A review of sulfate-reducing bacteria: Metabolism, influencing factors and application in wastewater treatment

Z Zhang, C Zhang, Y Yang, Z Zhang, Y Tang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the rapid economy and population growth, wastewater containing sulfate originated
from industrial and human activities have gradually become a potential threat to the …

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 …

Improve niche colonization and microbial interactions for organohalide-respiring-bacteria-mediated remediation of chloroethene-contaminated sites

R Wu, R Shen, Z Liang, S Zheng, Y Yang… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Organohalide-respiring bacteria (OHRB)-mediated reductive dehalogenation is promising in
in situ bioremediation of chloroethene-contaminated sites. The bioremediation efficiency of …

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 …

Bioremediation of organohalide pollutants: progress, microbial ecology, and emerging computational tools

G Xu, S Zhao, J Liu, J He - Current Opinion in Environmental Science & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Organohalide chemicals such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated
diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are prevalent …

Resuscitation-promoting factor accelerates enrichment of highly active tetrachloroethene/polychlorinated biphenyl-dechlorinating cultures

X Su, M Xie, Z Han, Y Xiao, R Wang… - Applied and …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The anaerobic bioremediation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) is largely impeded by
difficulties in massively enriching PCB dechlorinators in short periods of time …

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 …

Plastisphere microbiomes respiring persistent organohalide pollutants

J Liu, G Xu, S Zhao, J He - Environmental Science & Technology, 2024 - ACS Publications
Plastics are invading nearly all ecosystems on earth, acting as emerging repositories for
toxic organic pollutants and thereby imposing substantial threats to ecological integrity. The …

Offshore marine sediment microbiota respire structurally distinct organohalide pollutants

G Xu, N Zhang, X Zhao, C Chen… - … Science & Technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Marine sediments are a major sink of organohalide pollutants, but the potential for offshore
marine microbiota to transform these pollutants remains underexplored. Here, we report …

Environmental occurrence and remediation of emerging organohalides: A review

H He, Y Li, R Shen, H Shim, Y Zeng, S Zhao, Q Lu… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
As replacements for “old” organohalides, such as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)
and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),“new” organohalides have been developed, including …