Molecular Studies on Microbial Degradation of Emerging Pollutants Toxic to Human Health
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 61
Special Issue Editor
Interests: environmental microbiology; microbial biochemistry and molecular biology; organic pollutants; enzyme; biodegradation; environmental biotechnology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Emerging pollutants and organic pollutants have led to severe environmental pollution problems. Due to their stable chemical structure, as well as environmental persistence, recalcitrance, bioaccumulation, and high biotoxicity, emerging pollutants and organic pollutants have posed a significant threat to the agricultural ecological environment and human health. Therefore, researching effective methods for degrading environmental pollutants is essential for better protecting agroecological environments and human health. Research on the emerging pollutants and organic pollutants degradation by bacteria and fungi and their enzymes at molecular level is of great significance to governance of ecological environments.
The efficient degradation of environmental pollutants by microorganisms has become a research hotspot in the field of microbial biotechnology. The aim of the Special Issue ”Molecular Studies on Microbial Degradation of Emerging Pollutants Toxic to Human Health” of IJMS is to play a positive and beneficial role in promoting research at the molecular level about the efficient degradation and detoxification of environmental pollutants by microorganisms and their enzymes. The scope of this Special Issue includes molecular research on microbial degradation of emerging pollutants and organic pollutants (including bacteria, fungi, and archaea), microbial enzyme (from bacteria, fungi, and archaea) applied in the degradation of emerging pollutants and organic pollutants, molecular mechanisms of biodegradation of emerging pollutants and organic pollutants, molecular mechanism of biodegradation of emerging pollutants and organic pollutants by bacteria, fungi, archaea, and their enzymes.
Prof. Dr. Yang Yang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- microbial degradation
- emerging pollutants and organic pollutants
- bacteria
- fungi
- enzyme
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