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Mares-Carbajal FJ, Espinosa-Arzate MC, Ramírez-Montoya LA, Pat-Espadas AM, Ramírez JE, Rangel-Mendez JR, Ascacio-Valdes JA, Aguilar CN, Mijaylova P, Buitrón G, Cervantes FJ. Biocatalyst developed with recovered iron-rich minerals enhances the biotransformation of SARS-CoV-2 antiviral drugs in anaerobic bioreactors. JOURNAL OF WATER PROCESS ENGINEERING 2022; 50:103337. [PMID: 36407934 PMCID: PMC9663753 DOI: 10.1016/j.jwpe.2022.103337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2022] [Revised: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
The biotransformation of the SARS-CoV-2 antiviral drugs, ribavirin and tenofovir, was studied in methanogenic bioreactors. The role of iron-rich minerals, recovered from a metallurgic effluent, on the biotransformation process was also assessed. Enrichment of anaerobic sludge with recovered minerals promoted superior removal efficiency for both antivirals (97.4 % and 94.7 % for ribavirin and tenofovir, respectively) as compared to the control bioreactor lacking minerals, which achieved 58.5 % and 37.9 % removal for the same drugs, respectively. Further analysis conducted by liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectroscopy revealed several metabolites derived from the biotransformation of both antivirals. Interestingly, tracer analysis with 13CH4 revealed that anaerobic methane oxidation coupled to Fe(III) reduction occurred in the enriched bioreactor, which was reflected in a lower content of methane in the biogas produced from this system, as compared to the control bioreactor. This treatment proposal is suitable within the circular economy concept, in which recovered metals from an industrial wastewater are applied in bioreactors to create a biocatalyst for promoting the biotransformation of emerging pollutants. This strategy may be appropriate for the anaerobic treatment of wastewaters originated from hospitals, as well as from the pharmaceutical and chemical sectors.
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- Francisco J Mares-Carbajal
- Laboratory for Research on Advanced Processes for Water Treatment, Engineering Institute, Campus Juriquilla, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Blvd. Juriquilla 3001, 76230 Querétaro, Mexico
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- Laboratory for Research on Advanced Processes for Water Treatment, Engineering Institute, Campus Juriquilla, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Blvd. Juriquilla 3001, 76230 Querétaro, Mexico
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- Laboratory for Research on Advanced Processes for Water Treatment, Engineering Institute, Campus Juriquilla, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Blvd. Juriquilla 3001, 76230 Querétaro, Mexico
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- CONACYT-UNAM Instituto de Geología, Estación Regional del Noroeste (ERNO), Luis D. Colosio y Madrid, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
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- Unidad Académica de Ingeniería I, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico
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- División de Ciencias Ambientales, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, Camino a la Presa San José 2055, Lomas 4 Sección, 78216 San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Departamento de Investigación en Alimentos (DIA-UAdeC), Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Saltillo 25280, Coahuila, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Departamento de Investigación en Alimentos (DIA-UAdeC), Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Saltillo 25280, Coahuila, Mexico
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- Subcoordinación de Tratamiento de Aguas Residuales, Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua, Paseo Cuauhnáhuac 8532, Progreso, Jiutepec 62550, Morelos, Mexico
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- Laboratory for Research on Advanced Processes for Water Treatment, Engineering Institute, Campus Juriquilla, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Blvd. Juriquilla 3001, 76230 Querétaro, Mexico
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- Laboratory for Research on Advanced Processes for Water Treatment, Engineering Institute, Campus Juriquilla, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Blvd. Juriquilla 3001, 76230 Querétaro, Mexico
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Cervantes FJ, Ramírez-Montoya LA. Immobilized Nanomaterials for Environmental Applications. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27196659. [PMID: 36235196 PMCID: PMC9572314 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27196659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2022] [Revised: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Nanomaterials (NMs) have been extensively used in several environmental applications; however, their widespread dissemination at full scale is hindered by difficulties keeping them active in engineered systems. Thus, several strategies to immobilize NMs for their environmental utilization have been established and are described in the present review, emphasizing their role in the production of renewable energies, the removal of priority pollutants, as well as greenhouse gases, from industrial streams, by both biological and physicochemical processes. The challenges to optimize the application of immobilized NMs and the relevant research topics to consider in future research are also presented to encourage the scientific community to respond to current needs.
