Xuemeng ZHANG

Scopus Publications

Global distribution of PFAS and their impacts on microbial greenhouse gas emission and mechanisms
Chuang Chen, Xinyun Fan, Xuemeng Zhang, Xuekang Cao, Chao Liu, Lei Guo, Yinguang Chen
Environmental Pollution, 2026
Mesospace domain orchestrates microbial consortia by β-barrel porin modulation and local molecule enrichment for wastewater treatment
Chao Liu, Yue Yin, Xuemeng Zhang, Wei-Min Wu, Bingcai Pan, Hongqiang Ren, Qingran Zhang, Han-Qing Yu, Jinfeng Wang, Mengru Zhu, Yinguang Chen
Nature Water, 2026
Advances in redox mediators-enhanced anaerobic fermentation for organic waste-derived volatile fatty acids production
Yuqi Sun, Xuemeng Zhang, Chuang Chen, Yangyuan Zhou, Haining Huang, Yinguang Chen
Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025
Biological VFAs production from proteinaceous wastewater varied with protein type: The role of protein exposed enzyme cleavage sites and hydrolysates biotransformation capacity
Jing Zhou, Dapeng Li, Xu Duan, Xuemeng Zhang, Chuang Chen, Yinguang Chen
Water Research, 2025
Bisphenol A removal with nitrification and denitrification: Occurrence, mechanism, and microbial mutualism
Xuekang Cao, Chao Liu, Xuemeng Zhang, Haining Huang, Xinyun Fan, Chuang Chen, Xu Duan, Yinguang Chen
Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2025
Bisphenol A (BPA) is an emerging contaminant that disrupts endocrine systems and poses significant risks to organisms. It is increasingly detected in municipal wastewater due to its widespread use and high production volume. Despite this, gaps remain in understanding the sources of BPA in municipal wastewater, its effects on nitrification and denitrification, and the potential for its co-removal with ammonia or nitrate during biological nitrogen removal processes. This review first examines the sources of BPA, primarily from industrial effluents and landfill leachates, which enter wastewater treatment plants alongside domestic sewage. Additionally, it meticulously elucidated the influences, co-removal with nitrogen performance, and biotransformation mechanisms of BPA during nitrification and denitrification processes, shedding light on biotransformation pathways, functional microbes and key enzymes. While there is no consensus on BPA removal in anoxic conditions, aerobic environments support its biodegradation through various microorganisms. Lastly, the potential for microbial cooperation to enhance BPA and nitrogen co-removal is discussed, focusing on bacterial mutual alliances and bacteria-algae metabolic interaction consortiums. This review provides valuable guidance for the synergistic removal of BPA and nitrogen in wastewater treatment processes.
The enhancement of caproic acid synthesis from organic solid wastes: A review
Yidan Wang, Xuemeng Zhang, Yinguang Chen
Journal of Environmental Management, 2024
Efficient nitrate and Cr(VI) removal by denitrifier: The mechanism of S. oneidensis MR-1 promoting electron production, transportation and consumption
Meirou Wu, Yanan Xu, Chunxia Zhao, Haining Huang, Chao Liu, Xu Duan, Xuemeng Zhang, Guohua Zhao, Yinguang Chen
Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024
Denitrification research based on green electron supply and cell metabolism regulation
LIU Chao, FAN Xinyun, ZHANG Xuemeng, CHEN Chuang, ZHU Mengru, et al.
Energy Environmental Protection, 2024
As a key link in the nitrogen cycle, microbial denitrification plays an important role in removing nitrate pollution from the water environment, realizing the return of nitrogen to the atmosphere, and maintaining nitrogen balance. Heterotrophic denitrification is the mainstream process of biological nitrogen removal at present. In the process of treating wastewater with a low carbon-to-nitrogen ratio, chemical carbon sources such as acetic acid are often added to obtain enough electron donors to achieve efficient nitrate removal. In recent years, researchers have focused on the development of novel electron donors such as photoelectrons, short-chain gaseous alkanes, and metabolism regulation methods to promote the utilization of electron donors. Firstly, the types of photosensitizers, the dominant functional microorganisms, the photosensitizer-microbe complex in the process of photoelectron-driven denitrification, and the application status of phototrophic denitrification are systematically reviewed. Then, the microbial metabolic pathway of denitrification using methane, propane, and other short-chain alkanes as carbon sources is described, the performance of kitchen waste and other organic wastes as carbon source is introduced, and the formation mechanism and utilization characteristics of microbial carbon sources are also analyzed. Finally, the mechanisms of promoting denitrification by improving electron utilization efficiency of microorganisms are discussed, in order to expand the understanding of efficient biological nitrogen removal mechanisms. The future exploration direction, such as the efficient supply of green electrons and the regulation of intracellular electron distribution, are proposed, aiming to provide reference for the development of biological denitrification technology.
