Wastewater Treatment Using Membrane Bioreactor Technologies: Removal of Phenolic Contaminants from Oil and Coal Refineries and Pharmaceutical Industries

MJ Khan, A Wibowo, Z Karim, P Posoknistakul… - Polymers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Huge amounts of noxious chemicals from coal and petrochemical refineries and
pharmaceutical industries are released into water bodies. These chemicals are highly toxic …

Dual metabolic pathways co-determine the efficient aerobic biodegradation of phenol in Cupriavidus nantongensis X1

C Zhang, S Li, Z Sun, Y Geng, Y Zhang, T Shi… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Phenol, as an important chemical raw material, often exists in wastewater from chemical
plants and pollutes soil and groundwater. Aerobic biodegradation is a promising method for …

Phenol Degradation by Pseudarthrobacter phenanthrenivorans Sphe3

S Asimakoula, O Marinakos, E Tsagogiannis… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Phenol poses a threat as one of the most important industrial environmental pollutants that
must be removed before disposal. Biodegradation is a cost-effective and environmentally …

Direct activation of petroleum pitch-based mesoporous carbon for phenol adsorption

Z Yang, H Zhang, Y Zheng, Y Zhang, Y Cui - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2024 - Elsevier
Phenol, a highly toxic substance that poses a serious threat to both environment and human,
is difficult to degrade. Adsorption using porous adsorbents is an effective method for the …

Biodegradation of ciprofloxacin using machine learning tools: Kinetics and modelling

N Kamal, AK Saha, E Singh, A Pandey… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Recently, the rampant administration of antibiotics and their synthetic organic constitutes
have exacerbated adverse effects on ecosystems, affecting the health of animals, plants …

Degradation of phenol from water by Rhodococcus ruber promoted by MgO nanoparticles

S Wang, C Li, W Zhang, M Lin, J Li - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
How to improve the treatment efficiency has always been a key problem that needs to be
solved in the bio-degradation of phenolic pollutant. The nanomaterials could improve the …

Evaluation of Bacillus aryabhattai B8W22 peroxidase for phenol removal in waste water effluents

A Elmetwalli, NG Allam, MG Hassan, AN Albalawi… - BMC microbiology, 2023 - Springer
Environmental contamination by phenol has been reported in both aquatic and atmospheric
environments. This study aimed to separate and purify the peroxidase enzyme from bacteria …

Phenol biodegradation using bio-filter tower packed column with immobilized bacterial consortium: a batch test study

P Sachan, A Hussain, S Madan, U Singh… - Biodegradation, 2024 - Springer
The effluents from pulp and paper manufacturing industries contain high concentrations of
phenol, which when discharged directly into surface water streams, increases the biological …

Behaviour and mechanics of phenolic sorption by novel bio-based graphene derivatives as adsorbents

MAA Farid, J Lease, Y Andou - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Phenolic compounds, notorious for their environmental and health hazards, demand
efficient removal from wastewater. Our research leads in synthesizing bio-based graphene …

[HTML][HTML] Harnessing pH and light cycles to boost microbial protein production in mixed culture purple non-sulfur bacteria wastewater bioremediation

OZ Wada, AS Vincent, G Mckay, HR Mackey - Journal of Water Process …, 2025 - Elsevier
The application of purple non‑sulfur bacteria (PNSB) in wastewater bioremediation has
shown promise, but most studies have focused on agricultural and municipal wastewaters …