Environmental Biotech
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Designing yeast as plant-like hyperaccumulators for heavy metals
Abstract: Hyperaccumulators typically refer to plants that absorb and tolerate elevated amounts of heavy metals. Due to their unique metal…
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Microbial reduction of metal-organic frameworks enables synergistic chromium removal
Abstract: Redox interactions between electroactive bacteria and inorganic materials underpin many emerging technologies, but commonly used materials (e.g., metal oxides)…
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Fouling-resistant biofilter of an anaerobic electrochemical membrane reactor
Abstract: Membrane fouling is a considerable challenge for the stable operation of anaerobic membrane-based bioreactors. Membrane used as a cathode…
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Metal-coordinated sub-10 nm membranes for water purification
Ultrathin membranes with potentially high permeability are urgently demanded in water purification. However, their facile, controllable fabrication remains a grand…
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Microscale pH variations during drying of soils and desert biocrusts affect HONO and NH3 emissions
Microscale interactions in soil may give rise to highly localised conditions that disproportionally affect soil nitrogen transformations. We report mechanistic…
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Hemocyanin facilitates lignocellulose digestion by wood-boring marine crustaceans
Woody (lignocellulosic) plant biomass is an abundant renewable feedstock, rich in polysaccharides that are bound into an insoluble fiber composite…
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Optimizing radionuclide sequestration in anion nanotraps with record pertechnetate sorption
The elimination of specific contaminants from competitors poses a significant challenge. Rather than relying on a single direct interaction, the…
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The algal trophic mode affects the interaction and oil production of a synergistic microalga-yeast consortium
by Zuccaro, et al. The use of non-food feedstocks to produce renewable microbial resources can limit our dependence on fossil…
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Remediation of heavy metal contaminated soil by asymmetrical alternating current electrochemistry
Soil contamination by heavy metals constitutes an important environmental problem, whereas field applicability of existing remediation technologies has encountered numerous…
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Features of diclofenac biodegradation by Rhodococcus ruber IEGM 346
By Ivshina, et al. This study investigated the ability of rhodococci to biodegrade diclofenac (DCF), one of the polycyclic non-steroidal…
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