Microbially mediated metal corrosion

D Xu, T Gu, DR Lovley - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
A wide diversity of microorganisms, typically growing as biofilms, has been implicated in
corrosion, a multi-trillion dollar a year problem. Aerobic microorganisms establish conditions …

Recent progress in persulfate to improve waste activated sludge treatment: Principles, challenges and perspectives

J Xiao, D He, Y Ye, B Yang, A Duan, D Wang - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Persulfate is considered as a promising oxidant, thus the improvement of waste activated
sludge (WAS) treatment with persulfate was widely regarded as a promising technology and …

Accelerated Microbial Corrosion by Magnetite and Electrically Conductive Pili through Direct Fe0‐to‐Microbe Electron Transfer

Y Jin, E Zhou, T Ueki, D Zhang, Y Fan, D Xu… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Electrobiocorrosion, the process in which microbes extract electrons from metallic iron (Fe0)
through direct Fe0‐microbe electrical connections, is thought to contribute to the costly …

Electrotrophy: Other microbial species, iron, and electrodes as electron donors for microbial respirations

DR Lovley - Bioresource technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrotrophy, the growth of microbes on extracellular electron donors, drives important
biogeochemical cycles and has practical applications. Studies of Fe (II)-based electrotrophy …

Extracellular electron transfer and the conductivity in microbial aggregates during biochemical wastewater treatment: A bottom-up analysis of existing knowledge

Y Gu, X Qi, X Yang, Y Jiang, P Liu, X Quan, P Liang - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbial extracellular electron transfer (EET) plays a crucial role in bioenergy production
and resource recovery from wastewater. Interdisciplinary efforts have been made to unveil …

Enhanced removal of phenanthrene and nutrients in wetland sediment with metallic biochar: performance and mechanisms

Z Guo, Y Kang, H Wu, M Li, Z Hu, J Zhang - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs) are persistent organic pollutants and pose high risk
in aquatic environment. The utilization of biochar is a strategy for PAHs-contaminated …

The multi-process reaction model and underlying mechanisms of 2, 4, 6-trichlorophenol removal in lab-scale biochar-microorganism augmented ZVI PRBs and field …

W Wang, T Gong, H Li, Y Liu, Q Dong, R Zan, Y Wu - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
This work developed calcium alginate (CA) embedded zero-valent iron (ZVI@ CA) and CA
embedded biochar (BC) immobilized microorganism (BC&Cell@ CA) gel beads as …

Electron acceptors determine the BTEX degradation capacity of anaerobic microbiota via regulating the microbial community

Z Wu, G Liu, Y Ji, P Li, X Yu, W Qiao, B Wang… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Anaerobic degradation is the major pathway for microbial degradation of benzene, toluene,
ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX) under electron acceptor lacking conditions. However …

Insight into the pseudocapacitive behavior of electroactive biofilms in response to dynamic-controlled electron transfer and metabolism kinetics for current generation …

C Li, S Hu, C Ji, K Yi, W Yang - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electroactive biofilms (EBs) engage in complex electron transfer and storage processes
involving intracellular and extracellular mediators with temporary electron storage …

Preparation and mechanism of carbon felt supported iron trioxide and zero-valent iron for enhancing anaerobic digestion performance

ZW Wang, WEI Chun-Hai, HR Yu, FS Qu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Promoting direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) for methanogenesis via conductive
materials is an effective strategy to enhance anaerobic digestion (AD) for methane …