ReviewThe Science of the total environment2019
Is anaerobic digestion a reliable barrier for deactivation of pathogens in biosludge?
Review in The Science of the total environment, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 13 papers.
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13 citing papers in PubMed.
- Dynamics of the Microbiome and Antibiotic Resistome in Hyper-Mesophilic Anaerobic Digestion of Cattle Manure Assisted with Granular Activated Carbon.ACS environmental Au · 2026Article
- Targeting Microorganisms in Lignocellulosic Biomass to Produce Biogas and Ensure Sanitation and Hygiene.Microorganisms · 2026Review
- Fate of antibiotic resistance genes and resistant bacteria under various operating temperatures of sludge anaerobic digestion.Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research · 2025Article
- Synergistic effect of electrooxidation and anaerobic digestion of waste-activated sludge for microbial inactivation.Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research · 2025Article
- Sewage sludge management and enhanced energy recovery using anaerobic digestion: an insight.Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research · 2024Review
- Effect of the Inoculum-to-Substrate Ratio on Putative Pathogens and Microbial Kinetics during the Batch Anaerobic Digestion of Simulated Food Waste.Microorganisms · 2024Article
- Presence and role of viruses in anaerobic digestion of food waste under environmental variability.Microbiome · 2023Article
- The role of microbial ecology in improving the performance of anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Review
- Challenges of pathogen inactivation in animal manure through anaerobic digestion: a short review.Bioengineered · 2022Review
- Inactivation and risk control of pathogenic microorganisms in municipal sludge treatment: A review.Frontiers of environmental science & engineering · 2022Review
- Application of electron beam water radiolysis for sewage sludge treatment-a review.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020Review
- What do we know about the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in the environment?The Science of the total environment · 2020Article
- Dynamics of Clostridium genus and hard-cheese spoiling Clostridium species in anaerobic digesters treating agricultural biomass.AMB Express · 2020Article
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- Erratum issued
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Abstract
As World Health Organization advocates, the global burden of sanitation related disease and access to safely managed sanitation and safely treated wastewater should be monitored strictly. However, the spread of pathogens through various agricultural applications or direct discharge of sewage sludge generated in municipal wastewater treatment plants poses a serious challenge on the environment and public health. Anaerobic digestion (AD), the principal method of stabilizing biosolids, can efficiently and largely deactivate viable pathogens, including parasite, virus, and the pathogens harboring antibiotic resistance genes. This review aims to provide a critical overview regarding the deactivation of sludge-associated pathogens by AD, through which a serious concern on the effectiveness and rationality of AD towards sludge pathogens control was raised. Meanwhile, the underlying deactivation mechanisms and affecting factors were all discussed, with the focus on pathogen-associated modeling, engineering design and technological aspects of AD. Lastly, a matric method incorporating the operating strategy of AD with the risk assessment was proposed for evaluating the reliability of AD-based pathogen deactivation, while the research agenda forward was also outlined.
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