Progress in Microbial Treatment of Wastewater, Solid Wastes and Waste Gases, 2nd Edition

A special issue of Fermentation (ISSN 2311-5637). This special issue belongs to the section "Industrial Fermentation".

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College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
Interests: microbiome; synthetic biology; microbial CO2 conversion; biofuel
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College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
Interests: anaerobic digestion; methanogenesis; carbon dioxide bioreduction; waste biotreatment; microbial electrolysis system
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Key Laboratory for Heavy Metal Pollution Control and Reutilization, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Dear Colleagues,

Microbes are key players in biogeochemical cycles due to their functions of macromolecule degradation, compound conversion, and element enrichment. Therefore, microbe-based technologies have been developed rapidly to treat wastewater (such as anammox, bioelectrochemical systems, and algae–bacteria systems), solid wastes (such as aerobic composting, anaerobic digestion, and biofuel production), and waste gases (such as syngas fermentation and microbial electrosynthesis). This Special Issue aims to provide a platform for global researchers to disseminate recent technological developments and engineering solutions in microbial treatment of wastewater, solid wastes, and waste gases. Original research articles, critical reviews, and perspectives are welcome to be submitted to this Special Issue, where potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

  • The exploitation of microbes as tools for treating wastewater, solid wastes, and waste gases.
  • Mechanism analysis of microbial treatment of wastewater, solid wastes, and waste gases, e.g., community structures and functional compositions, activities, and dynamics of microbes in the treatment systems.
  • New technologies or processes for microbial treatment of wastewater, solid wastes, and waste gases.
  • Performance improvement of microbial treatment of wastewater, solid wastes, and waste gases based on synthetic biology, new materials, etc.
  • Modeling and economic analyses for microbial processes of wastewater treatment, solid waste treatment, and waste gas conversion.

Dr. Pengsong Li
Prof. Dr. Yan Dang
Dr. Lijuan Zhang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • aerobic composting
  • algal–bacterial consortium
  • anaerobic digestion
  • bioelectrochemical system
  • biofuel
  • meta-omics
  • microbial electrosynthesis
  • microbial fuel cell
  • microbial wastewater treatment
  • syngas fermentation

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Combined Use of Biochar and Microbial Agents Can Promote Lignocellulosic Degradation Microbial Community Optimization during Composting of Submerged Plants
by Hongjie Wang, Zhiwei Su, Shengnan Ren, Panyue Zhang, Hui Li, Xiaoping Guo and Ling Liu
Fermentation 2024, 10(1), 70; https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation10010070 - 21 Jan 2024
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Aerobic composting is one of the methods for the resource utilization of submerged plant residues. This study investigated the effects of biochar, wetland sediments and microbial agents added individually or combined on the humification process, lignocellulose degradation and microbial communities during Ceratophyllum demersum [...] Read more.
Aerobic composting is one of the methods for the resource utilization of submerged plant residues. This study investigated the effects of biochar, wetland sediments and microbial agents added individually or combined on the humification process, lignocellulose degradation and microbial communities during Ceratophyllum demersum and Potamogeton wrightii composting. The results showed that the addition of wetland sediment and biochar was found to significantly elevate the composting temperature and humification of compost products. The average content of lignin in wetland sediment and/or biochar treatments was 12.2–13.5%, which was higher than the control group (10.9–11.45%). Compared with the organic matter (19.4%) and total nitrogen concentration (35.3%) of compost treated with complex microbial agent treatments, the homemade microbial agents significantly increased the values by 22.1% and 41.0%, respectively. By comparing the differences in microbial communities among different treatments, the sediments and homemade agents demonstrated greater increases in activity and diversity of lignocellulose degradation-related microbes, especially for Truepera and Actinomarinale. Humus component and temperature were the most critical parameters influencing the changes in the bacterial community. Based on these results, a combination of biochar and homemade agents was a promising additive for an effective composting strategy, and sediment was identified as a potential control of bacterial diversity in wetland plant compost. Full article
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