The environmental distribution and removal of emerging pollutants, highlighting the importance of using microbes as a potential degrader: A review

HA Ahmad, S Ahmad, Q Cui, Z Wang, H Wei… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Emerging pollutants (EPs) create a worldwide concern owing to their low concentration and
severe toxicity to the receptors. The prominent emerging pollutants categories as …

Insights into the occurrence, fate, and impacts of halogenated flame retardants in municipal wastewater treatment plants

G Xu, X Zhao, S Zhao, C Chen, MJ Rogers… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Halogenated flame retardants (HFRs) have been extensively used in various consumer
products and many are classified as persistent organic pollutants due to their resistance to …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review on BDE-209: source, distribution, influencing factors, toxicity, and degradation

Y Sun, Y Xu, H Wu, J Hou - Environment International, 2024 - Elsevier
As the most widely used polybrominated diphenyl ether, BDE-209 is commonly used in
polymer-based commercial and household products. Due to its unique physicochemical …

Understanding the mechanism of polybrominated diphenyl ethers reducing the anaerobic co-digestion efficiency of excess sludge and kitchen waste

J Zhao, C Qin, M Sui, S Luo, H Zhang, J Zhu - Environmental Science and …, 2022 - Springer
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) widely existing in the environment can pose a
serious threat to the ecological safety. However, the influence of PBDEs on methane …

Eutrophication impacts the distribution and functional traits of viral communities in lakes

Q Zhang, Y Xiong, J Zhang, B Liu, T Chen, S Liu… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Viruses play a crucial role in aquatic ecosystems by regulating microbial composition and
impacting biogeochemical cycling. While the response of viral diversity to the trophic status …

Simultaneous debromination and mineralization of bromophenol in an up-flow electricity-stimulated anaerobic system

D Chen, J Shen, X Jiang, G Su, W Han, X Sun, J Li… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Due to highly recalcitrant and toxicological nature of halogenated organic compounds,
conventional anaerobic dehalogenation is often limited by low removal rate and poor …

Aerobic degradation characteristics and mechanism of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) using complex bacteria communities

D Hu, J Wu, L Fan, S Li, R Jia - International journal of environmental …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Complex bacteria communities that comprised Brevibacillus sp.(M1) and Achromobacter
sp.(M2) with effective abilities of degrading decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) were …

Underexplored Organohalide-Respiring Bacteria in Sewage Sludge Debrominating Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers

G Xu, S Zhao, J He - Environmental Science & Technology, 2024 - ACS Publications
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are persistent organic pollutants prevalent in the
environment. Organohalide-respiring bacteria (OHRB) can attenuate PBDEs via reductive …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying the removal of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in physical, chemical, and biological sludge treatment systems

N Lakshminarasimman, SB Gewurtz, WJ Parker… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) are priority contaminants historically used as flame
retardants. PBDEs are known to occur in wastewater biosolids posing potential concerns …

Halogenated flame retardants in wild, prey-sized mud carp from an e-waste recycling site in South China, 2006–2016: Residue dynamics and ecological risk …

JP Wu, WL Feng, L Tao, X Li, YT Nie, YC Xu… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The crude e-waste recycling has been regulated in China since the late 2000s; however,
information on the recent levels and the ecological risks of e-waste derived contaminants …