Applications of biofilms in bioremediation and biotransformation of persistent organic pollutants, pharmaceuticals/personal care products, and heavy metals

Biofilm Compared to Conventional Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Isolates from Cystic Fibrosis Patients

(2013) Kitty Wu et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Biodegradability and biodegradation pathways of endosulfan and endosulfan sulfate

(2013) Ryota Kataoka et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Bioreduction of para-chloronitrobenzene in a hydrogen-based hollow-fiber membrane biofilm reactor: effects of nitrate and sulfate

(2013) Haixiang Li et al.   BIODEGRADATION

Dynamics of biofilm formation under different nutrient levels and the effect on biofouling of a reverse osmosis membrane system

(2013) Xi Chen et al.   BIOFOULING

Trichloroethylene aerobic cometabolism by suspended and immobilized butane-growing microbial consortia: A kinetic study

(2013) Dario Frascari et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Assessment of mine drainage remediated streams using diatom assemblages and biofilm enzyme activities

(2013) Justin R. Pool et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Field evidence of selenium bioreduction in a uranium-contaminated aquifer

(2013) Kenneth H. Williams et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Drought episode modulates the response of river biofilms to triclosan

(2012) L. Proia et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

Application of bioplastic moving bed biofilm carriers for the removal of synthetic pollutants from wastewater

(2012) Cesare Accinelli et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

pH, redox potential and local biofilm potential microenvironments within Geobacter sulfurreducens biofilms and their roles in electron transfer

(2012) Jerome T. Babauta et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Bioremediation of strontium (Sr) contaminated aquifer quartz sand based on carbonate precipitation induced by Sr resistant Halomonas sp.

(2012) Varenyam Achal et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

The polymicrobial nature of biofilm infection

(2012) R. Wolcott et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Recovery potential of periphytic biofilms translocated in artificial streams after industrial contamination (Cd and Zn)

(2012) Adeline Arini et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

Metal concentrations in stream biofilm and sediments and their potential to explain biofilm microbial community structure

(2012) Pierre-Yves Ancion et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Interactions between Nitrate-Reducing and Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria Coexisting in a Hydrogen-Fed Biofilm

(2012) Aura Ontiveros-Valencia et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Removal of Cr, Mn, and Co from Textile Wastewater by Horizontal Rotating Tubular Bioreactor

(2012) Michaela Zeiner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Identifying the research needs in the global assessment of toxic compounds 10 years after the signature of the Stockholm Convention

(2012) Gerhard Lammel et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Biofilm dispersal cells of a cystic fibrosisPseudomonas aeruginosaisolate exhibit variability in functional traits likely to contribute to persistent infection

(2012) Jerry K.K. Woo et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Groundwater Biofilm Dynamics Grown In Situ Along a Nutrient Gradient

(2012) Wendy M. Williamson et al.   Groundwater

Effects of electron donors on the microbial reductive dechlorination of hexachlorocyclohexane and on the environment

(2012) Zhaojie Cui et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

Identification of triclosan-degrading bacteria using stable isotope probing, fluorescence in situ hybridization and microautoradiography

(2012) I. B. Lolas et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Seasonal changes in antioxidant enzyme activities of freshwater biofilms in a metal polluted Mediterranean stream

(2012) Berta Bonet et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Biological removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products during laboratory soil aquifer treatment simulation with different primary substrate concentrations

(2012) Kathryn M. Onesios et al.   WATER RESEARCH

The Exopolysaccharide Matrix Modulates the Interaction between 3D Architecture and Virulence of a Mixed-Species Oral Biofilm

(2012) Jin Xiao et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Planktonic versus Biofilm Catabolic Communities: Importance of the Biofilm for Species Selection and Pesticide Degradation

(2011) Pieter Verhagen et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Alkanols and chlorophenols cause different physiological adaptive responses on the level of cell surface properties and membrane vesicle formation in Pseudomonas putida DOT-T1E

(2011) Thomas Baumgarten et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm and Planktonic cultures differentially impact gene expression, mapk phosphorylation, and cytokine production in human keratinocytes

(2011) Patrick R Secor et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Contribution of bacterial outer membrane vesicles to innate bacterial defense

(2011) Andrew J Manning et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Enhanced remediation of dioxins-spiked soil by a plant–microbe system using a dibenzofuran-degrading Comamonas sp. and Trifolium repens L.

