Insights into the occurrence, fate, and impacts of halogenated flame retardants in municipal wastewater treatment plants

G Xu, X Zhao, S Zhao, C Chen, MJ Rogers… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Halogenated flame retardants (HFRs) have been extensively used in various consumer
products and many are classified as persistent organic pollutants due to their resistance to …

Bioinformatics analysis of metagenomics data of biogas-producing microbial communities in anaerobic digesters: A review

L Zhang, KC Loh, JW Lim, J Zhang - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Complex microbial communities in anaerobic digestion (AD) system play a vital role in the
production of biogas. An in-depth understanding of the microbial compositions …

Hydrochar-facilitated anaerobic digestion: evidence for direct interspecies electron transfer mediated through surface oxygen-containing functional groups

S Ren, M Usman, DCW Tsang, S O-Thong… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Acceleration of the anaerobic digestion (AD) process is crucial to achieving energy-efficient
recycling of organic wastes. Hydrochar is produced by hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass …

Biochar enhanced thermophilic anaerobic digestion of food waste: focusing on biochar particle size, microbial community analysis and pilot-scale application

L Zhang, EY Lim, KC Loh, YS Ok, JTE Lee… - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Effectiveness of biochar addition to enhance thermophilic semi-continuous anaerobic
digestion (AD) of food waste for methane production was investigated with a focus on …

Hydrothermal conversion of sewage sludge: focusing on the characterization of liquid products and their methane yields

H Chen, Y Rao, L Cao, Y Shi, S Hao, G Luo… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
The conversion of dewatered sewage sludge (DSS) into bio-oil and hydro-char through
hydrothermal conversion (HTC) has been well studied, while the treatment of wastewater …

16S rRNA genes-and metagenome-based confirmation of syntrophic butyrate-oxidizing methanogenesis enriched in high butyrate loading

X Meng, Q Cao, Y Sun, S Huang, X Liu, D Li - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
The understanding and enrichment of consortia formed by syntrophic butyrate-oxidizing
bacteria and methanogens in the complex environment are crucial for effectively degrading …

Metabolic dependencies govern microbial syntrophies during methanogenesis in an anaerobic digestion ecosystem

X Zhu, S Campanaro, L Treu, R Seshadri, N Ivanova… - Microbiome, 2020 - Springer
Methanogenesis, a biological process mediated by complex microbial communities, has
attracted great attention due to its contribution to global warming and potential in …

Effect of ammonia on anaerobic digestion of municipal solid waste: Inhibitory performance, bioaugmentation and microbiome functional reconstruction

M Yan, L Treu, S Campanaro, H Tian, X Zhu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
The bioaugmentation is crucial to improve the energy-efficient process for anaerobic
digestion of organic wastes at high ammonia levels. Genomic insights into the intricate …

Integrating metagenomic binning with flux balance analysis to unravel syntrophies in anaerobic CO2 methanation

N De Bernardini, A Basile, G Zampieri, A Kovalovszki… - Microbiome, 2022 - Springer
Background Carbon fixation through biological methanation has emerged as a promising
technology to produce renewable energy in the context of the circular economy. The …

Phenol promoted caproate production via two-stage batch anaerobic fermentation of organic substance with ethanol as electron donor for chain elongation

J He, Z Shi, T Luo, S Zhang, Y Liu, G Luo - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
The conversion of organic wastes/wastewater into medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs) such
as caproate has attracted much attention, while the effects of toxic compounds on the …