Quantification of the interactions between Ca2+, Hg2+ and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) of sludge

GP Sheng, J Xu, WH Li, HQ Yu - Chemosphere, 2013 - Elsevier
The interactions between metals (Ca 2+ and Hg 2+) and extracellular polymeric substances
(EPS) extracted from the aerobic and anaerobic sludge in wastewater treatment reactors …

Extracellular polymeric substances from copper-tolerance Sinorhizobium meliloti immobilize Cu2+

W Hou, Z Ma, L Sun, M Han, J Lu, Z Li… - Journal of hazardous …, 2013 - Elsevier
The copper tolerance gene of wild-type heavy metal-tolerance Sinorhizobium meliloti
CCNWSX0020 was mutated by transposon Tn5-a. The mutant was sensitive up to 1.4 mM …

Complexation of dissolved organic matter with trace metal ions in natural waters

KMG Mostofa, C Liu, X Feng, T Yoshioka… - … of organic matter …, 2013 - Springer
Complexation of the metal ions (M) with dissolved organic matter (DOM), ie M-DOM
formation is of fundamental importance in metal ion chemistry and can control the …

Sorption of copper (II) and silver (I) by four bacterial exopolysaccharides

M Deschatre, F Ghillebaert, J Guezennec… - Applied biochemistry and …, 2013 - Springer
Metal remediation was studied by the sorption of analytical grade copper Cu (II) and silver
Ag (I) by four exopolysaccharides (EPS) produced by marine bacteria. Colorimetric analysis …

Metal binding properties of extracellular polymeric substances extracted from anaerobic granular sludges

P d'Abzac, F Bordas, E Joussein… - … Science and Pollution …, 2013 - Springer
Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) were extracted from four anaerobic granular
sludges with different procedures to study their involvement in biosorption of metallic …

Fluorescent dissolved organic matter in natural waters

KMG Mostofa, C Liu, T Yoshioka, D Vione… - … of organic matter …, 2013 - Springer
Dissolved organic matter (DOM), of allochthonous and autochthonous origin, is a
heterogeneous mixture of organic compounds, with molecular weights ranging from less …

Degradation of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in anaerobic digestion of dewatered sludge

X Dai, F Luo, L Dai, B Dong - Procedia Environmental Sciences, 2013 - Elsevier
The degradation of extracellular polymeric substances based on high-solid anaerobic
digestion was investigated by gel filtration chromatography (GFC) and three-dimensional …

Coupled interactions between metals and bacterial biofilms in porous media: implications for biofilm stability, fluid flow and metal transport

S Yang, BT Ngwenya, IB Butler, H Kurlanda… - Chemical …, 2013 - Elsevier
The ability to predict the impact of metal–microbe interactions on biofilm stability,
hydrodynamics and contaminant transport is a key goal in hydrogeology, membrane …

Desorption of Hg (II) and Sb (V) on extracellular polymeric substances: Effects of pH, EDTA, Ca (II) and temperature shocks

D Zhang, DJ Lee, X Pan - Bioresource technology, 2013 - Elsevier
Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) existed ubiquitously in biological systems affect
the mobility and availability of heavy metals in the environments. The adsorption–desorption …

Interaction of erythromycin ethylsuccinate and acetaminophen with protein fraction of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) from various bacterial aggregates

R Métivier, I Bourven, J Labanowski… - … Science and Pollution …, 2013 - Springer
Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) are, along with microbial cells, the main
components of the biological sludges used in wastewater treatment and natural biofilms …