Biodegradation and Bioremediation for Emerging Environmental Pollutants

Dear Colleagues,

Emerging pollutants (EPs) are a diverse group of chemicals and compounds that have been newly discovered or have recently attracted attention and that possess characteristics such as biological toxicity, environmental persistence, and bioaccumulation, and pose a threat to human health and to the security of the ecological environment (through micro-plastics, nanomaterials, antibiotics, etc.). The source, distribution, fate, and toxicity of EPs have resulted world-wide concern. Nevertheless, the technologies needed to remediate of EPs are still limited. Therefore, this Special Issue will focus on the biodegradation and bioremediation of Eps, and we hope that this Special Issue will be significant for our understanding of the fate of EPs in nature and for developing in situ cleanup strategies. Original research works and review articles are welcome. Possible submission topics may include, but are not limited to, the following: (i) identifying EPs degrading microbes via culture-dependent or -independent (e.g., metagenomic methods) approaches; (ii) isolating and characterizing EPs degrading microbes with robust degrading capacity, environmental adaptability, and application potential; (iii) deciphering the metabolic mechanisms (pathway and molecular mechanism) of EPs in microbes and related environments; and (iv) evaluating the application potential of EPs in degrading microbes via bioremediation and bioaugmentation.

Prof. Dr. Lei Ren
Prof. Dr. John Zhou
Guest Editors

Dr. Hongming Liu
Guest Editor Assistant

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