Marine Microbial Driven Degradation and Transformation of Pollutants: Processes, Mechanisms and Ecological Effects
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Environmental Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 121
Special Issue Editors
Interests: water/wastewater treatment; advanced oxidation processes; emerging pollutants; toxicology
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Interests: marine fungi; fungal ecology; coral-associated microorganisms; active substance marine fungi; marine fungal polysaccharides
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As decomposers in marine ecological systems, microorganisms play an important role in environmental remediation. In particular, marine microorganisms are considered to be superior in terms of enzyme production. Due to their environmental and ecological friendliness as well as the sustainability, degradation and transformation of contaminants by microorganisms in the environment, this area of research has attracted widespread attention. For example, the microbial transformation of heavy metals and the microbial degradation of petroleum and other emerging contaminants such as persistent organic pollutants, antibiotics and microplastics achieve high efficiency without causing secondary pollution. This Special Issue aims to publish research focused on pollutants’ degradation and transformation driven by marine microorganisms. Investigations of the sources and enhancement of microorganisms, the processes, mechanisms and ecological effects during the degradation and transformation of pollutants are all welcome for submission.
Dr. Han Gong
Dr. Xiaoyong Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- marine microorganisms
- degradation
- transformation
- pollutants
- processes
- mechanisms
- ecological effects
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