Microbial communities play a pivotal role in material cycling, energy flow, and pollutant degradation within river ecosystems. Thus, gaining a clear understanding of how wastewater discharge affects microbial community structure and function is essen...
The occurrence and distribution characteristics of tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) and its relationship with microbial community diversity in different mangrove sediments need further investigation. The results of this study indicated levels of TBBPA i...
Calcium carbonate induced by microorganisms can quickly fill and cement sand particles, thereby effectively reducing the potential for the liquefaction of sand. This process could represent a new green approach to the liquefaction treatment of satura...
Biofilms in drinking water systems hosting diverse microbial communities are potential sources of opportunistic pathogens and taste/odour complaints. Domestic distribution networks are especially prone to biofilm formation due to high surface-to-volu...
Evaluating the microbial quality of irrigation water is essential for the prevention of foodborne illnesses. Generic Escherichia coli (E. coli) is used as an indicator organism to estimate the microbial quality of irrigation water. Monitoring E. coli...
With the transformation of industrial enterprises in China, the relocation of numerous factories has led to the emergence of retired industrial parks with serious pollution. This study investigated the contamination of benzene-based pollutants (BBPs)...
Piggery wastewater contains high amounts of feces, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and other contaminants, introducing serious pollution into water, soil, and the atmosphere. Biological treatment technology is widely used in large-scale pig farms becau...
The aim of this work was to investigate the microbial diversity characteristics and driving factors in a high elevation drop river and to analyze the potential risks of river microorganisms to human health. In March 2019, we analyzed the microbial di...
Soil microbial residues contribute to the majority of stable soil organic carbon (SOC) pools, and their distribution among aggregate fractions determines long-term soil carbon (C) stability and, consequently, soil productivity. However, how microbial...
This article examines the impact of fluid flow dynamics on microbial growth, distribution, and control within food processing systems. Fluid flows, specifically laminar and turbulent flows, significantly influence microbial behaviors, such as biofilm...
21 January 2023
Meat has been found to be a prime vehicle for the dissemination of foodborne pathogens to humans worldwide. Microbial meat contaminants can cause food-borne diseases in humans. The threat to consumers by microbial meat contaminants necessitates the s...
The Hexi Corridor is an arid region in northwestern China, where hypoliths are widely distributed, resulting from large amounts of translucent stone pavements. In this region, the water and heat distributions are uneven, with a descent gradient from...
Climate change has an increasing influence on the composition, abundance, and distribution of bioaerosols in the atmosphere. Bioaerosols, which include airborne bacteria, fungi, viruses, pollen, and microbial fragments, represent an important compone...
Low permeability oil reservoirs hold an important position in the global oil resource reserves. They boast abundant reserves and serve as one of the crucial sources for crude oil reserve replacement in China and even the world. The mechanisms for imp...
The transformations of iron (Fe), phosphorus (P), and sulfide (S) have been previously investigated in many areas, but quantifying the effects of the seasons on nutrient transformations and bacterial community distributions is a major issue that requ...
Rare earth elements and yttrium (REY) are critical metals underpinning high-technology industries. Marine deposits have attracted growing interest due to their abundant REY reserves and high grades. This review synthesizes current knowledge on source...
To investigate the impact of periodic water-level fluctuations on soil microbial community structure in the riparian zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, this study focused on the riparian zone at Zhangjiawan near the dam. Surface soil samples (0...
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are ubiquitous in the environment, with previous studies mainly focusing on the terrestrial ecosystem, which is prone to higher antibiotic application. However, the characteristics, distribution pattern, and driving...
The use of biochar as a soil amendment has substantial potential to enhance soil quality and carbon sequestration. However, the responses to the addition of biochar based on soil microbial residues are not well understood, particularly at the aggrega...
Intercropping systems can flexibly use resources such as sunlight, heat, water, and nutrients in time and space, improve crop yield and land utilization rates, effectively reduce continuous cropping obstacles and the occurrence of diseases and insect...
The geographic distribution patterns of soil microbial communities associated with cultivated Acanthopanax senticosus plants in Northeast China were investigated. High-throughput sequencing revealed that the diversity and community assembly of bacter...
The distribution characteristics of the microbial community in rhizosphere soils of different altitudinal gradients were explored to uncover ecological factors affecting microbial community composition. In this study, the community variations of bact...
The combined effects of organic pollutants and vertical soil gradients on microbial community assembly in long-term contaminated sites remain insufficiently understood. In this study, high-throughput sequencing was employed to characterize prokaryoti...
Although many studies have focused on the roles of soil microbes in phosphorus (P) cycling, little is known about the distribution of microbial P cycling genes across soil depths. In this study, metagenomic sequencing was adopted to examine the diffe...
Rapid urbanization has destroyed urban water systems and led to blackened and odorous rivers. The heavily polluted rivers are always facing eutrophication and heavy metal pollution, while the combined effects of these environmental factors on the mic...
