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ReviewAdvances in biochemical engineering/biotechnology2025

Microbial Electrochemical Technologies: Sustainable Solutions for Addressing Environmental Challenges.

Laura Rovira-Alsina, Meritxell Romans-Casas, Elisabet Perona-Vico, Alba Ceballos-Escalera, M Dolors Balaguer, Lluís Bañeras, Sebastià Puig

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Review in Advances in biochemical engineering/biotechnology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Laura Rovira-AlsinaLEQUiA, Institute of the Environment, University of Girona, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
Meritxell Romans-CasasLEQUiA, Institute of the Environment, University of Girona, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
Elisabet Perona-VicogEMM, Group of Molecular Microbial Ecology, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Girona, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
Alba Ceballos-EscaleraLEQUiA, Institute of the Environment, University of Girona, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
M Dolors BalaguerLEQUiA, Institute of the Environment, University of Girona, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
Lluís BañerasgEMM, Group of Molecular Microbial Ecology, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Girona, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
Sebastià PuigLEQUiA, Institute of the Environment, University of Girona, Girona, Catalonia, Spain. sebastia.puig@udg.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Addressing global challenges of waste management demands innovative approaches to turn biowaste into valuable resources. This chapter explores the potential of microbial electrochemical technologies (METs) as an alternative opportunity for biowaste valorisation and resource recovery due to their potential to address limitations associated with traditional methods. METs leverage microbial-driven oxidation and reduction reactions, enabling the conversion of different feedstocks into energy or value-added products. Their versatility spans across gas, food, water and soil streams, offering multiple solutions at different technological readiness levels to advance several sustainable development goals (SDGs) set out in the 2030 Agenda. By critically examining recent studies, this chapter uncovers challenges, optimisation strategies, and future research directions for real-world MET implementations. The integration of economic perspectives with technological developments provides a comprehensive understanding of the opportunities and demands associated with METs in advancing the circular economy agenda, emphasising their pivotal role in waste minimisation, resource efficiency promotion, and closed-loop system renovation.

Indexed as

Bioelectric Energy SourcesElectrochemical TechniquesSustainable DevelopmentWaste ManagementBiowaste valorisationCircular economyMicrobial electrochemical technologiesResource efficiencySustainable development goals

Identifiers

PMID39739109

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