Elemental sulfur as electron donor and/or acceptor: Mechanisms, applications and perspectives for biological water and wastewater treatment

L Zhang, YY Qiu, Y Zhou, GH Chen… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochemical oxidation and reduction are the principle of biological water and wastewater
treatment, in which electron donor and/or acceptor shall be provided. Elemental sulfur (S 0) …

Advances in elemental sulfur-driven bioprocesses for wastewater treatment: From metabolic study to application

G Guo, Z Li, L Chen, Q Ling, F Zan, H Isawi, T Hao… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Elemental sulfur (S 0) is known to be an abundant, non-toxic material with a wide range of
redox states (-2 to+ 6) and may serve as an excellent electron carrier in wastewater …

A review of biological sulfate conversions in wastewater treatment

T Hao, P Xiang, HR Mackey, K Chi, H Lu, H Chui… - Water research, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Treatment of waters contaminated with sulfur containing compounds (S) resulting
from seawater intrusion, the use of seawater (eg seawater flushing, cooling) and industrial …

Recent advances in heavy metal recovery from wastewater by biogenic sulfide precipitation

M Kumar, M Nandi, K Pakshirajan - Journal of environmental management, 2021 - Elsevier
Biological sulfide precipitation by sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) is an emerging technique
for the recovery of heavy metals from metal contaminated wastewater. Advantages of this …

Biological sulfur oxidation in wastewater treatment: a review of emerging opportunities

S Lin, HR Mackey, T Hao, G Guo… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Sulfide prevails in both industrial and municipal waste streams and is one of the most
troublesome issues with waste handling. Various technologies and strategies have been …

Realizing high-rate sulfur reduction under sulfate-rich conditions in a biological sulfide production system to treat metal-laden wastewater deficient in organic matter

R Sun, L Zhang, Z Zhang, GH Chen, F Jiang - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Biological sulfur reduction can theoretically produce sufficient sulfide to effectively remove
and recover heavy metals in the treatment of organics-deficient sulfate-rich metal-laden …

Microbial sulfur metabolism and environmental implications

B Wu, F Liu, W Fang, T Yang, GH Chen, Z He… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sulfur as a macroelement plays an important role in biochemistry in both natural
environments and engineering biosystems, which can be further linked to other important …

The bioenergetics mechanisms and applications of sulfate-reducing bacteria in remediation of pollutants in drainage: a review

X Li, S Lan, Z Zhu, C Zhang, G Zeng, Y Liu… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB), a group of anaerobic prokaryotes, can use sulfur
species as a terminal electron acceptor for the oxidation of organic compounds. They not …

Biodiversity, metabolism and applications of acidophilic sulfur‐metabolizing microorganisms

M Dopson, DB Johnson - Environmental Microbiology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Extremely acidic, sulfur‐rich environments can be natural, such as solfatara fields in
geothermal and volcanic areas, or anthropogenic, such as acid mine drainage waters. Many …

An overview of sulfidogenic biological reactors for the simultaneous treatment of sulfate and heavy metal rich wastewater

MG Kiran, K Pakshirajan, G Das - Chemical Engineering Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Microbial precipitation of heavy metals by sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) through sulfate
reduction as corresponding sulfides is being seen as a promising technique for the …