An effort to understand and improve the anaerobic biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons: A literature review

B Wartell, M Boufadel, L Rodriguez-Freire - International Biodeterioration & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Oil and fuel spills occur regularly in terrestrial and aquatic environments and substances
such as crude oil can contain many compounds that are highly resistant to degradation …

Advances and perspectives of using stable isotope probing (SIP)-based technologies in contaminant biodegradation

J Kim, M Hwangbo, CH Shih, KH Chu - Water Research X, 2023 - Elsevier
Stable isotope probing (SIP) is a powerful tool to study microbial community structure and
function in both nature and engineered environments. Coupling with advanced genomics …

Differential effects of GAC and graphite on interspecies electron transfer during anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge for methane production

W Jiang, J He, S Yin, X Ruan, Y Zhao, Y Liu… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigated the effect of the particle size of granular activated carbon (GAC) and
graphite on methane production efficiency. Additionally, differences in the mechanisms by …

Exploring bacterial community composition in Mediterranean deep-sea sediments and their role in heavy metal accumulation

F Jroundi, F Martinez-Ruiz, ML Merroun… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The role of microbial processes in bioaccumulation of major and trace elements has been
broadly demonstrated. However, microbial communities from marine sediments have been …

[HTML][HTML] Stochastic assembly process dominates bacterial succession during a long-term microbial enhanced oil recovery

Y Yun, Z Gui, J Xie, Y Chen, X Tian, G Li, JD Gu… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) has been successfully used in oil exploitation to
increase oil production. However, the mechanisms of microbial interactions and community …

Bacterial community composition and function succession under aerobic and anaerobic conditions impacts the biodegradation of 17β-estradiol and its environmental …

K Zhang, Z Zhang, Z Hu, F Zeng, C Chen, X Yang… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
The widespread detection of 17β-estradiol (E2) in the environment has become an
emerging concern worldwide due to its endocrine disrupting effects. This work focuses on …

Enhancing the decomposition and volatile fatty acids production of excess sludge: Synergistic pretreatment by endogenous lysozyme and rhamnolipid

G Liu, X Li, R Zhang, X Ma, H Xie - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
This study investigated a green and efficient pretreatment strategy for enhancing excess
sludge (ES) decomposition using combined pretreatment with endogenous lysozyme (EL) …

[HTML][HTML] Biodegradation of crude oil by nitrate-reducing, sulfate-reducing, and methanogenic microbial communities under high-pressure conditions

L Wang, Y Nie, X Chen, J Xu, Z Ji, W Song, X Wei… - Microorganisms, 2024 - mdpi.com
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) is an important component in many national
net-zero strategies, and ensuring that CO2 can be safely and economically stored in …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term cultivation and meta-omics reveal methylotrophic methanogenesis in hydrocarbon-impacted habitats

YF Liu, J Chen, ZL Liu, ZW Hou, B Liang, LY Wang… - Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The microbial conversion of alkanes to methane in hydrocarbon-contaminated environments
is an intrinsic bioremediation strategy under anoxic conditions. However, the mechanism of …

Composition and metabolic flexibility of hydrocarbon-degrading consortia in oil reservoirs

Y Yun, T Lv, Z Gui, T Su, W Cao, X Tian, Y Chen… - Bioresource …, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydrocarbon–degrading consortia (HDC) play an important role in petroleum exploitation.
However, the real composition and metabolic mechanism of HDC in the microbial enhanced …