[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in biological approaches towards anode biofilm engineering for improvement of extracellular electron transfer in microbial fuel cells

T Naaz, A Kumar, A Vempaty, N Singhal… - Environmental …, 2023 - eeer.org
Over the last two decades, scientific communities have been more interested in turning
organic waste materials into bioenergy. Microbial fuel cells (MFC) can degrade organic …

Biosurfactants: potential agents for controlling cellular communication, motility, and antagonism

J Sharma, D Sundar, P Srivastava - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Biosurfactants are surface-active molecules produced by microorganisms, either on the cell
surface or secreted extracellularly. They form a thin film on the surface of microorganisms …

In-situ fabricated hierarchical nanostructure on titanium alloy as highly stable and durable super-lubricated surface for anti-biofouling in marine engineering

D Yue, X Jiang, H Yu, D Sun - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Titanium alloys, with superior corrosion resistance, have been widely used in marine
engineering. However, they are biocompatible and attractive to biofouling organisms. In this …

Bacterial materials: applications of natural and modified biofilms

EN Hayta, MJ Ertelt, M Kretschmer… - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Over millennia, bacteria have developed clever strategies to build biopolymer‐based
communities in which they can survive even extremely challenging conditions. Such …

Evaluation of a glycolipopepetide biosurfactant from Aeromonas hydrophila RP1 for bioremediation and enhanced oil recovery

R Pandey, B Krishnamurthy, HP Singh… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapid industrialization and anthropogenic activities have significantly contributed to
increased petroleum hydrocarbon demand and pollution. For enhancing the oil extraction …

Sorption of petroleum hydrocarbons before transmembrane transport and the structure, mechanisms and functional regulation of microbial membrane transport …

J Wu, R Zhao, L Zhao, Q Xu, J Lv, F Ma - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of the global industrialization process, as an important energy
and strategic resource, petroleum is widely used in various fields. Meanwhile, the leakage of …

[HTML][HTML] Selective antibacterial activity of Citrus Medica limonum essential oil against Escherichia coli K99 and Lactobacillus acidophilus and its antibacterial …

W Tang, Z Zhang, D Nie, S Liu, Y Li, M Liu, Y Zhang… - Lwt, 2023 - Elsevier
Escherichia coli K99 (E. coli K99) is one of the important pathogenic bacteria in calf
production causing massive loss every year, and Lactobacillus acidophilus (L. acidophilus) …

Alcanivorax borkumensis biofilms enhance oil degradation by interfacial tubulation

M Prasad, N Obana, SZ Lin, S Zhao, K Sakai… - Science, 2023 - science.org
During the consumption of alkanes, Alcanivorax borkumensis will form a biofilm around an
oil droplet, but the role this plays during degradation remains unclear. We identified a shift in …

Assessment of polyethylene degradation by biosurfactant producing ligninolytic bacterium

R Kavitha, V Bhuvaneswari - Biodegradation, 2021 - Springer
Accumulation of plastic waste has become an environmental threat and a global problem. In
this research, polyethylene degrading ligninolytic bacteria were isolated from plastic waste …

Degradation of long-chain alkanes through biofilm formation by bacteria isolated from oil-polluted soil

KI Ehiosun, S Godin, L Urios, R Lobinski… - International …, 2022 - Elsevier
Three bacteria, Novosphingobium sp. S1, Gordonia amicalis S2 and Gordonia terrae S5,
were isolated from a crude oil polluted soil and investigated for their ability to utilize long …