Humus-reducing microorganisms and their valuable contribution in environmental processes.
Humus constitutes a very abundant class of organic compounds that are chemically heterogeneous and widely distributed in terrestrial and aquatic environments. Evidence accumulated during the last decades indicating that humic substances play relevant roles on the transport, fate, and redox conversion of organic and inorganic compounds both in chemically and microbially driven reactions. The present review underlines the contribution of humus-reducing microorganisms in relevant environmental processes such as biodegradation of recalcitrant pollutants and mitigation of greenhouse gases emission in anoxic ecosystems, redox conversion of industrial contaminants in anaerobic wastewater treatment systems, and on the microbial production of nanocatalysts and alternative energy sources.
División de Ciencias Ambientales, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (IPICYT), Camino a la Presa San José 2055, Col. Lomas 4a Sección, San Luis Potosí, SLP, 78216, Mexico.
Claudia M
CM
Martinez
Luis H
LH
Alvarez
Lourdes B
LB
Celis
Francisco J
FJ
Cervantes
D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D001711:Biotransformation; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism; D006812:Humic Substances; D012988:Soil Microbiology
D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D006812:Humic Substances