The increases in per capita water consumption, coupled in part with global climate change have resulted in increased demands on available freshwater resources. Therefore, the availability of safe, pathogen-free drinking water is vital to public healt...
Climate variability plays a crucial role in shaping drinking water quality, yet the quantitative links between meteorological factors and microbiological contamination remain underexplored in temperate continental climates. A secondary data analysis...
Understanding soil organic carbon (SOC) at the aggregate level is crucial for soil health in secondary-salinized greenhouse development. Nevertheless, the specific patterns and contributions of ion content and microbial communities on SOC density fra...
The occurrence of microbial communities harboring antibiotic resistance bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in the drinking water distribution system pose a significant threat to the aquatic ecosystem and to public health, especially in developi...
Type IA topoisomerases have highly conserved catalytic N-terminal domains for the cleaving and rejoining of a single DNA/RNA strand that have been extensively characterized. In contrast, the C-terminal region has been less covered. Two major types of...
The remediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-contaminated soils has received much attention in recent years, and most of the contaminated sites are in anaerobic environments, such as deep soils and flooded soils. We simulated the natural...
This study presents the effect of aqueous Pb(II) and nutrient concentrations on the Pb(II)-removal, biomass viability, active species identities, and population distribution of an industrial Pb(II) resistant microbial consortium. The studied consorti...
Electrochemical disinfection systems are gaining attention as potential solutions for reducing microbial contamination in drinking water distribution networks. While numerous recent studies suggest that these systems are easy to implement, real-world...
Multicell constructed wetlands (MCWs) on lakeshores are a prospective treatment technique. However, the factors affecting the nutrient removal performance of lakeshore MCWs at the field scale are unclear. This study chose a field-scale lakeshore MCW...
28 September 2020
In this study soils at different depths were collected in a Zn smelting site located in Zhuzhou City, China, in order to understand toxic metal(loid)s distribution and microbial community in vertical soil profile at a smelting site. Except Soil prope...
The extensive utilization of antibiotics in both healthcare and agricultural sectors has precipitated an exponential surge in antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARBs) within environmental matrices, thereby posing fo...
Background/Objectives: High-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) is the principal etiological agent of cervical cancer, with distinct genotype-specific oncogenic potential. While HPV type 16 is most frequently implicated in carcinogenesis, the role of oth...
The Okinawa Trough (OT) has been a focus of scientific research for many years due to the presence of vibrant hydrothermal and cold seep activity within its narrow basin. However, the spatial distribution and environmental drivers of microbial commun...
5 March 2019
Wetland plants that cover the wetlands play an important role in reducing pollutants. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of two plant species on microbial communities and nitrogen-removal genes and to evaluate the contributions of ab...
Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in China, which boasts unique hydrological conditions and rich biodiversity. In this study, metagenomics technology was used to sequence the microbial genome of soil samples S1 (sedimentary), S2 (semi-submer...
Understanding the spatiotemporal dynamics of water quality parameters and microbial communities in drinking water distribution systems (DWDS) and their interrelationships is critical for ensuring the safety of tap water supply. This study investigate...
Due to the low incidence of precipitation attributed to climate change, many high-altitude Andean lakes (HAALs) and lagoons distributed along the central Andes in South America may soon disappear. This includes La Brava–La Punta, a brackish lak...
Nutritional symbionts of sap-sucking auchenorrhynchan insects of Hemiptera are usually confined to the bacteriomes and/or fat bodies. Knowledge is limited about the distribution of microbial symbionts in other organs. We investigated the distribution...
The sediment microbial community plays a key role in the cycling of organic matter in marine ecosystems. The characteristics of the sediment microbial community are significantly related to changes in the environment. In this study, we analyzed the d...
Legacy sulfur smelting has left behind complex contamination landscapes, yet the spatial structuring of microbial risks and adaptation strategies across soil profiles remains insufficiently understood. Microbial risk genes, including those conferring...
The changes in semi-dried rice noodles during storage at room temperature (25 ± 2 °C) in terms of microbial growth, cooking quality, color, textural properties, thermal properties, crystallinity, and moisture content, and moisture distribu...
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), the red palm weevil (RPW), is a concealed voracious pest of different ornamental and economically important palm species, particularly the date palm. It can cause huge losses in ornamen...
23 September 2015
Background: The occurrence of faecal pathogens in drinking water resources constitutes a threat to the supply of safe drinking water, even in industrialized nations. To efficiently assess and monitor the risk posed by these pathogens, sampling deserv...
Longitudinal metagenomics has been widely studied in the recent decade to provide valuable insight for understanding microbial dynamics. The correlation within each subject can be observed across repeated measurements. However, previous methods that...
Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have been studied for several decades to understand and determine their mechanism and interaction within the matrix into which they are introduced. This study aimed to determine the spatial distribution of Lacticaseibacillu...
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