Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: sources, toxicity, and remediation approaches

AB Patel, S Shaikh, KR Jain, C Desai… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widespread across the globe mainly due to
long-term anthropogenic sources of pollution. The inherent properties of PAHs such as …

Mechanism of antimicrobial peptides: antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and antibiofilm activities

Y Luo, Y Song - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are regarded as a new generation of antibiotics. Besides
antimicrobial activity, AMPs also have antibiofilm, immune-regulatory, and other activities …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-induced mitigation of heavy metal phytotoxicity in metal contaminated soils: A critical review

M Riaz, M Kamran, Y Fang, Q Wang, H Cao… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The heavy metal pollution is a worldwide problem and has received a serious concern for
the ecosystem and human health. In the last decade, remediation of the agricultural polluted …

Bacterial biofilm and extracellular polymeric substances in the treatment of environmental pollutants: beyond the protective role in survivability

KU Mahto, M Priyadarshanee, DP Samantaray… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increased tolerance to toxic pollutants and enhanced degradation capabilities of the
bacterial biofilm is often attributed to the matrix of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) …

Critical review on dewatering of sewage sludge: Influential mechanism, conditioning technologies and implications to sludge re-utilizations

B Wu, X Dai, X Chai - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstracts Sewage sludge (mainly composed of excessive bio-sludge) is an inevitable by-
product of biological wastewater treatment process and contains various toxic substances …

Insights into the fate and removal of antibiotics in engineered biological treatment systems: a critical review

AS Oberoi, Y Jia, H Zhang, SK Khanal… - Environmental science & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Antibiotics, the most frequently prescribed drugs of modern medicine, are extensively used
for both human and veterinary applications. Antibiotics from different wastewater sources …

Spectroscopic fingerprints profiling the polysaccharide/protein/humic architecture of stratified extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in activated sludge

J Yu, K Xiao, H Xu, Y Li, Q Xue, W Xue, A Zhang… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), with a stratified structure including tightly-bound
EPS (TB-EPS), loosely-bound EPS (LB-EPS), and soluble EPS (S-EPS) surrounding the …

Recent advances in bioremediation of heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants: A review

MA Tufail, J Iltaf, T Zaheer, L Tariq, MB Amir… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants are causing detrimental effects on the
environment. The seepage of heavy metals through untreated industrial waste destroys the …

Effects of abiotic stress on soil microbiome

NSN Abdul Rahman, NW Abdul Hamid… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Rhizospheric organisms have a unique manner of existence since many factors can
influence the shape of the microbiome. As we all know, harnessing the interaction between …

Microbial extracellular polymeric substances: ecological function and impact on soil aggregation

OYA Costa, JM Raaijmakers, EE Kuramae - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
A wide range of microorganisms produce extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), highly
hydrated polymers that are mainly composed of polysaccharides, proteins, and DNA. EPS …