Engineering quorum sensing signaling of Pseudomonas for enhanced wastewater treatment and electricity harvest: A review

Chemosphere

Volumn 140, Issue , 2015, Pages 18-25

  Yong, Yang Chun ^a   Wu, Xiang Yang ^a   Sun, Jian Zhong ^a   Cao, Ying Xiu ^b,c   Song, Hao ^b,c  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cell cell communication; Electricity; Microbial fuel cells; Pseudomonas; Quorum sensing; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; ELECTRICITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CELL-CELL COMMUNICATIONS; ENERGY APPLICATIONS; GENERIC CELL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; PSEUDOMONAS; QUORUM-SENSING; RECENT PROGRESS;

CELL ENGINEERING;

AROMATIC COMPOUND; WASTE WATER;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOREMEDIATION; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL CELL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LITERATURE REVIEW; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SIGNALING; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIAL CELL; BIODEGRADATION; BIOENERGY; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ELECTRICITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEWAGE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WASTE WATER;

PSEUDOMONAS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CELL COMMUNICATION; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRICITY; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84930889091     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.10.020     Document Type: Review

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