Anaerobic membrane bioreactor for the treatment of high-strength waste/wastewater: A critical review and update

Z An, J Zhu, M Zhang, Y Zhou, X Su, H Lin… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) which integrates membrane filtration with
anaerobic process, achieves high COD removal (∼ 95%) with short hydraulic retention time …

Exploring the role of microbial biofilm for industrial effluents treatment

I Chattopadhyay, TMM Usman, S Varjani - Bioengineered, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Biofilm formation on biotic or abiotic surfaces is caused by microbial cells of a single or
heterogeneous species. Biofilm protects microbes from stressful environmental conditions …

Enriched autoinducer-2 (AI-2)-based quorum quenching consortium in a ceramic anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) for biofouling retardation

B Xu, QAC Cho, TCA Ng, S Huang, HY Ng - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
This study is the first to enrich a facultative QQ consortium for AI-2-based quorum sensing
(QS) disruption (FQQ2) and discover its quorum quenching (QQ) performance in an …

Biofilm formation and biofouling development on different ultrafiltration membranes by natural anaerobes from an anaerobic membrane bioreactor

Y Yang, E Bar-Zeev, G Oron, M Herzberg… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Biofouling in anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBRs) has not been studied widely.
Moreover, the effect of membrane surface properties on biofilm formation beyond initial …

Unveiling the residual membrane foulants in full-scale MBR plant after chemically enhanced backwash: insights into microbe-associated compounds

T Gao, D Wang, L Xia, S Zhao, R Xu, H Zhang, F Meng… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane fouling is a main bottleneck that limits the stable operation of membrane
bioreactors (MBRs). However, the nature of residual foulants over frequent chemical …

Role of quorum sensing and quorum quenching in anaerobic digestion: A scoping review

P Anburajan, RD Cayetano, YM Prohim, NT Thau… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a biological process that employs anaerobic microorganisms to
degrade organic material, yielding biogas and biofertilizers. Understanding quorum sensing …

Microalgae growth-promoting bacteria for cultivation strategies: Recent updates and progress

W Pathom-Aree, P Sattayawat, S Inwongwan… - Microbiological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microalgae growth-promoting bacteria (MGPB), both actinobacteria and non-actinobacteria,
have received considerable attention recently because of their potential to develop …

Feasibility of implementing quorum quenching technology to mitigate membrane fouling in MBRs treating phenol-rich pharmaceutical wastewater: Application of …

S Huang, B Xu, TCA Ng, M He, X Shi, HY Ng - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
This study aimed to implement quorum quenching (QQ) to mitigate membrane fouling in
membrane bioreactors (MBRs) treating phenol-rich pharmaceutical wastewater using …

Regulation of quorum sensing for the manipulation of conjugative transfer of antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater treatment system

X Qiu, B Wang, S Ren, X Liu, Y Wang - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The emergence and transmission of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) through plasmid-
mediated conjugation has become a significant worldwide public health threat. Biofilms are …

Polyelectrolyte-silica composite quorum quenching biomedia as new antifouling agents for anaerobic membrane bioreactor treatment

SSA Shah, H Park, HJ Park, J Kim, I Angelidaki… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBRs) have received increasing attention because of
their low energy requirements; however, membrane fouling is the major deterrent to their …