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Sengar A, Vijayanandan A. Comprehensive review on iodinated X-ray contrast media: Complete fate, occurrence, and formation of disinfection byproducts. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 769:144846. [PMID: 33736235 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Revised: 12/19/2020] [Accepted: 12/20/2020] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Iodinated contrast media (ICM) are drugs which are used in medical examinations for organ imaging purposes. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have shown incapability to remove ICM, and as a consequence, ICM and their transformation products (TPs) have been detected in environmental waters. ICM show limited biotransformation and low sorption potential. ICM can act as iodine source and can react with commonly used disinfectants such as chlorine in presence of organic matter to yield iodinated disinfection byproducts (IDBPs) which are more cytotoxic and genotoxic than conventionally known disinfection byproducts (DBPs). Even highly efficient advanced treatment systems have failed to completely mineralize ICM, and TPs that are more toxic than parent ICM are produced. This raises issues regarding the efficacy of existing treatment technologies and serious concern over disinfection of ICM containing waters. Realizing this, the current review aims to capture the attention of scientific community on areas of less focus. The review features in depth knowledge regarding complete environmental fate of ICM along with their existing treatment options.
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- Ashish Sengar
- Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi 110016, India
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi 110016, India.
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Baniamerian H, Isfahani PG, Tsapekos P, Alvarado-Morales M, Shahrokhi M, Vossoughi M, Angelidaki I. Application of nano-structured materials in anaerobic digestion: Current status and perspectives. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 229:188-199. [PMID: 31078033 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.04.193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2019] [Revised: 04/10/2019] [Accepted: 04/24/2019] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Nanotechnology is gaining more attention in biotechnological applications as a research area with a huge potential. Nanoparticles (NPs) can influence the rate of anaerobic digestion (AD) as the nano-sized structures, with specific physicochemical properties, interact with substrate and microorganisms. The present work has classified the various types of additives used to improve the AD processes. Nanomaterials as new additives in AD process are classified into four categories: Zero-valent metallic NPs, Metal oxide NPs, Carbon based nanomaterials, and Multi-compound NPs. In the following, application of nanomaterials in AD process is reviewed and negative and positive effects of these materials on the AD process and subsequently biogas production rate are discussed. This study confirms that design and development of new nano-sized compounds can improve the performances of the AD processes.
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- Hamed Baniamerian
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, DK, 2800, Denmark; Department of Chemical Technologies, Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, DK, 2800, Denmark; Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, P.O. Box 11365-9465, Azadi Ave., Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, DK, 2800, Denmark
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, DK, 2800, Denmark
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, P.O. Box 11365-9465, Azadi Ave., Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, P.O. Box 11365-9465, Azadi Ave., Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, DK, 2800, Denmark.
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Improved reductive transformation of iopromide by magnetite containing reduced graphene oxide nanosacks as electron shuttles. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2019; 566:188-195. [PMID: 31662597 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2019.01.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The novel application of magnetite containing reduced graphene oxide nanosacks (MrGO-N) as electron shuttles to improve the reductive degradation of pharmaceutical pollutant, iopromide (IOP), was evaluated. The MrGO-N were synthesized by ultrasonicated nebulization process, and their physicochemical characterization was performed by potentiometric titrations, zeta potential, high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), X-ray diffraction, as well as by Raman and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopies. Results demonstrated the thermal reduction of precursor graphene oxide sheets, the removal of different oxygenated groups, and the successful assembly of magnetite nanoparticles (MNP) in the graphene sacks. Also, reduction experiments revealed 72 % of IOP removal efficiency and up to 2.5-fold faster degradation of this pollutant performed with MrGO-N as redox catalysts in batch assays and with sulfide as electron donor. Chemical transformation pathway of IOP provides evidence of complete dehalogenation and further transformation of aromatic ring substituents. Greater redox-mediating ability of MrGO-N was observed, which was reflected in the catalytic activity of these nanomaterials during the reductive degradation of IOP. Transformation byproducts with simpler chemical structure were identified, which could lead to complete degradation by conventional methodologies in a complementary treatment process. Redox-mediating activity of MrGO-N could potentially be applied in wastewater treatment systems in order to facilitate the biodegradation of priority contaminants.
