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Long Chen, Feng Li, Wenrou Huang, Zhi Li and Mingguang Chen
A large fraction of mercury contaminant in the environment is from industrial production, and it potentially impairs human health once entering the food chain. Millions of people reside in the Pearl River Delta region, and water quality in the estuary di...
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Kathleen E. Duncan, Lina E. Dominici, Mark A. Nanny, Irene A. Davidova, Brian H. Harriman and Joseph M. Suflita
Some naval vessels add seawater to carbon steel fuel ballast tanks to maintain stability during fuel consumption. Marine sediments often contaminate ballast tank fluids and have been implicated in stimulating fuel biodegradation and enhancing biocorrosio...
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Mira Mutschlechner, Andreas Walter, Katrin Bach and Harald Schöbel
Due to globally increasing problems concerning biodeterioration of paints, it is worthwhile to enhance the determination of colony forming units (CFU) as a gold standard method via more rapid and culture-independent techniques. Here, we combined traditio...
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Nandipha L. Botha, Karen J. Cloete, Nolubabalo Matinise, Oladipupo M. David, Admire Dube and Malik Maaza
The application of nanotechnology in antimicrobial and cytotoxicity studies has recently been receiving increased interest. This paper report on the use of Persea americana Mill. (avocado) seed husk to synthesize hydronium jarosite nanoparticles in a fac...
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Roberto Briones-Gallardo, Muriel González-Muñoz, Itza García-Bautista, David Valdés-Lozano, Tanit Toledano-Thompson, Erik Polanco-Lugo, Renata Rivera-Madrid and Ruby Valdez-Ojeda
Hydrogen, electric energy production, and metal toxic bioremediation are some of the biotechnological applications of sulfate-reducing organisms, which potentially depend on the sulfide produced. In this study, offshore of Yucatan, the capacity to produc...
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Zhiyuan Feng, Jiao Li, Jincai Ma, Yongjin Su, Xiaoyuan Zheng, Yu Mao and Zilong Zhao
Aluminum alloy 7075 is an important engineering material for ship structures. However, the corrosion of Al alloys generally exists in various environments, especially in the marine environment. Currently, the corrosion behaviors of Al alloy 7075 in sulfa...
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Hoang C. Phan, Linda L. Blackall and Scott A. Wade
Microbially influenced corrosion (MIC) is responsible for significant damage to major marine infrastructure worldwide. While the microbes responsible for MIC typically exist in the environment in a synergistic combination of different species, the vast m...
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Isabel Kimiko Sakamoto, Sandra Imaculada Maintiguer, Maria Bernadete Amâncio Varesche (Author)
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Granulated sludge from anaerobic reactors is constituted by the microbial consortia responsible for the degradation of different substrate present in wastewaters. This study characterized anaerobic microorganisms in a granular sludge from a Uasb reactor ...
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Sara C. Butler, James Pope, Subba Rao Chaganti, Daniel D. Heath and Christopher G. Weisener
Acid mine drainage (AMD) remediation commonly produces byproducts which must be stored or utilized to reduce the risk of further contamination. A mussel shell bioreactor has been implemented at a coal mine in New Zealand, which is an effective remediatio...
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Jennyfer Serrano and Eduardo Leiva
Fluvial sediments, soils, and natural waters in northern Chile are characterized by high arsenic (As) content. Mining operations in this area are potential sources of As and other metal contaminants, due to acid mine drainage (AMD) generation. Sulfate Re...
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