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In contrast, halloysite was able to regulate the production of low molecular weight thiols by E. coli to prevent bacteria from producing excessive reactive oxygen species, activate the oxidative phosphorylation pathway to supply energy for bacterial life activities, and reduce multidrug resistance of E. coli in a variety of ways. These findings are essential for exploring the impacts of clay minerals on the emergence and spread of multi-drug resistant strains in the environment.A new approach of highly fluxes thin film nanocomposite (TFN) nanofiltration (NF) membranes is reported. The fabricated module was made by incorporation of commercial-Al2O3 (CO.TFN) and camphor-Al2O3NPs (CA.TFN) into polyamide layers throughout the interfacial polymerization method. A simple biological reduction technique was adopted in preparation of camphor-Al2O3 NPs by using CinnamomumCamphora (CC) leaf extract. The crystallography of the commercial and camphor-Al2O3 NPs was examined by XRD and FTIR analyses. The CO.TFN and CA.TFN membranes were characterized by determining their surface roughness, pore size, porosity, zeta potential and contact angle parameters. The morphology and the cross-sectional of the NF membranes were studied by atomic force microscope (AFM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). NF performance was investigated at various Al2O3 NPs loads, applied pressure, and time. The results, of the membranes fabricated at low cost, showed the high permeable flux and elimination of multivalent cations (Mg2+, Ca2+, and water softening). Incorporating 0.98 mM of camphor-Al2O3 NPs into the TFC membrane increased the water flux up to 4 times compared to only 1.5 times for commercial-Al2O3 NPs. selleck compound Moreover, the salt rejection of CO.TFN and CA.TFN NF membranes increased to 95.1% and 96.5%, respectively for the feed solution (2 g/L Na2SO4 at 25 °C). The optimized NF membrane module of 0.98 mM camphor-Al2O3-NPs (CA.TFN) shows the maximum water flux 69.0,62.2, 60.5 and 55.4 L/m2.h for the feed solutions of following salts NaCl, Na2SO4, MgCl2 and MgSO4 with high salt rejections 92.4%, 96.5%, 91.7% and 95.3%, respectively. This proves that camphor-Al2O3 NPs have a significant role in increasing the membrane hydrophilicity. Hence, the CA.TFN membrane module proved to be a promising candidate for the real brackish water desalination as that collected from Marsa Alam, Egypt.This study developed a novel DPR-PNA (denitrifying phosphorus removal, partial nitrification and anammox) process for sustaining high-strength wastewater treatment in a modified continuous flow reactor without external carbon source. After 259-days operation, a synchronous highly-efficient total inorganic nitrogen, PO43--P and CODcr removal efficiencies of 88.5%, 89.5% and 90.1% were obtained, respectively even influent nitrogen loading rate up to 3.2 kg m-3 d-1. Batch tests revealed that denitrifying phosphorus accumulating organisms (DPAOs) using NO3--N as electron acceptors significantly enriched (74% in total PAOs), which emerged remarkable positive impacts on deep-level nutrient removal as the key limiting factor. Furthermore, the NO2--N inhibitory threshold value (∼20.0 mg L-1) for DPAOs was identified, which demonstrated as an inhibitory component in excessive recycling NOx--N. From the molecular biology perspective, Dechloromonas-DPAOs group (18.59%) dominated the excellent dephosphatation performance, while Nitrosomonas-AOB (ammonia oxidizing bacteria) group (16.26%) and Candidatus_Brocadia-AnAOB (anammox bacteria) group (15.12%) were responsible for the desirable nitrogen loss process. Overall, the present work highlighted the novel DPR-PNA process for nutrients removal is a promising alternation for wastewater of high nitrogen but low carbon.Spatial pattern of naturally occurring radionuclides (NOR) 226Ra, 232Th, 40K, and artificial 137Cs was studied using soil samples of the multipurpose geochemical survey of the city of Yerevan, capital of Armenia. High purity Ge detector-based gamma spectrometry system was used for the determination of radionuclides activity concentrations in urban soils. A combination of compositional data analysis, geochemical mapping and radiological assessment were applied to reveal potential factors of technologically enhanced natural radioactivity and excess lifetime cancer risk for Yerevan's population due to NOR and artificial 137Cs in the urban environment. Statistical methods with the geochemical mapping revealed the great contribution of soil-forming rocks to NOR distribution in urban soils. The spatial distribution of calculated radiological indices and dose rates levels follows the distribution patterns of NOR. The activity concentration of fallout radionuclide 137Cs was within the range typical for the studied altitudes. Above baseline activity of 137Cs was observed in the north-western and western part of the city that is in typical ranges of 137Cs content in soil derived from global radioactive fallout. Urban soils of Yerevan were found radiologically safe, however, igneous rock derived soils are a sink of NOR and the main environmental source of continuous exposure to the residents. Values of excess lifetime cancer risk were higher than mean global value.Aerobic granular sludge (AGS) technology has been recognized as a promising alternative to alleviate the osmotic stress of hypersaline wastewater. However, the response of AGS process to composite hypersaline wastewater on removal performance and populations was yet to be understood. In this work, two sequenced batch reactors were operated in parallel in absence (R0) and presence (R1) of high concentration sulfate as proxy for single and mixed salts (30 g salt·L-1) respectively. Results demonstrated that the presence of sulfate in hypersaline wastewater enhanced chemical oxygen demand (COD) and total nitrogen (TN) removals of 95.3% and 65.5% respectively with lower accumulations of nitrite. High-throughput 16 S rRNA gene sequencing technique elucidated that Denitromonas (31.6%) and Xanthomarina (17.0%) were the more dominant genera in AGS response to mixed salts with high sulfate and laid the biological basis for strengthening removal performance. The enrichment of halophilic Luteococcus (23.5%) in the AGS surface indicated the potential role of mixed salts in shaping the physical properties and surface population structure of AGS.
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