• Competitive interference during the biodegradation of cresols 

      Surkatti R.; El-Naas M.H. ( Center for Environmental and Energy Research and Studies , 2018 , Article)
      Phenol and its methylated derivatives, cresol isomers, are hazardous pollutants that are commonly present in various industrial effluents and known to have detrimental effect on aquatic life as well as human health, due ...
    • Immobilization of microbial cells for the biotreatment of wastewater: A review 

      Bouabidi Z.B.; El-Naas M.H.; Zhang Z. ( Springer Verlag , 2019 , Article Review)
      Industrial wastewater often contains different complex impurities that are hazardous to the environment and human health, making wastewater treatment a necessity prior to its disposal. This review focuses on cell immobilization ...
    • Microbial degradation of chlorophenols 

      El-Naas, Muftah H.; Mousa, Hussein A.; El Gamal, Maisa ( Springer Berlin Heidelberg , 2017 , Article)
      Chlorophenols (CPs) are hazardous pollutant that are commonly encountered as major constituents of several types of wastewater such as industrial, refinery and pharmaceutical wastewater. They are also exposed to the ...
    • Petroleum refinery wastewater treatment: A pilot scale study 

      El-Naas, Muftah H.; Surkatti, Riham; Al-Zuhair, Sulaiman ( Elsevier , 2016 , Article)
      A three-step pilot plant was designed, fabricated and tested for the treatment of highly contaminated petroleum refinery wastewater. The three-step process consisted of an electrocoagulation (EC) unit, a biological treatment ...