As a common biological engineering technology, anaerobic digestion can stabilize sewage
sludge and convert the carbon compounds into renewable energy (ie, methane). However …

Conventional agriculture has important challenges to guarantee soil fertility and sustainable
food production. Many agricultural soils in the world are degraded and multiple strategies …

Due to the persistence of metals in the ecosystem and their threat to all living organisms,
effects of heavy metal on soil microbial communities were widely studied. However, little was …

Recent investigations verified that calcium peroxide (CaO 2) could be used to pretreat waste
activated sludge to promote methane yield from anaerobic digestion. However, the …

Bio-based production of materials from waste streams is a pivotal aspect in a circular
economy. This study aimed to investigate the influence of inoculum (three different sludge …

The rapid start-up and operating characteristics of simultaneous partial nitrification,
anammox, and denitrification (SNAD) process was investigated using synthetic wastewater …

Nonylphenol (NP) is widely known for its estrogenic activity on organisms, but its influence
on biochemical processes executed by complex microbiota is still unclear. The dose-specific …

Because informal landfills are not constructed in a regulated manner, they will inevitably
become a source of leachate pollution to the surrounding environment over time. Microbes …

Substituting chemical fertilizer with organic fertilizer is an important agricultural practice that
improves crop yields but also affects soil biogeochemical cycling. To explore the effects of …

Soil amendments have been extensively used to remediate heavy metal contaminated soils
by immobilizing or altering edaphic properties to reduce the bioavailability of heavy metals …