Researchers have long observed that a common family of environmental bacteria, Comamonadacae, grow on plastics littered throughout urban rivers and wastewater systems. But what, exactly, these ...

All wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) require upkeep and reinvestment to maintain efficacy and efficiency, and these improvements, which require infrastructure and equipment investments, frequently ...

Each year, there are nearly three million cases of antibiotic-resistant infections in the U.S. caused by MRSA and other antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

(Nanowerk News) Microplastics can go right through wastewater treatment plants, and researchers have engineered bacteria commonly found in there to break down this pollution before it can persist in ...

A San Antonio biology professor could receive $1 million in federal funding to study pathogens and microbes in the city’s water and wastewater, a project that could provide new information about ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The City and County of Honolulu said it has found elevated bacteria levels at the Kailua Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant Friday. Officials said a sample collected Friday ...

Researchers from the University of South Florida in Tampa have detected antibiotic-resistant bacteria in wastewater that gushed into neighborhoods in St. Petersburg, Fla., and the Boca Ciega Bay at a ...

New Braunfels Utilities says the bacteria didn't make it into the city's water supply. It said it expects to clear the ...

Europe produced 58.8 million tonnes of plastics in 2022. — © AFP JOSH EDELSON Europe produced 58.8 million tonnes of plastics in 2022. — © AFP JOSH EDELSON ...

To demonstrate the gene-exchange technique to enable wastewater bacteria to degrade plastics, this video shows two types of bacteria in red and green. The red strain and the green strain of bacteria ...