Isolation and growth of a bacterium able to degrade nitrilotriacetic acid under denitrifying conditions.

abstract：:The DNA sequence upstream of the dhlB gene encoding the haloalkanoic acid dehalogenase of Xanthobacter autotrophicus GJ10 was determined and contained an open reading frame, designated dhlC, which encoded a protein with a significant similarity with the family of Na(+)-dependent symport proteins. The dhlC gene was sub...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： van der Ploeg J,Janssen DB

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compounds of interest in this work are methanethiol (MeSH), dimethyl sulfide (Me2S), dimethyl polysulfides (Me2Sx) and carbon disulfide (CS2) since these volatiles have been identified as predominant odorants in the emission of a wide range of activities in the bio-industry (e.g. aerobic waste water treatment plants, ...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Smet E,Van Langenhove H

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methanol-oxidizing bacteria may play an important role in the development and use of biological treatment systems for the removal of methanol from industrial effluents. Optimization of methanol degradation potential in such systems is contingent on availability of nutrients, such as nitrogen, in the most favorable for...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Babbitt CW,Lindner AS

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil pollution with hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) has caused serious environmental problems. Here we describe the targeted degradation of all HCH isomers by applying the aerobic bacterium Sphingobium indicum B90A. In particular, we examined possibilities for large-scale cultivation of strain B90A, tested immobilization,...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Raina V,Suar M,Singh A,Prakash O,Dadhwal M,Gupta SK,Dogra C,Lawlor K,Lal S,van der Meer JR,Holliger C,Lal R

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) using biodegradation has the potential to be an environmentally sound approach for tailings water reclamation. This process is both economical and efficient, however, the recalcitrance of some OSPW constituents, such as naphthenic acids (NAs), require the pre-treatm...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Islam MS,Dong T,McPhedran KN,Sheng Z,Zhang Y,Liu Y,Gamal El-Din M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although information about the ability of some filamentous fungi to biodegrade organophosphonates is available, the knowledge about accompanying changes in fungal metabolism is very limited. The aim of our study was to determine the utilization of the chosen, structurally diverse aminophosphonates by Aspergillus terre...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Lenartowicz P,Kafarski P,Lipok J

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A field experiment, lasting 14 months, was carried out in order to assess the effect of organic amendment and lime addition on the bioavailability of heavy metals in contaminated soils. The experiment took place in a soil affected by acid, highly toxic pyritic waste from the Aznalcóllar mine (Seville, Spain) in April ...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Clemente R,Walker DJ,Roig A,Bernal MP

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A highly enriched denitrifying mixed culture transformed o-xylene co-metabolically along with toluene by methyl group oxidation. o-Methyl benzaldehyde and o-methyl benzoic acid accumulated transiently as metabolic products of o-xylene transformation. Transformation of o-methyl benzyl alcohol and o-methyl benzaldehyde ...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Jørgensen C,Nielsen B,Jensen BK,Mortensen E

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A special low-molecular-weight peptide named Gt factor, was isolated and purified from the extracellular culture of brown-rot fungi Gloeophyllum trabeum via gel filtration chromatography and HPLC. It has been shown to reduce Fe3+ to Fe2+. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy revealed Gt factor was able t...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Wang W,Gao P

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the current study, indigenous bacterial isolates Bacillus subtilis VITSUKMW1 and Escherichia coli VITSUKMW3 from a chromite mine were adapted to 100 mg L(-1) of Cr(VI). The phase contrast and scanning electron microscopic images showed increase in the length of adapted E. coli cells and chain formation in case of a...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Samuel J,Paul ML,Ravishankar H,Mathur A,Saha DP,Natarajan C,Mukherjee A

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil contamination by hydrocarbons, especially by used lubricating oil, is a growing problem in developing countries, which poses a serious threat to the environment. Phytoremediation of these contaminated soils offers environmental friendly and a cost effective method for their remediation. Hibiscus cannabinus was st...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Abioye OP,Agamuthu P,Abdul Aziz AR

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylmercury (MeHg) is one of the most dangerous heavy metal for living organisms that may be found in environment. Given the crescent industrialization of Brazil and considering that mercury is a residue of several industrial processes, there is an increasing need to encounter and develop remediation approaches of m...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Cabral L,Giovanella P,Gianello C,Bento FM,Andreazza R,Camargo FA

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel bacterial strain capable of degrading the pyrethroid pesticide fenpropathrin was isolated from mixed wastewater and sludge samples. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rDNA sequence revealed that the organism belongs to the genus Clostridium. The organism can co-metabolically transform fenpropathrin at 100 mg l(-...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Zhang S,Yin L,Liu Y,Zhang D,Luo X,Cheng J,Cheng F,Dai J

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three identical upflow laboratory-scale biofilters, inoculated with the benzene-degrading strain Pseudomonas sp. NCIMB 9688 but filled up with different packing media (PM), specifically raw sugarcane bagasse, sieved sugarcane bagasse and peat, were employed to eliminate benzene from waste air. Biofilters performances ...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Zilli M,Daffonchio D,Di Felice R,Giordani M,Converti A

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A kinetic model to describe the degradation of phenol and cometabolic transformation of 4-chlorophenol (4-cp) in the presence of sodium glutamate (SG) has been developed and validated experimentally. The integrated model accounts for cell growth, toxicity of 4-cp, cross-inhibitions among the three substrates, and the ...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Wang SJ,Loh KC

