Quantification and antibiotic resistance risk assessment of chlorination-residual viable/VBNC Escherichia coli and Enterococcus in on-site hospital wastewater treatment system

Qi Jiang, Haoran Li, Kun Wan, Chengsong Ye, Xin Yu*Science of The Total Environmenthttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162139Published: 10 May 2023AbstractOn-site hospital wastewater treatment system widely applying chlorination has been regarded as an important barrier to curb the dissemination of antibiotic resistance. Chlorination-residual viable and viable but non-culturable (VBNC) bac...

A comparison of 25 complete chloroplast genomes between sister mangrove species Kandelia obovata and Kandelia candel geographically separated by the South China Sea

Xiuming Xu, Yingjia Shen, Yuchen Zhang, Qianying Li, Wenqing Wang, Luzhen Chen, Guangcheng Chen, Wei Lun Ng, Md Nazrul Islam, Porntep Punnarak, Hailei Zheng and Xueyi Zhu*Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.1075353Published: 04 January 2023AbstractIn 2003, Kandelia obovata was identified as a new mangrove species differentiated from Kandelia candel. However, little is kn...

The membrane aerated biofilm reactor for nitrogen removal of wastewater treatment: Principles, performances, and nitrous oxide emissions

Jianguo Li, Mingbao Feng, Shikan Zheng, Wenya Zhao, Xiang Xu, Xin YuChemical Engineering Journalhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.141693Published: 15 March 2023 Available online: 3 February 2023AbstractNitrogen removal and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from biological wastewater treatment have been of considerable concern worldwide. Membrane aerated biofilm reactor (MABR) represents an innovat...

Nitrate removal mechanism in riparian groundwater in an intensified agricultural catchment

Zheyu Xie, Yujing Zhang, Zhenyu Zhang, Jinliang HuangAgricultural Water Managementhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108223Published: 30 April 2023 Available online: 8 February 2023AbstractNitrate contamination in ground and surface water is a persistent problem in agricultural countries. The transition zone between rivers and riparian aquifers plays an important role in mediating riverine ni...

Isotopically modified bioassay bridges the bioavailability and toxicity risk assessment of metals in bedded sediments

Qiuling Wu, Qijing Su, Stuart L Simpson, Qiao-Guo Tan, Rong Chen, Minwei XieEnvironmental Science & Technologyhttps://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c06193Published : 14 November 2022AbstractThe application of bioavailability-based risk assessment for the management of contaminated sediments requires new techniques to rapidly and accurately determine metal bioavailability. Here, we designed a multime...

Phosphate limitation intensifies negative effects of ocean acidification on globally important nitrogen fixing cyanobacterium

Zhang F, Wen Z, Wang S, Tang W, Luo Y.-W., Kranz S.A., Hong H.*, Shi D.*Nature Communicationshttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34586-xPublished：08 November 2022AbstractGrowth of the prominent nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Trichodesmium is often limited by phosphorus availability in the ocean. How nitrogen fixation by phosphorus-limited Trichodesmium may respond to ocean acidification remains...

Chlorination of methotrexate in water revisited: Deciphering the kinetics, novel reaction mechanisms, and unexpected microbial risks

Shengqi Zhang, Qian Yin, Shangwei Zhang, Kyriakos Manoli, Lei Zhang, Xin Yu, Mingbao FengWater Researchhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.119181Published: 15 October 2022AbstractChlorination of a typical anticancer drug with annually ascending use and global prevalence (methotrexate, MTX) in water has been studied. In addition to the analysis of kinetics in different water/wastewater matrice...

Enhanced heavy metal adsorption on microplastics by incorporating flame retardant hexabromocyclododecanes: Mechanisms and potential migration risks

Lujian Lin, Hanyi Li, Hualong Hong, Bo Yuan, Xuan Sun, Le He, Chengwen Xue, Haoliang Lu, Jingchun Liu, Chongling Yan Water Researchhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.119144Published: 15 October 2022AbstractMicroplastics (MPs) are known to act as carriers of heavy metals; however, little is known about the intrinsic chemical additives of MPs, such as hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), in terms of...

Promoting selective water decontamination via boosting activation of periodate by nanostructured Ru-supported Co3O4 catalysts

Kaiting Zhang, Chengsong Ye, Yaoyin,Lou, Xin Yu. Mingbao Feng* Journal of Hazardous Materialshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.130058Published: 15 January 2023AbstractThe superior catalytic efficiency of ruthenium (Ru)-based nanocomposites in advanced oxidation processes for water decontamination has attracted accumulating attention worldwide. However, rather limited knowledge is currently...

Coupling epigenetics and RNA polyadenylation: missing links

Juncheng Lin, Qingshun Quinn Li Trends in Plant Sciencehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2022.08.023Published: 27 September 2022AbstractPrecise regulation of gene expression is crucial for plant survival. As a cotranscriptional regulatory mechanism, pre-mRNA polyadenylation is essential for fine-tuning gene expression. Polyadenylation can be alternatively projected at various sites of a transcr...