Isolation and characterization of two new microbial strains capable of degradation of the naturally occurring organophosphonate - ciliatine.

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：:Bromophenol is listed as priority pollutant by U.S. EPA, however, there is no report so far on its removal in mixed pollutants system by any biological reactor operated in continuous mode. Furthermore, bromophenol along with chlorophenol and nitrophenol are usually the major constituents of paper pulp and pesticide in...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Sahoo NK,Pakshirajan K,Ghosh PK

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms occurring in a photolytic circulating-bed biofilm reactor (PCBBR) treating 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (TCP) were investigated using batch experiments following three protocols: photodegradation alone (P), biodegradation alone (B), and intimately coupled photodegradation and biodegradation (P&B). Initially, t...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Zhang Y,Pu X,Fang M,Zhu J,Chen L,Rittmann BE

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of diesel oil degradation by Candida tropicalis immobilized on various conventional matrices (sodium alginate, carboxyl methyl cellulose, chitosan) and biowaste materials (wheat bran, sawdust, peanut hull powder) was investigated using the method of entrapment and physical adsorption. The yeast species...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Chandran P,Das N

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial adhesion is an important factor that can influence biodegradation of poorly water soluble hydrocarbons such as phenanthrene. This study examined how adhesion to an oil-water interface, as mediated by 1-dodecanol, enhanced phenanthrene biodegradation by Pseudomonas fluorescens LP6a. Phenanthrene was dissolved...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Abbasnezhad H,Foght JM,Gray MR

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：:Biological methane oxidation is carried out by methanotrophs, bacteria that utilize methane as their sole carbon and energy source. The enzyme they contain that is responsible for methane oxidation is methane monooxygenase, the most well studied being the soluble methane monooxygenase enzyme complexes from Methylococc...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Murrell JC

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this paper are to review the wide range of kinetic models that have been introduced to describe the cometabolic oxidation of chlorinated solvents, to compare modeling approaches and associated experimental data, and to discuss knowledge gaps in the general topic of cometabolism kinetics. To begin, a ...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Alvarez-Cohen L,Speitel GE Jr

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A soil microorganism, designated as P7, was characterized and investigated for its ability to degrade polyurethane (PU). This bacterial isolate was identified as Acinetobacter gerneri on the basis of 16 s rRNA sequencing and biochemical phenotype analysis. The ability of this organism to degrade polyurethane was chara...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Howard GT,Norton WN,Burks T

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents results on anaerobic degradation of the azo dye blue HFRL in a bench scale Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor operated at ambient temperature. The results show that the addition of yeast extract (500 mg/L) increased color removal (P < 0.05) from 62 to 93% despite the low chemical oxygen...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Baêta BE,Aquino SF,Silva SQ,Rabelo CA

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The white rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium, which generally mineralizes substituted aromatics to CO2, transformed linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) surfactants mainly at their alkyl side chain. Degradation of LAS was evidenced by a zone of clearing on LAS-containing agar plates and colorimetric analysis of liq...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Yadav JS,Lawrence DL,Nuck BA,Federle TW,Reddy CA

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:The use of anaerobic processes to treat low-strength wastewater has been increasing in recent years due to their favourable performance-costs balance. For optimal results, it is necessary to identify reactor configurations that are best suited for this kind of application. This paper reports on the comparative study c...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Sevilla-Espinosa S,Solórzano-Campo M,Bello-Mendoza R

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metal cyanides are significant contaminants of many soils found at the site of former industrial activity. In this study we isolated bacteria capable of degrading ferric ferrocyanide and K2Ni(CN)4. One of these bacteria a Rhodococcus spp. was subsequently used to bioaugment a minimal medium broth, spiked with K2Ni(CN)...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Baxter J,Cummings SP

更新日期：2006-06-01 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：:A gene probe for the detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) induced nidB and nidA dioxygenase genes has been designed from Mycobacteria JLS, KMS, and MCS. The probe detects a catabolic gene involved in the initial steps of PAH biodegradation in mycobacteria. The gene probe is comprised of three PCR primer ...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Hall K,Miller CD,Sorensen DL,Anderson AJ,Sims RC

