Microbiological Approaches to Water Pollution Control and Water Ecological Restoration
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbial Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 8
Special Issue Editors
2. State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
Interests: membrane fouling; microbial electrosynthesis; water supply security; red water control
Interests: water treatment theory and technology; pipe network water quality research; environmental micro interface process research; colloidal pollutants; pollutant migration
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Globally, aquatic ecosystems are facing unprecedented threats from anthropogenic pollutants, including organic contaminants and nutrient overload. Microbial-mediated processes have emerged as a sustainable solution, leveraging the metabolic versatility of microorganisms to degrade pollutants and restore ecological balance. Artificial wetlands and biological nitrification treatment technologies have deepened our understanding of microbial consortia's role in nutrient cycling and biofilm-mediated bioremediation.
This Special Issue highlights the urgent need to develop scalable microbial technologies capable of addressing challenges such as climate change-driven water scarcity and emerging contaminants. We invite studies presenting innovations bridging fundamental science and field applications. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome.
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following research areas:
- Microorganisms participating in the process of nitrogen and phosphorus removal;
- Biochar-enhanced denitrification for wastewater purification;
- Microorganisms' proliferation in water distribution systems;
- Improvement of power generation and performance of microbial fuel cells;
- Microbial population and distribution in large rivers.
Dr. Haiya Zhang
Dr. Weigao Zhao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microbial bioremediation
- aquatic microbiome
- nutrient removal (nitrogen/phosphorus)
- biofilm-mediated purification
- artificial wetland microbiology
- biochar-enhanced wastewater treatment
- microbial fuel cells (MFCs)
- emerging contaminants degradation
- microbial ecology in water distribution systems
- climate-resilient water restoration
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