The microbiology of oil sands tailings: past, present, future

JM Foght, LM Gieg, T Siddique - FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Surface mining of enormous oil sands deposits in northeastern Alberta, Canada since 1967
has contributed greatly to Canada's economy but has also received negative international …

Combined solar activated sulfate radical-based advanced oxidation processes (SR-AOPs) and biofiltration for the remediation of dissolved organics in oil sands …

SO Ganiyu, M Arslan, MG El-Din - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
This study reported for the first time the potential of sequential solar activated sulfate radical
advanced oxidation processes (SR-AOPs) and fixed bed biofiltration for the enhanced …

Adsorptive bioremediation of soil highly contaminated with crude oil

G Vasilyeva, V Kondrashina, E Strijakova… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to the extended oil extraction and transportation in Russia and other oil-producing
countries, many lands remain contaminated because of accidental spills. This situation …

Effect of activated carbon on removal of four phenolic endocrine-disrupting compounds, bisphenol A, bisphenol F, bisphenol S, and 4-tert-butylphenol in constructed …

R Wirasnita, K Mori, T Toyama - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
We investigated the effects of activated carbon, used as constructed wetlands (CWs)
medium, on its ability to remove four emerging endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) …

Recycling organic residues in agriculture impacts soil-borne microbial community structure, function and N2O emissions

AKA Suleiman, KS Lourenço, LM Pitombo… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Recycling residues is a sustainable alternative to improve soil structure and increase the
stock of nutrients. However, information about the magnitude and duration of disturbances …

Review of biological processes in oil sands: a feasible solution for tailings water treatment

S Pramanik - Environmental Reviews, 2016 - cdnsciencepub.com
The bitumen extraction process from Athabasca oil sands ore produces large quantities of
toxic processed water as tailings. The oil industry has reduced the demand for fresh water in …

How does iron facilitate the aerated biofilter for tertiary simultaneous nutrient and refractory organics removal from real dyeing wastewater?

H Chen, Y Liu, X Xu, M Sun, M Jiang, G Xue, X Li, Z Liu - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Textile dyeing wastewater is characterized by low biodegradability and high nitrogen
strength, which is difficult to meet the increasingly stringent discharge requirements …

Integrating biochar and microbial community for detoxification of wastewater industry containing analgesics

NS Alhajeri, A Tawfik - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Although anaerobic digestion is a simple, inexpensive, and viable technology for treating
wastewater, its performance can be inhibited by the toxic effects of analgesics. Therefore …

Enhancing tetrabromobisphenol A biodegradation in river sediment microcosms and understanding the corresponding microbial community

G Li, J Xiong, PK Wong, T An - Environmental Pollution, 2016 - Elsevier
In situ remediation of contaminated sediment using microbes is a promising environmental
treatment method. This study used bioaugmentation to investigate the biodegradation of …

Low-current electro-oxidation enhanced the biodegradation of the recalcitrant naphthenic acids in oil sands process water

AS Abdalrhman, Y Zhang, M Arslan… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Combining electro-oxidation (EO) with biodegradation for real oil sands process water
(OSPW) treatment was evaluated in terms of naphthenic acid (NA) biodegradation …