(2011) Yanxu Wang et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Seasonal Variation in the Occurrence and Removal of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Different Biological Wastewater Treatment Processes

(2011) Qian Sui et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Enhanced Reductive Dechlorination of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Impacted Sediment by Bioaugmentation with a Dehalorespiring Bacterium

(2011) Rayford B. Payne et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Sequential Reductive and Oxidative Biodegradation of Chloroethenes Stimulated in a Coupled Bioelectro-Process

(2011) Svenja T. Lohner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Remediation technologies for heavy metal contaminated groundwater

(2011) M.A. Hashim et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Resistance and recovery of river biofilms receiving short pulses of Triclosan and Diuron

(2011) L. Proia et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Field Evidence for Co-Metabolism of Trichloroethene Stimulated by Addition of Electron Donor to Groundwater

(2010) Mark E. Conrad et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Environmental Impacts of Remediation of a Trichloroethene-Contaminated Site: Life Cycle Assessment of Remediation Alternatives

(2010) Gitte Lemming et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Staphylococcus epidermidis surfactant peptides promote biofilm maturation and dissemination of biofilm-associated infection in mice

(2010) Rong Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Bio-reduction of nitrate from groundwater using a hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor

(2010) Siqing Xia et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

The BIOZO process – a biofilm system combined with ozonation: occurrence of xenobiotic organic micro-pollutants in and removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and nitrogen from landfill leachate

(2010) Benedek Gy. Plósz et al.   WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Insights into the Diversity of Eukaryotes in Acid Mine Drainage Biofilm Communities

(2009) B. J. Baker et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Model of a polyethylene microporous hollow-fiber membrane biofilm reactor inoculated with Pseudomonas putida strain To1 1A for gaseous toluene removal

(2009) Amit Kumar et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Bacterial communities in PAH contaminated soils at an electronic-waste processing center in China

(2009) Wen Zhang et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

Field Application of Activated Carbon Amendment for In-Situ Stabilization of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Marine Sediment

(2009) Yeo-Myoung Cho et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Distribution pattern of PCBs, HCB and PeCB using passive air and soil sampling in Estonia

(2009) Ott Roots et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

AQUATIC PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF CHLORINATED TRICLOSAN DERIVATIVES: POTENTIAL SOURCE OF POLYCHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXINS

(2009) Jeffrey M. Buth et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Molecular analysis of phosphate limitation in Geobacteraceae during the bioremediation of a uranium-contaminated aquifer

(2009) A Lucie N'Guessan et al.   ISME Journal

Enhanced biofilm formation and 3-chlorobenzoate degrading activity by the bacterial consortium ofBurkholderiasp. NK8 andPseudomonas aeruginosaPAO1

(2009) S. Yoshida et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of Genes Involved in Biofilm Formation and Respiration via Mini-Himar Transposon Mutagenesis of Geobacter sulfurreducens

(2009) J. B. Rollefson et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Review: In situ and bioremediation of organic pollutants in aquatic sediments

(2009) Louisa Wessels Perelo   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Bacterial Extracellular Polysaccharides Involved in Biofilm Formation

(2009) Barbara Vu et al.   MOLECULES

Gene transcript analysis of assimilatory iron limitation in Geobacteraceae during groundwater bioremediation

(2008) Regina A. O'Neil et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Phytophthora parasiticabiofilm formation: installation and organization of microcolonies on the surface of a host plant

(2008) Eric Galiana et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Site-specific microbial communities in three PCB-impacted sediments are associated with different in situ dechlorinating activities

(2008) Birthe V. Kjellerup et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The application of a mulch biofilm barrier for surfactant enhanced polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon bioremediation

(2008) Youngwoo Seo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Quorum sensing in metal tolerance of Acinetobacter junii BB1A is associated with biofilm production

(2008) Suchitra Sarkar et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Cellular and biochemical response to Cr(VI) inStenotrophomonassp.

(2008) Maria A. Morel et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Microbial extracellular polymeric substances: central elements in heavy metal bioremediation

(2008) Arundhati Pal et al.   INDIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

Enhancing the Biodegradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Effects of Nonionic Surfactant Addition on Biofilm Function and Structure

(2008) Sylian Rodriguez et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

PCB congener sorption to carbonaceous sediment components: Macroscopic comparison and characterization of sorption kinetics and mechanism

(2008) Hyeok Choi et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Systematic evaluation of nitrate and perchlorate bioreduction kinetics in groundwater using a hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor

(2008) Michal C. Ziv-El et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Simultaneous bio-reduction of trichloroethene, trichloroethane, and chloroform using a hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor

(2008) Jinwook Chung et al.   WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Remediation of chlorophenol- and phenol-contaminated groundwater by a sequencing batch biofilm reactor

(2008) G. Farabegoli et al.   WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The monitoring of biofilm formation in a mulch biowall barrier and its effect on performance

(2007) Youngwoo Seo et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Bioreduction of Trichloroethene Using a Hydrogen-Based Membrane Biofilm Reactor

(2007) Jinwook Chung et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Adsorption of polychlorinated biphenyls to activated carbon: Equilibrium isotherms and a preliminary assessment of the effect of dissolved organic matter and biofilm loadings

(2007) Kathleen M. McDonough et al.   WATER RESEARCH