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 …

Degradation or humification: rethinking strategies to attenuate organic pollutants

S Wang, Y Wang, X He, Q Lu - Trends in Biotechnology, 2022 - cell.com
The fate of organic pollutants in environmental matrices can be determined by degradation
and humification. The humification process represents a promising strategy to remove …

Spatial distribution, bioconversion and ecological risk of PCBs and PBDEs in the surface sediment of contaminated urban rivers: a nationwide study in China

Q Lu, Y Liang, W Fang, KL Guan, C Huang… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Surface sediments of polluted urban rivers can be a reservoir of hydrophobic persistent
organic pollutants (POPs). In this study, we comprehensively assessed the contamination of …

Assessment of the impact of industrial wastewater on the water quality of rivers around the bole lemi industrial park (BLIP), Ethiopia

F Lemessa, B Simane, A Seyoum, G Gebresenbet - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The discharge of industrial waste into water bodies without significant treatment can be a
source of water pollution. This study was conducted to assess the impact of industrial …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of different types of anthropogenic disturbances and natural wetlands on water quality and microbial communities in a typical black-odor river

X Zhu, L Wang, X Zhang, M He, D Wang, Y Ren… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Natural rivers have always been invaded by multiple pollutants discharged by
anthropogenic activities, inducing physiochemical and biological changes to waterbodies …

Mechanistic insights into Fe (II)-citric acid complex catalyzed CaO2 Fenton-like process for enhanced benzo [a] pyrene removal from black-odor sediment at …

F Wang, W Dong, Z Zhao, H Wang, W Li, L Zhang… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are found ubiquitously in contaminated aquatic
sediments. They are difficult to degrade, particularly the high-molecular-weight PAHs (eg …

Micro and nano bubbles promoted biofilm formation with strengthen of COD and TN removal synchronously in a blackened and odorous water

B Chen, S Zhou, N Zhang, H Liang, L Sun… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Blackening and odorization of rivers (BOR) distributed widely in urban cities with high
density of human beings. Amounts of pollution control methods have been developed for …

Unique microbiome in organic matter–polluted urban rivers

Z Liang, A Abdillah, W Fang, R Qiu, B Mai… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Approximately half of the global annual production of wastewater is released untreated into
aquatic environments, which results in worldwide organic matter pollution in urban rivers …

Long-term dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in Taihu Lake sediment microcosms: Identification of new pathways, PCB-driven shifts of microbial …

L Xu, S Liu, Y Tang, X Han, Y Wang, D Fu… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Microbial reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) is regarded as an
alternative approach for in situ remediation and detoxification in the environment. To better …

Metal (loid) s in organic-matter-polluted urban rivers in China: spatial pattern, ecological risk and reciprocal interactions with aquatic microbiome

Q Lu, X Xu, W Fang, H Wang, Z Liang, R Cai… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Black-odorous urban rivers can serve as reservoirs for heavy metals and other pollutants, in
which sewage-derived labile organic matter triggering the water blackening and odorization …