Microbial desalination cells (MDCs) are an efficient method for the desalination of saline wastewater driven by the metabolism of bacteria via an organic oxidation mechanism. Systematic studies have been conducted to elucidate anion-dominated interac...
The sustainable restoration of river and lake ecosystems requires advanced wastewater treatment technologies to control nitrogen pollution, a key driver of aquatic degradation. This study explores the physiological responses of anammox granular sludg...
The deep migration of soil nitrogen (N) poses a significant risk of N leaching, contributing to non-point-source pollution. This study examines the influence of microbial networks on the deep migration of chemical fertilizer N under varying irrigatio...
The Integrated Fixed-film Activated Sludge (IFAS) partial nitritation/anammox (PN/A) process offers robust nitrogen removal, yet startup using pre-colonized carriers incurs high logistical costs. This study investigated the mechanism of inoculating a...
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are significant complications among catheterized patients, resulting in increased morbidity, mortality rates, and healthcare costs. Foley urinary catheters coated with synthesized silver nanoparti...
20 April 2020
The improper stacking of chromium (Cr) slag poses a great threat to the environment and human health. The toxicity of Cr in soil is not only related to its total amount, but also to its fractions. A simulated experiment was conducted in laboratory to...
FAO estimates that in 2030 the poultry meat production could reach 120 million tons, which is a challenge in terms of waste management. Feathers are mainly composed of keratin, an important biomaterial. Using feathers as a source of keratin will mini...
Corn stover biochar amendment significantly influences nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) transformations, microbial community composition, and enzyme activities in continuous cropping soils. This study aimed to identify the optimal biochar application...
Heavy metal(oid) pollution in tea plantation has become a global concern threatening tea safety, with food safety serving as the cornerstone of the tea industry. In this study, the distribution and migration patterns of seven heavy metal(oid)s in soi...
Biogenic or microbial methane has an increasing share in the global gas resource base, though its exploration still faces challenges and welcomes innovations. Critical elements of its migration and accumulation models are the groundwater flows which...
Using a soil improvement biotechnology based on microbial-induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) to form a horizontal water barrier in foundation pit dewatering can not only achieve a good dewatering control effect, but also control the cost and obta...
15 February 2019
An investigation was made into the effects of tannery sludge on soil chemical properties and microbial communities in a typical soil profile with long-term tannery sludge contamination, North China. The results showed that trivalent chromium (Cr(III)...
Elemental migration and enrichment are important processes influencing tea plant growth and the assembly of rhizosphere bacterial communities within the rock–soil–plant continuum. This study explores how soil parent materials (granite, qu...
Scientific and policy interest in the biological diversity of agriculture (agrobiodiversity) is expanding amid global socioeconomic and environmental changes and sustainability interests. The majority of global agrobiodiversity is produced in smallho...
Land use practices and climate change have driven substantial soil degradation across global drylands, impacting ecosystem functions and human livelihoods. Biological soil crusts, a common feature of dryland ecosystems, are under extensive exploratio...
The manure–compost–soil process is the main avenue for using agricultural livestock waste. Biochar not only impacts the composting process but also enhances the soil’s organic matter and nitrogen content when applied with compost. T...
Safety of enteral nutrition (EN) and parenteral nutrition (PN) products depends on manufacturing quality and changes during storage, preparation, and administration. This critical narrative review examines microbiological, chemical, and physicochemic...
Motility is a key adaptation factor in scarce marine environments inhabited by bacteria. The question of how a capacity for adaptive migrations influences the success of a microbial population in various conditions is a challenge addressed in this st...
An aircathode microbial desalination cell (AMDC) was successfully started by inoculating anaerobic sludge into the anode of a microbial desalination cell and then used to study the effects of salinity on performance of AMDC and effect of treatment of...
The migration and transformation of Cr(VI) are primarily regulated by soil minerals, soil flora and fauna, hydrological conditions, and microbial communities, with these mechanisms being influenced by pH, temperature, and oxygen levels. In terms of s...
The aim of this study was to develop a novel biomimetic in vitro extraluminal migration model to observe the migration of bacteria along indwelling urinary catheters within the urethra and assess the efficacy of a prototype chlorhexidine diacetate (C...
The interactions between plants and microbes are essential for enhancing crop productivity. However, the mechanisms underlying host-specific microbiome migration and functional assembly remain poorly understood. In this study, microbiome migration fr...
Worldwide, bacteria are the most ubiquitous microorganisms, and it has been extensively demonstrated that migratory wild birds can increase bacterial global scale dispersion through long-distance migration and dispersal. The microbial community hoste...
Cancer cell dissemination involves invasion, migration, resistance to stressors in the circulation, extravasation, colonization, and other functions responsible for macroscopic metastases. By enhancing invasiveness, motility, and intravasation, the e...
Biodegradable polymers are promising materials for use in medical applications such as stents. Their properties are comparable to commercially available resistant metal and polymeric stents, which have several major problems, such as stent migration...