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzoyl coenzyme A reductase (BCR) catalyzes dearomatization of benzoyl coenzyme A (benzoyl-CoA), which is the central step in the anaerobic degradative pathways for a variety of aromatic compounds. This study developed a PCR method for the detection and quantification of BCR genes in bacterial strains and environment...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Hosoda A,Kasai Y,Hamamura N,Takahata Y,Watanabe K

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present work was to analyze the interrelationship between the aerobic degradation of BPA and readily biodegradable substrates by activated sludge (AS) in semi-continuous reactors (SCRs). AS were obtained from three SCRs fed with glucose, acetate or peptone. AS from these reactors were used as inoc...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Ferro Orozco AM,Contreras EM,Zaritzky NE

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of a field-scale biotrickling filter (BTF) in the removal of waste gases containing low concentrations of mixed volatile organic compounds was evaluated. Results showed that acetone and methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) were more easily removed than toluene and styrene. The removal efficiency for acetone and M...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Li J,Ye G,Sun D,An T,Sun G,Liang S

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavy contamination of soil with crude oil has caused significant negative environmental impacts and presents substantial hazards to human health. To explore a highly efficient bioaugmentation strategy for these contaminations, experiments were conducted over 180 days in soil heavily contaminated with crude oil (50,00...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Ma XK,Ding N,Peterson EC

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reductive dechlorination is an advantageous process to microorganisms under anaerobic conditions because it is an electron sink, thereby allowing reoxidation of metabolic intermediates. In some organisms this has been demonstrated to support growth. Many chlorinated compounds have now been shown to be reductively dech...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Tiedje JM,Quensen JF 3rd,Chee-Sanford J,Schimel JP,Boyd SA

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerosol delivery was evaluated for distributing biostimulation and bioaugmentation amendments in vadose zones. This technique involves transporting amendments as micron-scale aerosol droplets in injected gas. Microcosm experiments were designed to characterize reductive dechlorination of trichloroethene (TCE) under un...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Hall RJ,Murdoch LC,Freedman DL,Looney BB,Riha BD

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of nickel (added as NiCl2) on mesophilic anaerobic fermentation of Phragmites australis straw and cow dung was demonstrated by investigating the biogas properties, pH values, organic matter degradation [chemical oxygen demand (COD)] and enzyme activities (cellulase, protease and dehydrogenase) during th...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Tian Y,Zhang H,Chai Y,Wang L,Mi X,Zhang L,Ware MA

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work is focused on the evaluation of a beta-cyclodextrin polymer as a carrier medium in a fluidized bed bioreactor treating aqueous phenol as a model pollutant. The insoluble polymer support was obtained in the shape of spherical beads by crosslinking beta-cyclodextrin with epichlorohydrin. A batch of swollen pol...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Sevillano X,Isasi JR,Peñas FJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From long-term chemostat experiments, variants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa JB2 were obtained which exhibited altered properties with respect to the metabolism of 2,5-dichlorobenzoic acid (2,5-DBA). Thus, unlike the original strain JB2-WT, strain JB2-var1 is able to grow in continuous culture on 2,5-DBA as the sole limit...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： van der Woude BJ,Gottschal JC,Prins RA

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, several strains capable of degrading 1,4-dioxane have been isolated from the genera Pseudonocardia and Rhodococcus. This study was conducted to evaluate the 1,4-dioxane degradation potential of phylogenetically diverse strains in these genera. The abilities to degrade 1,4-dioxane as a sole carbon and ...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Inoue D,Tsunoda T,Sawada K,Yamamoto N,Saito Y,Sei K,Ike M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of an Arthrobacter viscosus culture to remove diethylketone from aqueous solutions was evaluated. The effect of initial concentration of diethylketone on the growth of the bacteria was evaluated for the range of concentration between 0 and 4.8 g/l, aiming to evaluate a possible toxicological effect. Th...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Costa F,Quintelas C,Tavares T

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygenation reactions significantly alter the energy and electron flows and, consequently, the overall stoichiometry for the microbial utilization of aromatic compounds. Oxygenation reactions do not yield a net release of electrons, but require an input of electrons to reduce oxygen molecules. The biodegradation pathw...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Woo SH,Rittmann BE

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large-scale (19.8L) Fluidized Bed Reactor (FBR) operated for 592 days was used to assess the removal performance of linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS). Adjustments in hydraulic retention time (HRT) (18 and 30 h), ethanol (50, 100, 200 mg L-1) and linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) concentration (6.3-24.7 mg L-1) w...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Macedo TZ,de Souza Dornelles H,do Valle Marques AL,PalladinoDelforno T,Centurion VB,de Oliveira VM,Silva EL,Varesche MBA

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that the filamentous fungus, Penicillium janthinellum SFU403 (SFU403) oxidizes pyrene to pyrene 1,6- and 1,8-quinones and that the level of pyrenequinones (PQs) subsequently declines suggesting that PQs are not terminal metabolites. The purpose of this study was to determine the fate of PQs in...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Launen LA,Pinto LJ,Percival PW,Lam SF,Moore MM

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The initial formation of biofilm and the removal performance of pollutants in biological pretreatment process for polluted raw water were limited due to the oligotrophic niche in raw water. In this study, the feasibility of using pre-inoculation biofilm formed under nutrients enhanced condition for polluted raw water ...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Yang GF,Feng LJ,Guo CR,Xia T,Xu XY,Zhu L

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00