Valorization of protein-rich waste and its application
Jing Zhou, Dapeng Li, Xuemeng Zhang, Chao Liu, Yinguang Chen
Science of the Total Environment, 2023
Metabolite Cross-Feeding Promoting NADH Production and Electron Transfer during Efficient SMX Biodegradation by a Denitrifier and S. oneidensis MR-1 in the Presence of Nitrate
Chunxia Zhao, Xu Duan, Chao Liu, Haining Huang, Meirou Wu, Xuemeng Zhang, Yinguang Chen
Environmental Science and Technology, 2023
Antibiotics often coexist with other pollutants (e.g., nitrate) in an aquatic environment, and their simultaneous biological removal has attracted widespread interest. We have found that sulfamethoxazole (SMX) and nitrate can be efficiently removed by the coculture of a model denitrifier (Paracoccus denitrificans, Pd) and Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 (So), and SMX degradation is affected by NADH production and electron transfer. In this paper, the mechanism of a coculture promoting NADH production and electron transfer was investigated by proteomic analysis and intermediate experiments. The results showed that glutamine and lactate produced by Pd were captured by So to synthesize thiamine and heme, and the released thiamine was taken up by Pd as a cofactor of pyruvate and ketoglutarate dehydrogenase, which were related to NADH generation. Additionally, Pd acquired heme, which facilitated electron transfer as heme, was the important composition of complex III and cytochrome c and the iron source of iron sulfur clusters, the key component of complex I in the electron transfer chain. Further investigation revealed that lactate and glutamine generated by Pd prompted So chemotactic moving toward Pd, which helped the two bacteria effectively obtain their required substances. Obviously, metabolite cross-feeding promoted NADH production and electron transfer, resulting in efficient SMX biodegradation by Pd and So in the presence of nitrate. Its feasibility was finally verified by the coculture of an activated sludge denitrifier and So.
Mechanisms, methods and applications of machine learning in bio-alcohol production and utilization: A review
Chen Wang, Xuemeng Zhang, Guohua Zhao, Yinguang Chen
Chemosphere, 2023
Physiological Responses of Methanosarcina barkeri under Ammonia Stress at the Molecular Level: The Unignorable Lipid Reprogramming
Chao Liu, Xuemeng Zhang, Chuang Chen, Yue Yin, Guohua Zhao, Yinguang Chen
Environmental Science and Technology, 2023
Advances in Electricity-Steering Organic Waste Bio-Valorization for Medium Chain Carboxylic Acids Production
Chao Liu, Yue Yin, Chuang Chen, Xuemeng Zhang, Jing Zhou, Qingran Zhang, Yinguang Chen
Energies, 2023
Aerobic hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria in soil: from cells to ecosystems
Xinyun Fan, Xuemeng Zhang, Guohua Zhao, Xin Zhang, Lei Dong, Yinguang Chen
Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology, 2022
Source separation, transportation, pretreatment, and valorization of municipal solid waste: a critical review
Xuemeng Zhang, Chao Liu, Yuexi Chen, Guanghong Zheng, Yinguang Chen
Environment Development and Sustainability, 2022
Amino Acid Configuration Affects Volatile Fatty Acid Production during Proteinaceous Waste Valorization: Chemotaxis, Quorum Sensing, and Metabolism
Meng Wang, Xuemeng Zhang, Haining Huang, Zhiyi Qin, Chao Liu, Yinguang Chen
Environmental Science and Technology, 2022
Cysteine reduced the inhibition of CO2 on heterotrophic denitrification: Restoring redox balance, facilitating iron acquisition and carbon metabolism
Xuemeng Zhang, Tong Yu, Chao Liu, Xinyun Fan, Yang Wu, Meng Wang, Chunxia Zhao, Yinguang Chen
Science of the Total Environment, 2022
Advances in downstream processes and applications of biological carboxylic acids derived from organic wastes
Chuang Chen, Xuemeng Zhang, Chao Liu, Yang Wu, Guanghong Zheng, Yinguang Chen
Bioresource Technology, 2022
Propionic acid-rich fermentation (PARF) production from organic wastes: A review
Yuexi Chen, Xuemeng Zhang, Yinguang Chen
Bioresource Technology, 2021

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