Driving Factors for Black-Odor-Related Microorganisms and Potential Self-Remediation Strategies
, Yufeng Ren 2,3,*, Xianbin Zhu 1,2,3,*, Hongzhong Pan 1,2, Huaming Yao 3, Jiaming Wang 2, Mingliang Liu 2 and Minghuang He 2Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The authors explored the approaches to reveal the effects of different disturbance conditions on black odor-related microorganisms and establish driving factors for environmental management. The research is interesting and of importance. The results are presented clearly. However, there are some comments need to be addressed before publication.
Major comments:
1. The introduction does not provide enough background for the readers, actually, there are different approaches to deal with polluted water and avoid the black odor-related microorganisms. For example, the current developed solar-driven interfacial evaporation technique, photocatalysis and the combination of these two techniques with antibacterial function. The following are some of the recommended references:
Kai et al. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 39, 44271–44281
Niu et al. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2022, 14, 40, 45533–45544
S. Zhang et al. Catal. Today, 2019, 335, 65–77.
N. Tian, et al. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 11584–11612.
G. Liao, et al. Energy Environ. Sci., 2019, 12, 2080–2147.
Ling et al. Chemical Engineering Journal 2023, 454, 140383.
2. The software and the details of the setting should be presented.
3. The origin of the data shown in Fig. 4 should be labelled.
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Reviewer 2 Report
Dear authors of the paper: Effects of different disturbance conditions on black odor-related microorganisms: highlight driving factors for bacteria linked to black odor formation and potential self-remediation I recommend that you only review the numbering of the tables in
the supplement, since table S4 is
cited first and then the other tables.
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Reviewer 3 Report
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Reviewer 4 Report
- This study investigated the black-odor issues of their related microorganisms. The environmental factors that affect the microbial characteristics of relevant pollutants were studied. The objectives require a broad understanding of functional microbes and statistical tools, which is not easy to achieve in a single article. The writing can be improved by making the scope and discussion precise. The manuscript is recommended for major revision.
- Some suggestions
- The abstract needs to be more precise
- Authors may need to further explain the limitation of this study. e.g. number of water samples.
- The possible impacts of how pH disturbance could affect odor issues can be discussed.
- Two references that focus on anaerobic microbes and sulfate-reducing bacteria are recommenced. It could be informative for discussing the transformation of organics and sulfur compounds as well as their implications: 1. Engineering interface between bioenergy recovery and biogas desulfurization: Sustainability interplays of biochar application; 2. Methodological framework for wastewater treatment plants delivering expanded service: Economic tradeoffs and technological decisions.
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Round 2
Reviewer 3 Report
Authors successfully responded all comments.
Reviewer 4 Report
accepted
