An overview of electron acceptors in microbial fuel cells

D Ucar, Y Zhang, I Angelidaki - Frontiers in microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Microbial fuel cells (MFC) have recently received increasing attention due to their promising
potential in sustainable wastewater treatment and contaminant removal. In general …

Ex-situ remediation technologies for environmental pollutants: a critical perspective

S Kuppusamy, T Palanisami, M Megharaj… - … and Toxicology Volume …, 2016 - Springer
Pollution and the global health impacts from toxic environmental pollutants are presently of
great concern. At present, more than 100 million people are at risk from exposure to a …

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 …

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 …

Natural attenuation of chlorinated ethenes in hyporheic zones: A review of key biogeochemical processes and in-situ transformation potential

JJ Weatherill, S Atashgahi, U Schneidewind, S Krause… - Water Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Chlorinated ethenes (CEs) are legacy contaminants whose chemical footprint is expected to
persist in aquifers around the world for many decades to come. These organohalides have …

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 …

Substrate-dependent strategies to mitigate sulfate inhibition on microbial reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls

C Chen, G Xu, J He - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Sulfate widely co-exists with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at various concentrations in
the subsurface environment. Previous studies have suggested that sulfate often hampers …

In situ remediation of contaminated marinesediment: an overview

G Lofrano, G Libralato, D Minetto, S De Gisi… - … Science and Pollution …, 2017 - Springer
Sediment tends to accumulate inorganic and persistent hydrophobic organic contaminants
representing one of the main sinks and sources of pollution. Generally, contaminated …

Review of reactive kinetic models describing reductive dechlorination of chlorinated ethenes in soil and groundwater

JC Chambon, PL Bjerg, C Scheutz… - Biotechnology and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Reductive dechlorination is a major degradation pathway of chlorinated ethenes in
anaerobic subsurface environments, and reactive kinetic models describing the degradation …

Sequential anaerobic/aerobic biodegradation of chloroethenes—aspects of field application

A Tiehm, KR Schmidt - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2011 - Elsevier
Because of a range of different industrial activities, sites contaminated with chloroethenes
are a world-wide problem. Chloroethenes can be biodegraded by reductive dechlorination …