About this Research Topic
Industrial wastewater contains large amounts of complex pollutants. To effectively and efficiently remove pollutants in industrial wastewater, diverse physicochemical strategies have been applied. However, these strategies need high investments, energy input, and generate solid wastes. The biological strategies, mainly driven by microorganisms, are green and eco-friendly. These biological treatment strategies not only remove pollutants with low investment, but also generate methane and other sustainable natural resources from the industrial wastewater. Unfortunately, the information regarding: the functional microorganisms, the molecular mechanisms for pollutant degradation, and the ecological network of the microorganisms in the anaerobic and aerobic microbiota of the industrial wastewater treatment plant, is limited. The development of microbiome and synthetic biology provides an insight into the microbiota for complex pollutant removal.
The information concerning the microorganisms of anaerobic and aerobic microbiota of industrial treatment bioreactors is limited. The comparison of industrial-scale, industrial wastewater treatment plants, is rarely reported. In addition, the functional key genes/enzymes and keystone microorganisms for complex pollutants in industrial wastewater remain unclear. These hinder the optimization and modulation of microbiota for efficient pollutant removal.
This Research Topic mainly focuses on the use of microbiome and synthetic biology tools, to recover the pathway/genes/enzymes for pollutant removal in industrial wastewater. As well as reveal the relationship between running parameters and the keystone microorganisms, in industrial wastewater treatment microbiota. The microbiome strategies including metagenomics, metatranscriptome, metaproteomics, and metabolomics (used to study the microbiota and the synthetic microbiota for complex pollutant removal of the industrial wastewater), will be addressed. In summary, this Research Topic will cover effective and efficient biological strategies for industrial wastewater treatment, using microbiome and synthetic biology tools, with the aim to enhance microbiota for industrial wastewater treatment in the future.
The scope of the Research Topic includes, but is not limited to, the following aspects:
• Biological strategies applied for efficient pollutant removal in industrial wastewater
• Insight into key genes/enzymes/pathways/microorganisms in wastewater treatment microbiota
• The relationship between running parameters and microbiota during wastewater treatment process
• Microbiome, system biology, and synthetic biology tools applied for industrial wastewater treatment
• Engineered microorganisms and synthetic microbiota for efficient pollutant removal
• Process engineering and implementation of industrial wastewater treatment plants, in relation to pollutant removal.
The information concerning the microorganisms of anaerobic and aerobic microbiota of industrial treatment bioreactors is limited. The comparison of industrial-scale, industrial wastewater treatment plants, is rarely reported. In addition, the functional key genes/enzymes and keystone microorganisms for complex pollutants in industrial wastewater remain unclear. These hinder the optimization and modulation of microbiota for efficient pollutant removal.
This Research Topic mainly focuses on the use of microbiome and synthetic biology tools, to recover the pathway/genes/enzymes for pollutant removal in industrial wastewater. As well as reveal the relationship between running parameters and the keystone microorganisms, in industrial wastewater treatment microbiota. The microbiome strategies including metagenomics, metatranscriptome, metaproteomics, and metabolomics (used to study the microbiota and the synthetic microbiota for complex pollutant removal of the industrial wastewater), will be addressed. In summary, this Research Topic will cover effective and efficient biological strategies for industrial wastewater treatment, using microbiome and synthetic biology tools, with the aim to enhance microbiota for industrial wastewater treatment in the future.
The scope of the Research Topic includes, but is not limited to, the following aspects:
• Biological strategies applied for efficient pollutant removal in industrial wastewater
• Insight into key genes/enzymes/pathways/microorganisms in wastewater treatment microbiota
• The relationship between running parameters and microbiota during wastewater treatment process
• Microbiome, system biology, and synthetic biology tools applied for industrial wastewater treatment
• Engineered microorganisms and synthetic microbiota for efficient pollutant removal
• Process engineering and implementation of industrial wastewater treatment plants, in relation to pollutant removal.
Keywords: Microbiota, Microbiome, Synthetic biology, Industrial-scale wastewater treatment, Anaerobic reactors, Aerobic reactors, Detoxification
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