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon supplementation, soil moisture and soil aeration are believed to enhance in situ bioremediation of PAH-contaminated soils by stimulating the growth of indigenous microorganisms. However, the effects of added carbon and nitrogen together with soil moisture and soil aeration on the dissipation of PAHs and on asso...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Teng Y,Luo Y,Ping L,Zou D,Li Z,Christie P

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathway of anaerobic acetone degradation by the denitrifying bacterial strain BunN was studied by enzyme measurements in extracts of anaerobic acetone-grown cells. An ADP- and MgCl2-dependent decarboxylation of acetoacetate was detected which could not be found in cell-free extracts of acetate-grown cells. It is c...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Platen H,Schink B

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram-positive, Micrococcus sp. strain PS-1 capable of utilizing phenylurea herbicide diuron as a sole carbon source at a high concentration (up to 250 ppm) was isolated from diuron storage site by selective enrichment study. The taxonomic characterization with 16S rRNA gene sequencing (1,477 bp) identified PS-1 as a...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Sharma P,Chopra A,Cameotra SS,Suri CR

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthropogenic activities have introduced elevated levels of brominated phenols to the environment. These compounds are associated with toxic and endocrine effects, and their environmental fate is of interest. An aerobic strain Ochrobactrum sp. HI1 was isolated from soils in the vicinity of a bromophenol production pla...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Golan R,Gelman F,Kuder T,Taylor AA,Ronen Z,Bernstein A

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aerobic bacterial degradation of chloroaromatic compounds often involves chlorosubstituted catechols as central intermediates. They are converted to 3-oxoadipate in a series of reactions similar to that for catechol catabolism and therefore designated as modified ortho-cleavage pathway. Among the enzymes of this c...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Schlömann M

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The degradation potential of trichloroethene by the aerobic methane- and ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms naturally associated with wetland plant (Carex comosa) roots was examined in this study. In bench-scale microcosm experiments with washed (soil free) Carex comosa roots, the activity of root-associated methane- an...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Powell CL,Nogaro G,Agrawal A

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：:The biosorption equilibrium isotherms of Ni(II) onto marine brown algae Lobophora variegata, which was chemically-modified by CaCl(2) were studied and modeled. To predict the biosorption isotherms and to determine the characteristic parameters for process design, twenty-three one-, two-, three-, four- and five-paramet...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Basha S,Jaiswar S,Jha B

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An elemental analysis was applied to describe the composition of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (MSW). The initial elemental composition was constant at C5H8.5O4N0.2. The changes of the composition during the biodegradation process and the final waste composition were strictly dependent on the process c...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Liwarska-Bizukojc E,Ledakowicz S

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:The potential toxicity of the s-triazine herbicide atrazine motivates continuous bioremediation-directed research. Several indigenous soil atrazine-catabolizing microbial associations and monocultures have been enriched/isolated from compromised sites. Of these, Pseudomonas sp. strain ADP has become a reference strain...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Ralebits TK,Senior E,van Verseveld HW

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The widespread industrial use of organobromines which are known persistent organic pollutants has led to their accumulation in sediments and water bodies causing harm to animals and humans. While degradation of organochlorines by bacteria is well documented, information regarding degradation pathways of these recalcit...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Vatsal A,Zinjarde SS,Kumar AR

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dissipation of atrazine, chlorpyrifos and iprodione in a biopurification system and changes in the microbial and some biological parameters influenced by the rhizosphere of Lolium perenne were studied in a column system packed with an organic biomixture. Three column depths were analyzed for residual pesticides, p...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Diez MC,Elgueta S,Rubilar O,Tortella GR,Schalchli H,Bornhardt C,Gallardo F

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to their amphipathic nature, biosurfactants are multifunctional molecules that have considerable potential in several industries, especially the petroleum industry. In this study, the commercial production of a biosurfactant from Pseudomonas cepacia CCT6659 grown on industrial waste was investigated in a semi-indu...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Soares da Silva RCF,de Almeida DG,Brasileiro PPF,Rufino RD,de Luna JM,Sarubbo LA

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00