Emerging Pollutants in Moroccan Wastewater: Occurrence, Impact, and Removal Technologies by Yassine Jari, Nicolas Roche, Mohamed Chaker Necibi, Souad El Hajjaji, Driss Dhiba, Abdelghani Chehbouni

“…Then, treatment methods for EPs are reviewed, including adsorption, advanced oxidation processes, biodegradation, and hybrid treatment. It is proposed that adsorption and photocatalysis can be used as simple, effective, and environmentally friendly technologies for their removal. …”
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Environmental Detoxification of Benzimidazole Fungicide Fuberidazole via Microbial Action in Liquid Cultures by Jehad S. Al-Hawadi, Khuram Shahzad Ahmad, Mahwash Mahar Gul, Ghulam Abbas Ashraf, Mohammad Altaf

“…The behavior of the fungicide Fuberidazole was investigated toward biodegradation. Biotransformation experiments were conducted by bacterial strains isolated from soils including, Xanthomonas citri (XC), and Pseudomonas syringae (PS), and fungal strains including, Aspergillus flavus (AF), Aspergillus niger (AN) and Penicillium chrysogenum (PC). …”
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Properties of Sago Particleboards Resinated with UF and PF Resin by Chen Chiang Tay, Sinin Hamdan, Mohd Shahril B. Osman

“…Sago particleboard made by UF/PF provided the advantages like optimized performance, minimized weight and volume, cost effectiveness, chemical resistance, and resistance to biodegradation.…”
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Enriched microbial consortia from natural environments reveal core groups of microbial taxa able to degrade terephthalate and terphthalamide. by Laura G Schaerer, Sulihat Aloba, Emily Wood, Allison M Olson, Isabel B Valencia, Rebecca G Ong, Stephen M Techtmann

“…One method for PET upcycling is chemical depolymerization (through hydrolysis or aminolysis) into aromatic monomers and subsequent biodegradation. Hydrolysis depolymerizes PET into terephthalate, while aminolysis yields terephthalamide. …”
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Production of Laccase by Cochliobolus sp. Isolated from Plastic Dumped Soils and Their Ability to Degrade Low Molecular Weight PVC by Tirupati Sumathi, Buddolla Viswanath, Akula Sri Lakshmi, D. V. R. SaiGopal

“…Research on plastic biodegradation has been steadily growing over the past four decades. …”
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Effect of Dissimilatory Iron Reduction on the Reduction of CH4 Production in Landfill Conditions by Lifang Hu, Yuyang Long, Chengran Fang

“…The dissimilatory iron reduction with FeC6H5O7 as the iron source demonstrates an anaerobic mineralization process, which enhances the biodegradation but inhibits methanogenesis. The highest rate of reduction of CH4 production (51.9%) was obtained at a dosage rate of 16,000 mg·kg−1, which corresponded to a reduction of 0.86 g of CH4 per kg of organic matrix. …”
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Polysaccharide Hydrogel-Assisted Biosensing Platforms for Point-of-Care Use by Sang-Uk Kim, Young Jun Kim, Tae Hee Lee

“…Combinations of hydrogels have various additional applications, such as in hydrophilic coatings, nanoscale filtration, stimuli-responsive materials, signal enhancement, and biodegradation. In this review, we highlight the recent efforts to develop hydrogel-assisted biosensing platforms for POC use, especially focusing on polysaccharide hydrogels like agarose, alginate, chitosan, and so on. …”
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Mathematical Physics Modelling and Prediction of Oil Spill Trajectory for a Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring (CALM) System by Xuanze Ju, Zili Li, Baohui Dong, Xianwu Meng, Shuguang Huang

“…Oil spill trajectory model considers almost all weathering processes including evaporation, emulsification, dispersion, dissolution, photooxidation, sedimentation, and biodegradation. Model simulations indicated that both tidal currents and wind drag force have significant effect in oil spill movement. …”
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Microbe-assisted fabrication of circularly polarized luminescent bacterial cellulosic hybrids by Yongjie Sun, Dan Zhang, Zhiqiang Dong, Jinxiao Lyu, Chunfei Wang, Jun Gong, Koon Ho Wong, Changfeng Wu, Xuanjun Zhang

“…To confirm glycosidic bonds formation during the bacterial copolymerization process, we develop an assay utilizing the cellulase-catalyzed biodegradation of BC hybrids. More importantly, we achieve the information encryption and Fe3+ dual-channel detection based on hybrid bacterial cellulosic biofilms. …”
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Decolorization of mixture of dyes: A critical review by V. K. Gupta, S. Khamparia, I. Tyagi, D. Jaspal, A. Malviya

“…These effluents are recalcitrant to biodegradation and cause acute toxicity to the receiving water bodies, as these comprised of various types of toxic dyes, which are difficult to remove. …”
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Rapid assessment of the osteogenic capacity of hydroxyapatite/aragonite using a murine tibial periosteal ossification model by Emma Steijvers, Yunshong Shi, Hong Lu, Weixin Zhang, Yitian Zhang, Feihu Zhao, Baichuan Wang, Louise Hughes, Jake E. Barralet, Giulia Degli-Alessandrini, Igor Kraev, Richard Johnston, Zengwu Shao, Frank H. Ebetino, James T. Triffitt, R. Graham G. Russell, Davide Deganello, Xu Cao, Zhidao Xia