The flooded rice rhizosphere is a continuous reactive interface composed of sediment, porewater, root-surface oxic microdomains, and iron plaque, where redox processes and Fe cycling regulate Cd/As speciation, bioavailability, and plant accumulation....
Ventricular assist device (VAD)-specific infections, in particular, driveline infections, are a concerning complication of VAD implantation that often results in significant morbidity and even mortality. The presence of a percutaneous driveline at th...
Persistent free radicals (PFRs) in humic substances (HSs) are relatively stable free radicals with a longer lifespan compared to transient free radicals. These PFRs are abundant in the ecological environment, such as in soil and water. The formation...
The gut–vagina axis has emerged as a growing area of interest in female health due to its potential role in mediating physiological processes via interactions between distinct microbiomes, including microbial migration, hormonal and immune regu...
The removal of nitrogen from water is a consequence of the synergistic action of plant uptake, sediment sorption, and microbial decomposition. However, there is a lack of long-term experimental studies on the effects of each component in the process...
The drawdown outside of a deep foundation pit has to be controlled during excavation. However, the vertical curtain cannot cutoff a deep and thick confined aquifer during deep excavation. In this study, a microbial-induced carbonate precipitation (MI...
The gastrointestinal tract is a heterogeneous ecosystem with distinct, stratified environments, which leads to different microbial composition in different intestinal segments. The regional heterogeneity of intestinal microbiota complicates the relat...
Microbial spoilage and foodborne pathogens remain central challenges in food safety, driven by the metabolic resilience and ecological adaptability of bacteria, yeasts, and molds across diverse food matrices. Active antimicrobial packaging has emerge...
The study of seepage laws during microbial enhanced oil recovery helps to elucidate the mechanisms behind microbial flooding, and the use of large-scale physical simulation experimental devices can more objectively and accurately investigate the seep...
The composition of the gut and/or tumor microbiome has been intricately involved in the onset of carcinogenesis, tumor progression, therapy response, and patient outcomes in diverse solid cancers. The microbiome type, composition, and their metabolom...
In the search for new biodegradable materials and greater microbiological safety and stability of perishable food products, this study aimed to develop a bioplastic antibacterial film incorporating bacteriocin for application in commercial curd chees...
Microbial community structure and its carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur metabolic potentials are playing crucial roles in biogeochemical cycles within river ecosystems. However, in karst terrain regions, the impact of the distinctive baijiu industry on th...
(1) The complexity of diabetes and diabetic wound healing remains a therapeutic challenge because proper and systematic wound care and management are essential to prevent chronic microbial infection and mechanical damage to the skin. Marantodes pumil...
Films formulated with gelatin and chitosan (GL/CH) or chitosan (CH), without or with 0.3% and 0.5% concentrations of rice bran extract (RBE), have been developed. The migrations of rice bran extract and the antioxidant and antimicrobial properties in...
Antibiotics are widely used in medicine, livestock and other fields, leading to increasingly prominent enrichment, transformation and potential ecological risks in the global water environment. This poses a serious threat to ecological balance and pu...
Microbial carbonates are globally known petroleum reservoirs. However, the complex interplay between deposition and diagenesis significantly influences the pore network distribution in these microbial carbonate reservoirs. The present study aims to d...
Grasslands, as dominant terrestrial ecosystems, significantly influence soil microbial communities through alterations in soil properties. However, their effects on spatial patterns of soil microbial communities are still under-investigated. To addre...
Arsenic (As) contamination of groundwater is a global public health problem. Microorganisms have a great effect on the migration and transformation of arsenic. Studying the effect of microbial community structure and function on arsenic release in th...
Microbial-Enhanced Coalbed Methane (MECBM) is a technology that generates new methane gas in coal seams through the action of microorganisms, thereby improving the efficiency of coalbed methane development. In this study, low-temperature CO2 adsorpti...
Cretan Graviera cheese is one of Greece’s most prized cheeses and holds a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status. For years, food packaging migration has been a key concern in food and health sciences, with plastics like low-density polye...
Intestinal dysbiosis is a hallmark of both inflammatory bowel conditions and colorectal cancer, yet the mechanisms by which inflammatory mediators alter microbial communities and may contribute to tumor development remain poorly understood. Macrophag...
Postbiotics and paraprobiotics are emerging microbial-derived bioactive agents for sustainable food packaging, offering alternatives to plant extracts and essential oils, which face limitations from resource-intensive extraction, variability, and sen...
For multiple years, food packaging migration has been a major concern in food and health sciences. Plastics, such as polyethylene, are continuously utilized in food packaging for preservation and easy handling purposes during transportation and stora...
Strategies to promote dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) functions including proliferation, migration, pro-angiogenic effects, and odontogenic/osteogenic differentiation are in urgent need to restore pulpitis-damaged dentin/pulp regeneration and DPSCs-ba...
Preventing and controlling the spread of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria implicated in healthcare-associated infections is the greatest challenge of the health systems. In recent decades, research has shown the need for passive antibacterial prote...
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