Microbially Driven Biodegradation and Biotransformation in Polluted Environmental Matrices
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2023) | Viewed by 14386
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microbial biodegradations and biotransformations; microbial interactions with metals/metalloids; plant-assisted bioremediation
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Interests: microbial biodegradations and biotransformations; microbial interactions with metals/metalloids; plant-assisted bioremediation
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
E. Parales et al., in an illuminating 2002 minireview, underlined how microorganisms, by interacting with chemicals, can make their living and how their activities can help humans make a living [1]. In such context, it was stated that the terms "biodegradation", "biotransformation", and "biocatalysis" all deal with the same thing: reactions that substantiate the microbial metabolism. Which term is properly used depends on the perspective by which individuals look at what is expected by the metabolic processes. If the interest deals with the abatement of environmental pollutants, we can speak about biodegradation or biotransformation. On the other hand, the microbial metabolism exploited by industrial processes to obtain useful products—even starting from effluents, residues or waste in a circular economy perspective—is regarded, time by time, again as a biotransformation or a biocatalytic reaction. The aim of this Special Issue of Microorganisms is to collect original contributions regarding the state of knowledge about the ability of specific microorganisms—whether they are archaea, bacteria or fungi—to cause the conversion, either aerobic or anaerobic, of important environmental pollutants to inorganic compounds or to end-products that are however not harmful to human health and ecosystems. Any advancement of knowledge in the field of microbial catalysis associated with the biodegradation/biotransformation of contaminants of ecological concern can actually found application in reliable protocols of bioremediation, namely the most cost-effective and acceptable technology for the detoxification of pollutant contaminated environmental matrices such as soils, sediments and groundwater.
Reference:
- Parales, R. E.; Bruce, N. C.; Schmid, A.; Wackett, L. P. Biodegradation, Biotransformation, and Biocatalysis (B3). Environ. Microbiol. 2002, 68, 4699–4709.
Prof. Dr. Giovanni Vallini
Dr. Silvia Lampis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bioremediation
- contaminated sites
- environmental pollutants detoxification
- microbial biodegradation
- microbial biotransformation
- microbial catalysis
- pollutant-contaminated environmental matrices
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