Nitrate water contamination from industrial activities and complete denitrification as a remediation option

KM Moloantoa, ZP Khetsha, E Van Heerden… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Freshwater is a scarce resource that continues to be at high risk of pollution from
anthropogenic activities, requiring remediation in such cases for its continuous use. The …

Damage to offshore production facilities by corrosive microbial biofilms

A Vigneron, IM Head, N Tsesmetzis - Applied microbiology and …, 2018 - Springer
In offshore production facilities, large amounts of deaerated seawater are continuously
injected to maintain pressure in oil reservoirs and equivalent volumes of fluids, composed of …

Active sulfur cycling in the terrestrial deep subsurface

E Bell, T Lamminmäki, J Alneberg… - The ISME …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The deep terrestrial subsurface remains an environment where there is limited
understanding of the extant microbial metabolisms. At Olkiluoto, Finland, a deep geological …

Iron scraps enhance simultaneous nitrogen and phosphorus removal in subsurface flow constructed wetlands

Y Ma, W Dai, P Zheng, X Zheng, S He… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
In rural domestic wastewater treatment using subsurface constructed wetland system
(SFCWs), the lack of a carbon source for denitrification and limited phosphorus uptake are …

Peatland Acidobacteria with a dissimilatory sulfur metabolism

B Hausmann, C Pelikan, CW Herbold… - The ISME …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Sulfur-cycling microorganisms impact organic matter decomposition in wetlands and
consequently greenhouse gas emissions from these globally relevant environments …

Simultaneous sulfate and nitrate reduction in coastal sediments

OM Bourceau, T Ferdelman, G Lavik… - ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The oscillating redox conditions that characterize coastal sandy sediments foster microbial
communities capable of respiring oxygen and nitrate simultaneously, thereby increasing the …

On the benefits of desulfated seawater flooding in mature hydrocarbon fields

A Mahmoodi, SB Hosseinzadehsadati… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Removal of sulfate from the injection seawater (desulfation) in hydrocarbon reservoirs is a
Modified Salinity Water (MSW) flooding method that mitigates microbial reservoir souring …

Biodegradation of sulfate and elimination of heavy metals by immobilized-microbial bioaugmentation coupled with anaerobic membrane bioreactor

F Bai, S Liu, J Ma, Y Zhang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Sulfate-rich metal-laden wastewater (SRMLW) shows a significant threat on the ecological
environment and human health. Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) can remove sulfate from …

Effects of perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid on microbial community structure during anaerobic digestion

G Choi, E Kan - Bioresource Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are recalcitrant organic pollutants, which
accumulate widely in aquatic and solid matrices. Anaerobic digestion (AD) is one of possible …

Amendments of nitrogen and sulfur mitigate carbon-promoting effect on microbial mercury methylation in paddy soils

Y Li, SS Dai, J Zhao, ZC Hu, Q Liu, J Feng… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
The imbalance of nutrient elements in paddy soil could affect biogeochemical processes;
however, how the key elements input influence microbially-driven conversion of mercury …