The use of agro-waste-based adsorbents as sustainable, renewable, and low-cost alternatives for the removal of ibuprofen and carbamazepine from water

FA Ahmad - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
The occurrence of residual pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment poses major
toxicological impacts and adds to the increasing pressure on water resources. Many …

[HTML][HTML] Ibuprofen-enhanced biodegradation in solution and sewage sludge by a mineralizing microbial consortium. Shift in associated bacterial communities

I Aguilar-Romero, F Madrid, J Villaverde… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ibuprofen (IBP) is a widely used drug of environmental concern as emerging contaminant
due to its low elimination rates by wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), leading to the …

Shifts of bacterial community and molecular ecological network in activated sludge system under ibuprofen stress

S Liu, D Chen, Z Wang, M Zhang, M Zhu, M Yin… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The major objectives of this study were to explore the long-term effects of ibuprofen (IBP) on
nutrient removal, community compositions, and microbial interactions of the activated sludge …

Impact of ampicillin on the nitrogen removal, microbial community and enzymatic activity of activated sludge

N Yu, C Zhao, B Ma, S Li, Z She, L Guo, Q Zhang… - Bioresource …, 2019 - Elsevier
The performance, nitrogen removal rate, extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), microbial
community and enzymatic activity of activated sludge have been assessed in a sequencing …

Stochasticity versus determinism: Microbial community assembly patterns under specific conditions in petrochemical activated sludge

Y Jiang, H Huang, Y Tian, X Yu, X Li - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
The pattern of microbial community assembly in petrochemical sludge is not well-explained.
In this study, three kinds of petrochemical activated sludge (AS) from the same seed sludge …

Impacts of typical pharmaceuticals and personal care products on the performance and microbial community of a sponge-based moving bed biofilm reactor

X Zhang, Z Song, HH Ngo, W Guo, Z Zhang, Y Liu… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Four lab-scale moving bed biofilm reactors (MBBRs) were built to treat simulated wastewater
containing typical pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs). The efficiency in …

Response of microorganisms in biofilm to sulfadiazine and ciprofloxacin in drinking water distribution systems

H Wang, C Hu, Y Shen, B Shi, D Zhao, X Xing - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of sulfadiazine and ciprofloxacin on microorganisms in biofilm of drinking
water distribution systems (DWDSs) were studied. The results verified that the increases of …

New insight into the combined effects of ibuprofen and Cu (II) on activated sludge system: system performance, community structure, microbial interaction network

D Chen, M Zhang, Y Qin, Z Wang, M Yin, M Zhu… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aimed to investigate the combined effects of ibuprofen (IBU) and Cu (II) on the
treatment performance, microbial activity, community composition, and microbial interaction …

Responses of microbial communities and their interactions to ibuprofen in a bio-electrochemical system

M Zhu, M Zhang, Y Yuan, P Zhang, S Du, T Ya… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ibuprofen has caused great concerns due to their potential environmental risks. However,
their removal efficiency and their effects on microbial interactions in bio-electrochemical …

Migration and transformation of sulfur in the municipal sewage sludge during disposal in cement kiln

Y Huang, H Li, Z Jiang, X Yang, Q Chen - Waste Management, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of this work was to investigate the migration and transformation of sulfur in the
municipal sewage sludge during disposal in cement kiln, and better understand the …