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Physicochemical properties of extracellular polymeric substances produced by three bacterial isolates from biofouled reverse osmosis membranes.

Scientific paper Year: 2021 DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2021.668761

Authors: Zahid Ur Rehman, Johannes S Vrouwenvelder, Pascal E Saikaly

Frontiers in microbiology

extracellular polymeric substances
biofouling
reverse osmosis membrane
NMR
FTIR
Bacilli

Evaluation of DNA extraction yield from a chlorinated drinking water distribution system

Scientific paper Year: 2021 DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0253799

Authors: Ratna E Putri, Lan Hee Kim, Nadia Farhat, Mashael Felemban, Pascal E Saikaly, Johannes S Vrouwenvelder

PloS one

Drinking Water Microbiome
DNA Extraction Efficiency
Chlorinated Water Systems
Reverse Osmosis Filtration
Microbial Water Quality Monitoring

Competition of two highly specialized and efficient acetoclastic electroactive bacteria for acetate in biofilm anode of microbial electrolysis cell

Scientific paper Year: 2021 DOI:10.1038/s41522-021-00218-3

Authors: Veerraghavulu Sapireddy, Krishna P Katuri, Muhammad Ali, Pascal E Saikaly

NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes

Applied microbiology
Water microbiology

Bacteria-based catalysts and method of making

Patent Year: 2021

Authors: Shafeer Kalathil, Krishna P Katuri, Pascal E Saikaly

Patent No: US20210130204A1

Bacteria-Based Catalysts
Extracellular Electron Transfer (EET)
Metal Oxide Nanoparticles
Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER)

Harnessing the Extracellular Electron Transfer Capability of Geobacter sulfurreducens for Ambient Synthesis of Stable Bifunctional Single-Atom Electrocatalyst for Water Splitting

Scientific paper Year: 2021 DOI:10.1002/adfm.202010916

Authors: Srikanth Pedireddy, Rodrigo Jimenez‐Sandoval, Mahesh Kumar Ravva, Chandrani Nayak, Dalaver H Anjum, Shambhu Nath Jha, Krishna P Katuri, Pascal E Saikaly

Advanced Functional Materials

Single-Atom Catalysts (SACs)
Extracellular Electron Transfer (EET)
Geobacter sulfurreducens
Water Splitting Catalysis
Electrochemical Energy Conversion

Enrichment of salt-tolerant CO2–fixing communities in microbial electrosynthesis systems using porous ceramic hollow tube wrapped with carbon cloth as cathode and for CO2 supply

Scientific paper Year: 2021 DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142668

Authors: Manal F. Alqahtani, Suman Bajracharya, Krishna P Katuri, Muhammad Ali, Jiajie Xu, Mohammed S Alarawi, Pascal E Saikaly

Science of the Total Environment

CO2 valorization
Carbon capture and utilization
CO2 reduction
Salt-tolerant chemolithoautotrophs
Dual-function cathode

Continuous Flow Microbial Flow Cell with an Anion Exchange Membrane for Treating Low Conductivity and Poorly Buffered Wastewater

Scientific paper Year: 2021 DOI:10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c09144

Authors: Ruggero Rossi, Gahyun Baek, Pascal E Saikaly, Bruce E Logan

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

microbial fuel cell
wastewater
pH imbalance
power density
anion exchange membrane

MAPTech

Microbial-Assisted Processes

and Technologies Laboratory

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