Sustainable wastewater management through nitrogen-cycling microorganisms

T Liu, H Duan, S Lücker, M Zheng, H Daims, Z Yuan… - Nature Water, 2024 - nature.com
Nitrogen-cycling microorganisms play essential roles in biological wastewater treatment,
where nitrogen is removed with substantial energy and chemical consumption and …

Future directions in microbial nitrogen cycling in wastewater treatment

DR Shaw, A Terada, PE Saikaly - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Nitrogen cycle advances drive sustainable wastewater treatment innovation.•
Comammox microaerophilic nature allows energy-efficient complete nitrogen …

Ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) denitrification and bacterial denitrification as the main culprit of high N2O emission in SBR with low C/N ratio wastewater

D Wang, J Zhang, W Han, P Wu, L Deng… - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
A large amount of greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N 2 O) will be produced during the
biological nitrogen removal process for organic wastewater of low C/N ratio. One of the …

Optimized start-up strategies for elemental sulfur packing bioreactor achieving effective autotrophic denitrification

YL Sun, JZ Zhang, HH Ngo, CY Shao, W Wei… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The start-up efficiency of the elemental sulfur packing bioreactor (S 0 PB) is constrained by
the slow growth kinetics of autotrophic microorganisms, which is essentially optimized. This …

Competitive bio-augmentation overcoming unusual direct inhibitor inefficacy in mainstream nitrite-oxidizing bacteria suppression: Unveiling the underpinnings in …

Y Wei, M Ye, Y Chen, YY Li - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
The long-stabilized mainstream partial nitritation/Anammox (PN/A) process continues to
encounter significant challenges from nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB). Therefore, this study …

Green manuring combined with zeolite reduced nitrous oxide emissions in maize field by targeting microbial nitrogen transformations

R Liu, D Chang, G Zhou, H Liang, J Zhang… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Green manure is a crucial strategy for increasing cereal yield and mitigating environmental
burden while reducing chemical N fertilizer. To effectively tackle climate change, finding …

Biotrickling Filtration for the Reduction of N2O Emitted during Wastewater Treatment: Results from a Long-Term In Situ Pilot-Scale Testing

H Han, DD Kim, MJ Song, T Yun, H Yoon… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are a major source of N2O, a potent greenhouse gas
with 300 times higher global warming potential than CO2. Several approaches have been …

Natural flocculant chitosan inhibits short-chain fatty acid production in anaerobic fermentation of waste activated sludge

L Zhao, Y Fan, H Chen - Bioresource Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Chitosan (CTS) serves as an excellent natural flocculant in wastewater purification and
sludge conditioning, but its potential impact on anaerobic fermentation of waste-activated …

Microbial community assembly in engineered bioreactors

SK Smith, JE Weaver, JJ Ducoste - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Microbial community assembly (MCA) processes that shape microbial communities in
environments are being used to analyze engineered bioreactors such as activated sludge …

Carbon chain, hydroxyl and carbonyl: Potential drivers of nitrogen removal enhancement and nitrous oxide emissions in constructed wetlands

X Gu, S Sun, M Zhang, X Bai, S He - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2025 - Elsevier
Adding carbon source is a common method to improve the nitrogen removal capacity of
constructed wetlands. However, current studies have generally ignored the changes in …