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Redeker M, Wick A, Meermann B, Ternes TA. Anaerobic Transformation of the Iodinated X-ray Contrast Medium Iopromide, Its Aerobic Transformation Products, and Transfer to Further Iodinated X-ray Contrast Media. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2018; 52:8309-8320. [PMID: 29998733 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b01140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The iodinated X-ray contrast medium (ICM) iopromide and its aerobic transformation products (TPs) are frequently detected in the effluents of wastewater treatment plants and in different compartments of the aquatic environment. In this study, the anaerobic transformation of iopromide and its aerobic TPs was investigated in water-sediment systems. Iopromide, its final aerobic TP didespropanediol iopromide (DDPI), and its primary aniline desmethoxyacetyl iopromide (DAMI) were used as model substances. Five biologically formed anaerobic TPs of iopromide and DAMI and six of DDPI, and the respective transformation pathways, were identified. The TPs were formed by successive deiodination and hydrolysis of amide moieties. Quantification of the iodinated TPs was achieved by further development of a complementary liquid chromatography (LC)-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (Q-ToF-MS) and LC-inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) strategy without needing authentic standards, despite several TPs coeluting with others. A database with predicted anaerobic TPs of ICMs was derived by applying the transformation rules found for the anaerobic transformation pathways of iopromide and diatrizoate to further ICMs (iomeprol and iopamidol) and their aerobic TPs already reported in the literature. The environmental relevance of the identified transformation pathways was confirmed by identifying an experimental TP and two predicted TPs using suspect screening of water taken from anaerobic bank filtration zones.
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- Maria Redeker
- Federal Institute of Hydrology , Am Mainzer Tor 1 , D-56068 Koblenz , Germany
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- Federal Institute of Hydrology , Am Mainzer Tor 1 , D-56068 Koblenz , Germany
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- Federal Institute of Hydrology , Am Mainzer Tor 1 , D-56068 Koblenz , Germany
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- Federal Institute of Hydrology , Am Mainzer Tor 1 , D-56068 Koblenz , Germany
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Toral-Sánchez E, Rangel-Mendez JR, Hurt RH, Ascacio Valdés JA, Aguilar CN, Cervantes FJ. Novel application of magnetic nano-carbon composite as redox mediator in the reductive biodegradation of iopromide in anaerobic continuous systems. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 102:8951-8961. [PMID: 30058007 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9250-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Revised: 07/13/2018] [Accepted: 07/15/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The redox-mediating capacity of magnetic reduced graphene oxide nanosacks (MNS) to promote the reductive biodegradation of the halogenated pollutant, iopromide (IOP), was tested. Experiments were performed using glucose as electron donor in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor under methanogenic conditions. Higher removal efficiency of IOP in the UASB reactor supplied with MNS as redox mediator was observed as compared with the control reactor lacking MNS. Results showed 82% of IOP removal efficiency under steady state conditions in the UASB reactor enriched with MNS, while the reactor control showed IOP removal efficiency of 51%. The precise microbial transformation pathway of IOP was elucidated by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectroscopy (HPLC-MS) analysis. Biotransformation by-products with lower molecular weight than IOP molecule were identified in the reactor supplied with MNS, which were not detected in the reactor control, indicating the contribution of these magnetic nano-carbon composites in the redox conversion of this halogenated pollutant. Reductive reactions of IOP favored by MNS led to complete dehalogenation of the benzene ring and partial rupture of side chains of this pollutant, which is the first step towards its complete biodegradation. Possible reductive mechanisms that took place in the biodegradation of IOP were stated. Finally, the novel and successful application of magnetic graphene composites in a continuous bioreactor to enhance the microbial transformation of IOP was demonstrated.
