About this Research Topic
Bioremediation is an effective method to eliminate emerging pollutants in the environment, which may be proceeded by a specific redox reaction. Based on the redox status of their environment, the pollutants can be either oxidized or reduced: subsequently, they undergo different microbial metabolic pathways resulting in different intermediates and end products. Therefore, it is essential to understand the bioremediation mechanisms of emerging pollutants under different redox conditions.
Bioremediation of targeted pollutants by specific microbes can be enhanced by various materials, for example, natural magnetic sphalerite is successfully used for photo-enhanced bioremediation process. It is valuable to search for the earth-abundant, cost-effective materials to prepare magnetic catalyst(s) for efficient bioremediation of targeted pollutants by the selected microbe(s) for photo-enhanced hydrogen production, CO2 fixation, or N2 fixation (or inorganic nitrogen reuse).
The interaction of microbial strains and the network of functional genes encoding key enzymes also play important roles in the biotransformation or biodegradation of the target pollutants. The process's underlying mechanism can be better characterized by powerful omics technology, such as metagenomics, metatranscriptomics and culturomics, utilized in characterizing the dynamics of microbial community and understanding the mechanism of microbial interactions during bioremediation process.
The current Research Topic aims to cover the recent and novel research trends in the development of appropriate remediation processes (including biological and sustainable inorganic-microbe hybrid systems) under various redox conditions to remove emerging pollutants from the environment. The mechanism of microbial interactions during bioremediation processes are also of interest.
In particular, we wish to cover the following areas in this Research Topic:
• Bioremediation by innovative, efficient and sustainable earth-abundant, cost-effective materials (such as magnetic catalyst) microbe hybrid systems.
• Emerging pollutants bioremediation mechanisms under different redox conditions using -omics.
• Functional genes and bacterial strains for bioremediation of targeted pollutants in various redox environments.
Bioremediation of targeted pollutants by specific microbes can be enhanced by various materials, for example, natural magnetic sphalerite is successfully used for photo-enhanced bioremediation process. It is valuable to search for the earth-abundant, cost-effective materials to prepare magnetic catalyst(s) for efficient bioremediation of targeted pollutants by the selected microbe(s) for photo-enhanced hydrogen production, CO2 fixation, or N2 fixation (or inorganic nitrogen reuse).
The interaction of microbial strains and the network of functional genes encoding key enzymes also play important roles in the biotransformation or biodegradation of the target pollutants. The process's underlying mechanism can be better characterized by powerful omics technology, such as metagenomics, metatranscriptomics and culturomics, utilized in characterizing the dynamics of microbial community and understanding the mechanism of microbial interactions during bioremediation process.
The current Research Topic aims to cover the recent and novel research trends in the development of appropriate remediation processes (including biological and sustainable inorganic-microbe hybrid systems) under various redox conditions to remove emerging pollutants from the environment. The mechanism of microbial interactions during bioremediation processes are also of interest.
In particular, we wish to cover the following areas in this Research Topic:
• Bioremediation by innovative, efficient and sustainable earth-abundant, cost-effective materials (such as magnetic catalyst) microbe hybrid systems.
• Emerging pollutants bioremediation mechanisms under different redox conditions using -omics.
• Functional genes and bacterial strains for bioremediation of targeted pollutants in various redox environments.
Keywords: Bioremediation system, Contaminants, Reduction, Oxidation, Omics
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