Synthetic microbial consortia for biosynthesis and biodegradation: promises and challenges

S Che, Y Men - Journal of Industrial Microbiology and …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Functional differentiation and metabolite exchange enable microbial consortia to perform
complex metabolic tasks and efficiently cycle the nutrients. Inspired by the cooperative …

Microbial degradation of chloroethenes: a review

I Dolinová, M Štrojsová, M Černík, J Němeček… - … Science and Pollution …, 2017 - Springer
Contamination by chloroethenes has a severe negative effect on both the environment and
human health. This has prompted intensive remediation activity in recent years, along with …

Bioelectrochemical reduction of CO2 to CH4 via direct and indirect extracellular electron transfer by a hydrogenophilic methanogenic culture

M Villano, F Aulenta, C Ciucci, T Ferri, A Giuliano… - Bioresource …, 2010 - Elsevier
This study describes the performance of a microbial biocathode, based on a
hydrogenophilic methanogenic culture, capable of reducing carbon dioxide to methane, at …

Electrobioremediation of oil spills

M Daghio, F Aulenta, E Vaiopoulou, A Franzetti… - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
Annually, thousands of oil spills occur across the globe. As a result, petroleum substances
and petrochemical compounds are widespread contaminants causing concern due to their …

Microbial Chain Elongation and Subsequent Fermentation of Elongated Carboxylates as H2-Producing Processes for Sustained Reductive Dechlorination of …

A Robles, TL Yellowman, S Joshi… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In situ anaerobic groundwater bioremediation of trichloroethene (TCE) to nontoxic ethene is
contingent on organohalide-respiring Dehalococcoidia, the most common strictly …

Electrochemically assisted methane production in a biofilm reactor

M Villano, G Monaco, F Aulenta, M Majone - Journal of Power Sources, 2011 - Elsevier
Microbial electrolysis is a new technology for the production of value-added products, such
as gaseous biofuels, from waste organic substrates. This study describes the performance of …

Carbon and nitrogen removal and enhanced methane production in a microbial electrolysis cell

M Villano, S Scardala, F Aulenta, M Majone - Bioresource technology, 2013 - Elsevier
The anode of a two-chamber methane-producing microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) was
poised at+ 0.200 V vs. the standard hydrogen electrode (SHE) and continuously fed (1.08 …

Electron transfer from a solid-state electrode assisted by methyl viologen sustains efficient microbial reductive dechlorination of TCE

F Aulenta, A Catervi, M Majone, S Panero… - … science & technology, 2007 - ACS Publications
The ability to transfer electrons, via an extracellular path, to solid surfaces is typically
exploited by microorganisms which use insoluble electron acceptors, such as iron-or …

Decolorization of azo dyes by Shewanella sp. under saline conditions

A Khalid, M Arshad, DE Crowley - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2008 - Springer
Wastewaters from textile processing and dye-stuff manufacture industries contain substantial
amounts of salts in addition to azo dye residues. To examine salinity effects on dye …

Photo-reduction of hexavalent chromium in aqueous solution in the presence of zinc oxide as semiconductor catalyst

S Chakrabarti, B Chaudhuri, S Bhattacharjee… - Chemical Engineering …, 2009 - Elsevier
Common sources of chromium in wastewater are electroplating and leather industries.
Hexavalent chromium is more toxic and carcinogenic compared to its trivalent counterpart …