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Climate change and future depletion of resources are two of the most important environmental challenges that humankind have ever faced. This chapter aims to give a second chance to contaminated water and recalcitrant carbon dioxide (CO2) streams by putting forward a resilience and sustainable technology-based electron-driven microbial reactions.
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Sebastià Puig acknowledges the scientific contribution of Pau Batlle and Lluís Bañeras. Sebastià Puig is a Serra Húnter Fellow (UdG-AG-575). LEQUIA has been recognised as consolidated research groups by the Catalan Government (2017SGR-1552). LEQUIA would also like to thank the University of Girona (MPCUdG2016/139; GdRCompetUdG2017) for its financial support.
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Osset-Álvarez, M. et al. (2020). Niches for Bioelectrochemical Systems in Wastewater Treatment Plants. In: Naddeo, V., Balakrishnan, M., Choo, KH. (eds) Frontiers in Water-Energy-Nexus—Nature-Based Solutions, Advanced Technologies and Best Practices for Environmental Sustainability. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13068-8_82
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