pollutants. Even …

Geobacter lovleyi sp. nov. Strain SZ, a Novel Metal-Reducing and Tetrachloroethene-Dechlorinating Bacterium

Y Sung, KE Fletcher, KM Ritalahti… - Applied and …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A bacterial isolate, designated strain SZ, was obtained from noncontaminated
creek sediment microcosms based on its ability to derive energy from acetate oxidation …

Complete Detoxification of Vinyl Chloride by an Anaerobic Enrichment Culture and Identification of the Reductively Dechlorinating Population as a Dehalococcoides …

J He, KM Ritalahti, MR Aiello… - Applied and …, 2003 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A major obstacle in the implementation of the reductive dechlorination process
at chloroethene-contaminated sites is the accumulation of the intermediate vinyl chloride …

Bioreactive barriers: a comparison of bioaugmentation and biostimulation for chlorinated solvent remediation

JM Lendvay, FE Löffler, M Dollhopf… - Environmental …, 2003 - ACS Publications
A side-by-side comparison of bioaugmentation, biostimulation, and a recirculation-only
control was implemented in a chloroethene-contaminated aquifer. The objective was to …

Graphite Electrode as a Sole Electron Donor for Reductive Dechlorination of Tetrachlorethene by Geobacter lovleyi

SM Strycharz, TL Woodard, JP Johnson… - Applied and …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
The possibility that graphite electrodes can serve as the direct electron donor for microbially
catalyzed reductive dechlorination was investigated with Geobacter lovleyi. In an initial …