The mass production and wide application of plastics and their derivatives have led to the
release of a large number of discarded plastic products into the natural environment, where …

Nanomaterials, in addition to their small size, possess unique physicochemical properties
that differ from bulk materials, making them ideal for a host of novel applications. Magnetic …

Environmental biotechnology offers several promising techniques for the rehabilitation of
polluted environments. The modern industrialized world presents novel challenges to the …

In modern agriculture, chemical pesticides are widely used to protect crop plants from
insects and microbial pests, but the improper application of synthetic chemicals is hazardous …

Raman spectroscopy is currently advertised as a hot and ambitious technology that has all
of the features needed to characterize and identify bacteria. Raman spectroscopy is rapid …

Microplastics pollution is becoming a major environmental issue, and exposure to
microplastics has been associated with numerous adverse results to both the ecological …

Phytoremediation is an effective approach to control soil heavy metal pollution. This study
isolated a fungus strain from soils contaminated by cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) in Zhalong …

Magnetic-nanoparticle-mediated isolation coupled with stable-isotope probing (MMI–SIP) is
a cultivation-independent higher-resolution approach for isolating active degraders in their …

An ionic liquid functionalized polymer (IL-P) was prepared feasibly and simply by grafting1-
butyl-3-vinylimidazolium bromide onto the silica surface. The IL-P was fully characterized …

The application of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) is increasing in all walks of life,
inevitably resulting in a high risk of ENMs entering the natural environment. Recent studies …