ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2019
Sated by a Zero-Calorie Sweetener: Wastewater Bacteria Can Feed on Acesulfame.
Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- Human Gut Microbiome Can Degrade the Sweetener Acesulfame K with Potential Damaging Effects in the Intestinal Barrier Function.Journal of agricultural and food chemistry · 2026Article
- Re-evaluation of acesulfame K (E 950) as food additive.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2025Article
- Intestinal dysbiosis associated with non-nutritive sweeteners intake: an effect without a cause?Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- A Novel Sulfatase for Acesulfame Degradation in Wastewater Treatment Plants as Evidenced fromEnvironmental science & technology · 2024Article
- Enzymatic and non-enzymatic removal of organic micropollutants with spent mushroom substrate of Agaricus bisporus.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Recently evolved combination of unique sulfatase and amidase genes enables bacterial degradation of the wastewater micropollutant acesulfame worldwide.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Scientific concepts and methods for moving persistence assessments into the 21st century.Integrated environmental assessment and management · 2022Review
- Biotransformation of Chemicals at the Water-Sediment Interface-Toward a Robust Simulation Study Setup.ACS environmental Au · 2021Article
- Effect of concentration and hydraulic reaction time on the removal of pharmaceutical compounds in a membrane bioreactor inoculated with activated sludge.Microbial biotechnology · 2021Article
- Environmental Impact of the Presence, Distribution, and Use of Artificial Sweeteners as Emerging Sources of Pollution.Journal of environmental and public health · 2021Review
- The role of mobile genetic elements in organic micropollutant degradation during biological wastewater treatment.Water research X · 2020Review
- Association between Aquatic Micropollutant Dissipation and River Sediment Bacterial Communities.Environmental science & technology · 2020Article
- A Review of the Environmental Fate and Effects of Acesulfame-Potassium.Integrated environmental assessment and management · 2020Review
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Abstract
The widely used artificial sweetener acesulfame K has long been considered recalcitrant in biological wastewater treatment. Due to its persistence and mobility in the aquatic environment, acesulfame has been used as marker substance for wastewater input in surface water and groundwater. However, recent studies indicated that the potential to remove this xenobiotic compound is emerging in wastewater treatment plants worldwide, leading to decreasing mass loads in receiving waters despite unchanged human consumption patterns. Here we show evidence that acesulfame can be mineralized in a catabolic process and used as sole carbon source by bacterial pure strains isolated from activated sludge and identified as
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