Heavy metals (HMs) pose a global ecological threat due to their toxic effects on aquatic and
terrestrial life. Effective remediation of HMs from the environment can help to restore soil's …

Natural and human activities lead to soil degradation and soil salinization. The decrease of
farmlands threatens food security. There are approximately 1 billion ha salt-affected soils all …

Anaerobic ammonia oxidation (anammox) process has been proven to be a favorable and
innovative process, for treatment of nitrogen-rich wastewater due to decreased oxygen and …

Nano-sized titanium dioxide (nTiO2) represents the highest produced nanomaterial by mass
worldwide and, due to its prevalent industrial and commercial use, it inevitably reaches the …

The progression of urban industrialization releases large quantities of heavy metals into
water, resulting in the severe heavy metal contamination of the aquatic environment …

Environmental pollution caused by heavy metals has received worldwide attentions due to
their ubiquity, poor degradability and easy bioaccumulation in host cells. As one potential …

Lichens are exemplar symbioses based upon carbon exchange between photobionts and
their mycobiont hosts. Historically considered a two‐way relationship, some lichen …

Background Cyanobacteria are major primary producers in extreme cold ecosystems. Many
lineages of cyanobacteria thrive in these harsh environments, but it is not fully understood …

Extracellularpolysaccharides of bacteria contribute to biofilm formation, stress tolerance, and
infectivity. Cyanobacteria, the oxygenic photoautotrophic bacteria, uniquely produce sulfated …

Nanomaterials (NMs) are becoming more commonly used in microalgal biotechnology to
empower the production of algal biomass and valuable metabolites, such as lipids, proteins …