A review of technologies for the phenolic compounds recovery and phenol removal from wastewater

KAM Said, AF Ismail, ZA Karim, MS Abdullah… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The immoderate amount of phenol found in the water reservoir, ie, river and municipal drain,
has served as one major contributor to the scarcity of potable water worldwide. Many …

[HTML][HTML] Anaerobic biodegradation of (emerging) organic contaminants in the aquatic environment

AK Ghattas, F Fischer, A Wick, TA Ternes - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
Although strictly anaerobic conditions prevail in several environmental compartments, up to
now, biodegradation studies with emerging organic contaminants (EOCs), such as …

Discovery and inhibition of an interspecies gut bacterial pathway for Levodopa metabolism

V Maini Rekdal, EN Bess, JE Bisanz, PJ Turnbaugh… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Parkinson's disease is a debilitating neurological condition affecting more
than 1% of the global population aged 60 and above. The primary medication used to treat …

Nothing lasts forever: understanding microbial biodegradation of polyfluorinated compounds and perfluorinated alkyl substances

LP Wackett - Microbial biotechnology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Poly‐and perfluorinated chemicals, including perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), are
pervasive in today's society, with a negative impact on human and ecosystem health …

Wastewater treatment and reclamation: a review of pulp and paper industry practices and opportunities

MA Hubbe, JR Metts, D Hermosilla, M Blanco… - BioResources, 2016 - jyx.jyu.fi
The pulp and paper (P&P) industry worldwide has achieved substantial progress in treating
both process water and wastewater, thus limiting the discharge of pollutants to receiving …

Occurrence, classification, and biological function of hydrogenases: an overview

PM Vignais, B Billoud - Chemical reviews, 2007 - ACS Publications
If the atmosphere of the early Earth was hydrogen-rich, 1 it is reasonable to think that
hydrogenases, the enzymes enabling cells to use molecular hydrogen, were probably …

Molecular catalysis of electrochemical reactions. Mechanistic aspects

JM Savéant - Chemical Reviews, 2008 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical reactions often require an important overpotential1 to proceed at an
appreciable rate. This is particularly true when the reaction does not merely consist of an …

The Many Faces of Vitamin B12: Catalysis by Cobalamin-Dependent Enzymes

R Banerjee, SW Ragsdale - Annual review of biochemistry, 2003 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Vitamin B12 is a complex organometallic cofactor associated with three
subfamilies of enzymes: the adenosylcobalamin-dependent isomerases, the …

Cleaning up with genomics: applying molecular biology to bioremediation

DR Lovley - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2003 - nature.com
Bioremediation has the potential to restore contaminated environments inexpensively yet
effectively, but a lack of information about the factors controlling the growth and metabolism …

Structural basis for organohalide respiration

M Bommer, C Kunze, J Fesseler, T Schubert, G Diekert… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Organohalide-respiring microorganisms can use a variety of persistent pollutants, including
trichloroethene (TCE), as terminal electron acceptors. The final two-electron transfer step in …