Applications of Microorganisms in Wastewater Treatment Processes
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental and Green Processes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 May 2025 | Viewed by 442
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biological nitrogen removal technology
Interests: biological recovery of value-added chemicals from wastewater and waste activated sludge
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the rapid promotion of urbanization and industrialization, the quantity of wastewater generated from production and daily life has been increasing annually, posing negative impacts on ecological environments and economic development. Compared to physical and chemical methods, biological treatments capitalize on the metabolic functions of microorganisms within systems to degrade and transform pollutants, thereby possessing numerous advantages in achieving wastewater purification. Due to their high treatment efficiency, low investment and operational costs, and convenient operation and management, biological methods have become one of the widely adopted approaches in the field of wastewater treatment.
This Special Issue, entitled “Applications of Microorganisms in Wastewater Treatment Processes”, will curate research which focuses on novel advances in process optimization and/or explores the intrinsic mechanisms of microorganisms applied in wastewater treatments. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, methods and/or applications in the following areas:
- Industrial-wastewater biological treatment;
- Nutrient (N and P) removal;
- Heavy-metal removal;
- Emerging-contaminant biodegradation;
- Bioflocculants;
- Microbial immobilization;
- Microbial fuel cells;
- Wastewater biorecovery.
Dr. Yunmeng Pang
Dr. Yanan Yin
Dr. Zhenguo Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- industrial-wastewater biological treatment
- nutrient (N and P) removal
- heavy-metal removal
- emerging-contaminant biodegradation
- bioflocculants
- microbial immobilization
- microbial fuel cells
- wastewater biorecovery
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