En-Yan Zhong

Steroid estrogen biodegradation across hydrological seasons is shaped by distinct substrate and bacterioplankton network controls in a river-connected floodplain lake.

Emerging contaminant attenuation in freshwater lakes may depend on metabolically available organic substrates and the organization of indigenous microbial communities, yet their relative contributions across hydrological seasons remain unclear. Using estrone as a representative steroid estrogen, we investigated its bio...