Vanadium in the environment: biogeochemistry and bioremediation

B Zhang, H Zhang, J He, S Zhou, H Dong… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Vanadium (V) is a highly toxic multivalent, redox-sensitive element. It is widely distributed in
the environment and employed in various industrial applications. Interactions between V …

Microbial fuel cells for bioelectricity production from waste as sustainable prospect of future energy sector

AT Hoang, S Nižetić, KH Ng, AM Papadopoulos, AT Le… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is lauded for its potentials to solve both energy crisis and
environmental pollution. Technologically, it offers the capability to harness electricity from …

Industrial wastewater treatment: Current trends, bottlenecks, and best practices

D Dutta, S Arya, S Kumar - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization and industrialization have inextricably linked to water consumption and
wastewater generation. Mining resources from industrial wastewater has proved to be an …

Vanadate bio-detoxification driven by pyrrhotite with secondary mineral formation

J He, B Zhang, Y Wang, S Chen… - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Vanadium (V) is a redox-sensitive heavy-metal contaminant whose environmental mobility is
strongly influenced by pyrrhotite, a widely distributed iron sulfide mineral. However …

Vanadium in soil-plant system: Source, fate, toxicity, and bioremediation

L Chen, J Liu, W Hu, J Gao, J Yang - Journal of hazardous materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Vanadium (V) is an important component of industrial activities, while it may pose toxic
hazards to plants, animals, and humans at high levels. Owing to its various uses in …

Elucidating Multiple Electron-Transfer Pathways for Metavanadate Bioreduction by Actinomycetic Streptomyces microflavus

S Wang, B Zhang, Y Fei, H Liu, Y Zhao… - … Science & Technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
While microbial reduction has gained widespread recognition for efficiently remediating
environments polluted by toxic metavanadate [V (V)], the pool of identified V (V)-reducing …

Novel Pathway for Vanadium(V) Bio-Detoxification by Gram-Positive Lactococcus raffinolactis

B Zhang, Y Li, Y Fei, Y Cheng - Environmental Science & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Whereas prospects of bioremediation for a vanadium (V)[V (V)]-contaminated environment
are widely recognized, reported functional species are extremely limited, with the vast …

Deciphering vanadium speciation in smelting ash and adaptive responses of soil microorganisms

J He, B Zhang, W Yan, Y Lai, Y Tang, Y Han, J Liu - ACS nano, 2024 - ACS Publications
Abundant smelting ash is discharged during pyrometallurgical vanadium (V) production.
However, its associated V speciation and resultant ecological impact have remained …

The overlooked role of denitrifying bacteria in mediating vanadate reduction

Y Fei, B Zhang, D Chen, T Liu, H Dong - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Microbial vanadate [V (V)] reduction is the key process of vanadium geochemical
cycling, while the identified functional microbes are rather limited. Considering the structural …

Membrane-based processes for sustainable power generation using water

BE Logan, M Elimelech - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Water has always been crucial to combustion and hydroelectric processes, but it could
become the source of power in membrane-based systems that capture energy from natural …