Behavior and Mechanism of Microbial Community Responses to Emerging Pollutants
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2023) | Viewed by 336
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental microbiology; microbial degradation; wastewater treatment; organic pollutants; carbon nanomaterial
Interests: wastewater treatment; biodegradation; metabolism mechanism
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Dear Colleagues,
The rapid development of the global economy and the widespread use of chemicals exert great pressure on wastewater treatment systems. As a result, there is a need to improve the performance and efficiency of existing biological treatment technologies. Research on microbial-level communication behaviors and mechanisms will help enhance the understanding of sludge granulation, biofilm formation, nutrients and emerging contaminants removal, as well as horizontal gene transfer in wastewater treatment systems. Moreover, various emerging pollutants, including endocrine disruptor compounds, hormones, residual pharmaceuticals, drugs, disinfectants, active residues of personal care products, and antibiotic resistant genes, emerge one after another. The presence of such emerging pollutants poses worldwide ecotoxicological risks to the health of humans and animals. The influence of these pollutants on microbial communities, especially in wastewater treatment processes, has become a research hotspot. Thus, a much deeper understanding of the interplay between emerging chemicals and microbial community is necessary. Herein, we are proposing this Special Issue on the behavior and mechanisms of the microbial community sensing effect in wastewater treatment. Papers dealing with new approaches to biological treatment or the interactions between emerging pollutants and microbial communities are also within the scope of this collection. New research papers, reviews, case reports, and conference papers are welcome to this Special Issue. Other manuscript types accepted include methodological papers, position papers, brief reports, and commentaries.
Dr. Jingwei Wang
Dr. Qiao Ma
Dr. Zhaojing Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wastewater treatment
- microbial community
- microbial interaction
- functional genetic analysis
- quorum sensing
- quorum quenching
- emerging pollutant
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