Accessibility to clean drinking water often remains a crucial task at times. Among other water
pollutants, arsenic is considered a more lethal contaminant and has become a serious threat …

The huge quantities of textile industry effluents with high concentrations of heavy metals are
associated with the water pollution. Among the conventional technologies currently in use …

Deserts occupy one-third of the Earth's terrestrial surface and represent a potentially
significant reservoir of microbial biodiversity, yet the majority of desert microorganisms …

A lot of anthropogenic activities can discharge arsenic into the ecosystem such as industrial
wastes, incineration of municipal, pesticide production and wood preserving. In addition …

Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) process exhibits advantages in treating high-
ammonium livestock wastewater, while the anammox bacteria is vulnerable to heavy metal …

Cyanide is a highly toxic compound that is found in wastewaters generated from different
industrial activities, such as mining or jewellery. These residues usually contain high …

Roxarsone is a common organoarsenic feed additive used in livestock and poultry breeding,
while the ecotoxicity of organic arsenic remains a concern. Therefore, the effects of …

Microbial remediation is vital for improving heavy metal-polluted water. In this work, two
bacterial strains, K1 (Acinetobacter gandensis) and K7 (Delftiatsuruhatensis), with high …

Arsenic (As) is quite an abundant metalloid, with ancient origin and ubiquitous distribution,
which represents a severe environmental risk and a global problem for public health …

Sustainable wastewater treatment is one of the biggest issues of the 21st century. Metals
such as Zn2+ have been released into the environment due to rapid industrial development …