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ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2025

A native bacterial consortium degrades estriol in domestic sewage and activated sludge via the 4,5-

Jaleela S Hashem, Wael Ismail, Yin-Ru Chiang, Vartul Sangal, Dorra Hentati, Nasser Abotalib, Adnan A Bekhit

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Jaleela S HashemAllied Health Sciences Department, College of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Bahrain, Manama, Bahrain.
Wael IsmailCenter of Environmental and Biological Studies, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain.ORCID 0000-0002-3027-928X
Yin-Ru ChiangBiodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-6899-3166
Vartul SangalFaculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-7405-8446
Dorra HentatiCenter of Environmental and Biological Studies, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain.
Nasser AbotalibCenter of Environmental and Biological Studies, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain.
Adnan A BekhitAllied Health Sciences Department, College of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Bahrain, Manama, Bahrain.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Estriol (E3) is one of the natural steroid estrogens commonly detected in wastewater. Although microbial biodegradation is a key process for removal of steroid estrogens during wastewater treatment, estriol biodegradation, and biotransformation mechanisms, as well as the involved bacterial consortia remain to be revealed. We enriched three E3-degrading bacterial consortia from raw sewage (inflow wastewater) and sludge samples. These consortia were able to utilize E3; however, individual strains isolated from the consortia could not grow on E3 as the sole carbon source. Instead, they transformed E3 to 16α-hydroxyestrone (16α-OH-E1) as a key product. The E3-transforming bacteria were affiliated with the genera

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BacteriaEstriolMicrobial ConsortiaSewageBiodegradation, EnvironmentalBiotransformationPhenotypeWastewaterEstriolSewageWastewateractivated sludgebiodegradationconsortiaestradiolestrogensestronewastewater

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PMID40856498
PMCPMC12502722

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