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- E Toral-Sánchez
- IPICYT/División de Ciencias Ambientales, Camino a la Presa San José 2055, Col. Lomas 4a. Sección, C.P. 78216, San Luis Potosí, SLP, Mexico
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- IPICYT/División de Ciencias Ambientales, Camino a la Presa San José 2055, Col. Lomas 4a. Sección, C.P. 78216, San Luis Potosí, SLP, Mexico
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- School of Engineering/Institute for Molecular and Nanoscale Innovation (IMNI), Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, USA
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- Food Research Department, School of Chemistry (DIA-UAdeC), Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, 25280, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
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- Food Research Department, School of Chemistry (DIA-UAdeC), Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, 25280, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
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- IPICYT/División de Ciencias Ambientales, Camino a la Presa San José 2055, Col. Lomas 4a. Sección, C.P. 78216, San Luis Potosí, SLP, Mexico.
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Athie-García MS, Piñón-Castillo HA, Muñoz-Castellanos LN, Ulloa-Ogaz AL, Martínez-Varela PI, Quintero-Ramos A, Duran R, Murillo-Ramirez JG, Orrantia-Borunda E. Cell wall damage and oxidative stress in Candida albicans ATCC10231 and Aspergillus niger caused by palladium nanoparticles. Toxicol In Vitro 2018; 48:111-120. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2018.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2017] [Revised: 01/04/2018] [Accepted: 01/09/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Kong WQ, Lin JY, He X, Cheng YY, Zhang XS, Deng GZ, Han RS, Wu C. Reduction pathway and mechanism of chloronitrobenzenes synergistically catalyzed by bioPd and Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 assisted by calculation. CHEMOSPHERE 2017; 187:62-69. [PMID: 28841432 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.07.155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2016] [Revised: 06/21/2017] [Accepted: 07/29/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Although microbial synthesized palladium nanoparticles (bioPd) have been demonstrated to exhibit a great activity toward dechlorination of several chlorinated pollutants, there is no systematic investigation into the substituent effect on dechlorination. Chloronitrobenzenes are widely used for manufacturing and known as persistent pollutants with recalcitrance of biodegradation for nitro groups. In this work, bioPd was synthesized by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. The dechlorination of 2-chloronitrobenzene, 4-chloronitrobenzene and 2,4-dichloronitrobenzene catalyzed by bioPd were investigated. Simultaneous dechlorination and nitro reduction were observed by synergistic catalysis of bioPd and S. oneidensis MR-1. Pd concentration was optimized for the reduction. Producing profiles of intermediates changed with the ratio of Pd to cell, supporting a size- or shape-controlled catalytic activity of bioPd. The removal of chloro atoms at para-position was easier than that at ortho-position in 2,4-DCNB, suggesting a position effect on the reduction, which was further supported by the frontier molecular orbital and frontier electron density of 2,4-DCNB according to density functional theory.
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- Wan-Qin Kong
- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, China; Mining Environmental Restoration and Wetland Ecological Security Collaborative Innovation Center, Anhui University, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, China; Mining Environmental Restoration and Wetland Ecological Security Collaborative Innovation Center, Anhui University, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, China; Mining Environmental Restoration and Wetland Ecological Security Collaborative Innovation Center, Anhui University, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, China; Mining Environmental Restoration and Wetland Ecological Security Collaborative Innovation Center, Anhui University, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, China; Mining Environmental Restoration and Wetland Ecological Security Collaborative Innovation Center, Anhui University, China.
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