Compared with the traditional activated sludge process, a membrane bioreactor (MBR) has
many advantages, such as good effluent quality, small floor space, low residual sludge yield …

During the last decades, the interest of using membrane technology has emerged in
wastewater treatment as well as drinking water and process water production. However, the …

Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) have been actively employed for municipal and industrial
wastewater treatments. So far, membrane fouling and the high cost of membranes are main …

Biofouling is a critical problem in many membrane filtration processes. This review highlights
the emerging strategies for polymer membrane modifications using organic and inorganic …

Membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology has been extensively employed for various
industrial wastewater treatments due to its distinct advantages over conventional …

Bacteria have their own form of “twitter” communication, described as quorum sensing (QS),
where bacteria emit and sense chemical signal molecules as a means to gauge population …

Bacterial surface colonization is a universal adaptation strategy in aquatic environments.
However, neither the identities of early colonizers nor the temporal changes in surface …

Biofouling is a long-standing problem in membrane bioreactors (MBRs) for domestic
wastewater treatment because it deteriorates membrane permeability, thus demanding …

The occurrence of biofouling in MFC can cause severe problems such as hindering proton
transfer and increasing the ohmic and charge transfer resistance of cathodes, which results …

For more efficient control and prediction of membrane biofouling in membrane bioreactors
(MBRs), a fundamental understanding of mechanisms of membrane biofouling is essential …