“…This study also highlights that combining calcium carbonate with hydroxyapatite enhances biodegradation and osteogenesis.…”
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Utilization Of Palm Palm Industry Liquid Waste For Palm Oil Plantation Land Applications by Sahadi Didi Ismanto, Lisa Rahayu

“…All liquid waste requirements for land application have been fulfilled properly, even the biodegradation results in anaerobic ponds are much smaller than those required by Environmental Impact Control Agency, (2). …”
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Dual-frequency ultrasonic oxidation of cyanobacterial toxins (MC-LR and MC-RR) at drinking water resources: Assessment of analytical methods and ultrasonic reactor configuration by Zeynep Eren

“…Ultrasonic oxidation provides the degradation of a wide range of water pollutants to the final products defined as carbon dioxide, short-chain organic acids, and inorganic ions, typically less toxic and favorable to biodegradation. In this study, it was investigated the application of novel ultrasonic reactor that allows the several combinations of low (20 kHz and 40 kHz) and high frequency ultrasonic piezoceramic transducer (578 kHz, 862 kHz and 1142 kHz) to degrade two main cyanobacterial toxins, Microcystin-RR (MC-RR) and Microcystin-LR (MC-LR). …”
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Optimizing mycelial growth of Trametes versicolor HBB 7328 for enzyme production and green energy by Nikita Goyat, Rajeev Kumar Kapoor, Baljeet Singh Saharan, Prexha Kapoor, Deepika Dhanda

“…The high laccase activity, in particular, underscores its potential in biotechnological applications such as pollutant biodegradation and biofuel production, advancing green energy solutions.…”
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Utilization Of Palm Palm Industry Liquid Waste For Palm Oil Plantation Land Applications by Sahadi Didi Ismanto, Lisa Rahayu

“…All liquid waste requirements for land application have been fulfilled properly, even the biodegradation results in anaerobic ponds are much smaller than those required by Environmental Impact Control Agency, (2). …”
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Detection methods and biological treatment of typical organic compounds in tail water of chemical/pharmaceutical industrial parks by YANG Lei, FU Ruotong, JIN Wenhui, FU Shiying, SHAO Zhen, WANG Xueting, CHEN Chuan*

“…Furthermore aerobic and anaerobic biological sequential batch experiments were conducted to verify the biodegradation effect of these typical organics. The results showed that aerobic treatment was more effective than anaerobic treatment, with concentration removal rates ranging from 48.0% to 88.8%, COD removal rates from 70.8% to 99.9%, and average TOC removal rates from 54.7% to 79.5%. …”
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Modeling bacterial interactions uncovers the importance of outliers in the coastal lignin-degrading consortium by Qiannan Peng, Cheng Zhao, Xiaopeng Wang, Kelin Cheng, Congcong Wang, Xihui Xu, Lu Lin

“…Microorganisms interact to form communities for lignin biodegradation, yet it is a challenge to understand such complex interactions. …”
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Optimization of Physiochemical Parameters during Bioremediation of Synthetic Dye by Marasmius cladophyllus UMAS MS8 Using Statistical Approach by Fatin Nur Sufinas Shuib, Ahmad Husaini, Azham Zulkharnain, Hairul Azman Roslan, Tay Meng Guan

“…Thus the aim of the work was to assess the degradation of Remazol Brilliant Blue R (RBBR) dye on soil using Plackett-Burman design by the basidiomycete, M. cladophyllus UMAS MS8. Biodegradation analyses were carried out on a soil spiked with RBBR and supplemented with rice husk as the fungus growth enhancer. …”
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Bio-Based Packaging Materials from Post-Consumer Cotton Textiles by Md. Nura Alam Shiddique, Khairul Islam, Tarikul Islam, Md. Dulal Hosen, Md. Azharul Islam, Md Imranul Islam, M Mahbubul Bashar, Gajanan Bhat

“…This study aims to convert cotton-based post-consumer textile waste to biodegradable paper, which not only addresses the discarding of waste but also provides a second use of cotton. …”
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Functional genomic insights into Floricoccus penangensis ML061-4 isolated from leaf surface of Assam tea by Patthanasak Rungsirivanich, Elvina Parlindungan, Jennifer Mahony, Witsanu Supandee, Narumol Thongwai, Douwe van Sinderen

“…The ML061-4 genome was evaluated for genes associated with complex carbohydrate metabolism, bacterial adhesion, virulence factors, pathogenicity, bacteriophages, antiviral defence systems as well as toxin- and antibiotic-resistance associated genes, and genes involved in toxin production, secondary metabolite biosynthesis and xenobiotics biodegradation. The obtained results support the notion of F. penangensis ML061-4 being safe for biotechnological and food industry purposes. …”
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