[HTML][HTML] Antibiotic-metal complexes in wastewaters: fate and treatment trajectory

P Khurana, R Pulicharla, SK Brar - Environment International, 2021 - Elsevier
Unregulated usage, improper disposal, and leakage from pharmaceutical use and
manufacturing sites have led to high detection levels of antibiotic residues in wastewater …

Principle and application of hydrogen peroxide based advanced oxidation processes in activated sludge treatment: A review

R Guan, X Yuan, Z Wu, L Jiang, Y Li, G Zeng - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
The disposal of excessive activated sludge by advanced oxidation processes (AOP) to avoid
its potential environmental risk has received extensive attention. As an efficient and clean …

Tetracyclines metal complexation: Significance and fate of mutual existence in the environment

R Pulicharla, K Hegde, SK Brar, RY Surampalli - Environmental Pollution, 2017 - Elsevier
Concern over tetracyclines (TCs) complexation with metals in the environment is growing as
a new class of emerging contaminants. TCs exist as a different net charged species …

Enzyme immobilization on biomass-derived carbon materials as a sustainable approach towards environmental applications

G Bijoy, R Rajeev, L Benny, S Jose, A Varghese - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Enzymes with their environment-friendly nature and versatility have become highly important
'green tools' with a wide range of applications. Enzyme immobilization has further increased …

Degradation of chlortetracycline using immobilized laccase on Polyacrylonitrile-biochar composite nanofibrous membrane

M Taheran, M Naghdi, SK Brar, EJ Knystautas… - Science of The Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
The continuous release of antibiotic compounds through wastewater effluent into
environment has raised concerns about their potential problems for different organisms …

Advances in pretreatment strategies to enhance the biodegradability of waste activated sludge for the conversion of refractory substances

X Liu, D Wang, Z Chen, W Wei, G Mannina… - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a low-cost technology widely used to divert waste activated
sludge (WAS) to renewable energy production, but is generally restricted by its poor …

Covalent immobilization of laccase on citric acid functionalized micro-biochars derived from different feedstock and removal of diclofenac

L Lonappan, Y Liu, T Rouissi, F Pourcel, SK Brar… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Immobilization of enzymes on the solid supports can improve the stability as well as catalytic
properties of enzymes. In this study, biochar derived from various feedstocks were used as …

Biodegradation of chlortetracycline by Bacillus cereus LZ01: Performance, degradative pathway and possible genes involved

S Zhang, J Wang - Journal of hazardous materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial degradation of chlortetracycline (CTC) is an effective bioremediation method. In
the present study, an enrichment technique was used to isolate a Bacillus cereus LZ01 …

Interaction between chlortetracycline and calcium-rich biochar: Enhanced removal by adsorption coupled with flocculation

Q Xu, Q Zhou, M Pan, L Dai - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
A high residual concentration of antibiotics in the environment represents a to the animal
and human health, thus, removal of these antibiotics is an urgent problem in need of a …

Removal of chlortetracycline from water by Bacillus cereus immobilized on Chinese medicine residues biochar

S Zhang, J Wang - Environmental technology & innovation, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar-immobilized microorganism technology is an effective way to remove antibiotic
contamination from water bodies. In this study, three common Chinese medicine residues …