Soil and water contamination due to organic or inorganic pollutants have long been a major environmental problem and are increasingly being paid more and more attention by the government and the public. Different pollutants have been reported to be detrimental to public health. This Research Topic is mainly about petroleum and antibiotics contamination. Crude oil contamination occurred during the processes of petroleum exploration, transportation, storage, and refining. Spilled petroleum enters surface water, groundwater, and soil and pose risk to human health and whole ecosystem through the food web. Similarly, antibiotics and many other pharmaceuticals in wastewaters are not completely removed by conventional treatment plants. Therefore, it is necessary to develop an efficient strategy to remediate water and soil contaminated with petroleum and antibiotics.
Many methods have been developed for the remediation of environmental contamination. Among them, plants or microorganisms-based bioremediation is one of the promising, environmentally friendly and efficient procedures. Novel progress in different research areas, such as genetic engineering, material sciences and enzyme engineering, will bring new ideas and strategies of microbial and enzymatic based remediation resulting in high-efficient and low-cost pollutant removal.
This Research Topic will focus on the bioremediation of water and soil contaminated by petroleum or antibiotics. High-quality manuscripts of Original Research and Critical Review are welcomed to address this Topic. Possible research themes include, but are not limited to:
1. Utilization of native or genetically-engineered microbes for bioremediation of soil contaminated by crude oil or other organic pollutants;
2. Construction and analysis of microbial consortia for bioremediation of petroleum contaminated soil;
3. Screening of new and safe microbial strains for the biodegradation of antibiotics in water;
4. Transformation of antibiotics in wastewater by free or immobilized enzyme with good removal efficiency and thorough evaluation.
Soil and water contamination due to organic or inorganic pollutants have long been a major environmental problem and are increasingly being paid more and more attention by the government and the public. Different pollutants have been reported to be detrimental to public health. This Research Topic is mainly about petroleum and antibiotics contamination. Crude oil contamination occurred during the processes of petroleum exploration, transportation, storage, and refining. Spilled petroleum enters surface water, groundwater, and soil and pose risk to human health and whole ecosystem through the food web. Similarly, antibiotics and many other pharmaceuticals in wastewaters are not completely removed by conventional treatment plants. Therefore, it is necessary to develop an efficient strategy to remediate water and soil contaminated with petroleum and antibiotics.
Many methods have been developed for the remediation of environmental contamination. Among them, plants or microorganisms-based bioremediation is one of the promising, environmentally friendly and efficient procedures. Novel progress in different research areas, such as genetic engineering, material sciences and enzyme engineering, will bring new ideas and strategies of microbial and enzymatic based remediation resulting in high-efficient and low-cost pollutant removal.
This Research Topic will focus on the bioremediation of water and soil contaminated by petroleum or antibiotics. High-quality manuscripts of Original Research and Critical Review are welcomed to address this Topic. Possible research themes include, but are not limited to:
1. Utilization of native or genetically-engineered microbes for bioremediation of soil contaminated by crude oil or other organic pollutants;
2. Construction and analysis of microbial consortia for bioremediation of petroleum contaminated soil;
3. Screening of new and safe microbial strains for the biodegradation of antibiotics in water;
4. Transformation of antibiotics in wastewater by free or immobilized enzyme with good removal efficiency and thorough evaluation.
