ReviewWorld journal of microbiology & biotechnology2020
High-strength wastewater treatment using microbial biofilm reactor: a critical review.
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- Microbial mechanisms of rapid startup in a sequencing batch biofilm reactor treating high-ammonia slaughterhouse wastewater.Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research · 2026Article
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- The Effect of the Ratio of Butylene Succinate and Dilinoleic Diol in Their Copolyester (PBS-DLS) on the Physicochemical Properties and Biofilm Formation.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Mass transfer in heterogeneous biofilms: Key issues in biofilm reactors and AI-driven performance prediction.Environmental science and ecotechnology · 2024Review
- Assessment of Potential Use of a Composite Based on Polyester Textile Waste as Packing Elements of a Trickle Bed Bioreactor.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Improvement of MBBR-MBR Performance by the Addition of Commercial and 3D-Printed Biocarriers.Membranes · 2023Article
- Combination of chemical coagulation and membrane-based separation for dairy wastewater treatment.Journal of food science and technology · 2023Article
- Terpenes Combinations Inhibit Biofilm Formation inMicroorganisms · 2022Article
- Economic significance of biofilms: a multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral challenge.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2022Review
- Microbial Electrochemical Technologies for Sustainable Nitrogen Removal in Marine and Coastal Environments.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Manipulating Bacterial Biofilms Using Materiobiology and Synthetic Biology Approaches.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Review
- Recent advancements in the biological treatment of high strength ammonia wastewater.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2021Review
- Extremophilic Microorganisms for the Treatment of Toxic Pollutants in the Environment.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
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Abstract
Biofilm reactors retain microbial cells in the form of biofilm which is attached to free moving or fixed carrying materials, thus providing a high active biomass concentration and automatic liquid and solid separation. Nowadays, microbial biofilm reactors have been widely used in high-strength wastewater treatment where very high pollutant removal efficiency is required, which usually requires excessive space and aeration energy for conventional activated sludge-based treatment. This paper provides an overview of microbial biofilm reactors developed over the last half-century, including moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR), trickling filter (TF) reactor, rotating biological contactor (RBC), membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR), passive aeration simultaneous nitrification and denitrification (PASND) biofilm reactor, for their applications in high-strength wastewater treatment of not only removing carbon, nitrogen, sulphur but also a variety of oxidized contaminants including perchlorate and bromate. Despite the advance of biofilm reactor that exhibits high resistance to excessive pollutants loading, its drawbacks both from engineering and microbiological point of view are reviewed. The future prospects of biofilm reactor are also discussed in this review paper.
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