Screening of human enteric microorganisms for potential biotransformation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

abstract：:Persistence of two neonicotinoids viz thiacloprid and acetamiprid in soil as affected by UV and sunlight exposure was studied. Treated soil was placed in petri-plates, brought to field capacity moisture and then exposed to UV and sunlight. Dissipation for both the pesticides followed monophasic first order kinetics un...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Gupta S,Gajbhiye VT,Gupta RK

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pot experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of three additives - citric acid (CA), polyaspartic acid (PASP), and FeCl3 - on the phytoextraction efficiency of cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) by ryegrass (Lolium perenneL.) from artificially contaminated soils with different heavy metal concentrations. The result...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Zhang Y,Li F,Xu W,Ren J,Chen S,Shen K,Long Z

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The largest environmental release of coal ash in US history occurred in December 2008 with the failure of a retention structure at the Tennessee Valley Authority Kingston Fossil Fuel Plant in East Tennessee. A byproduct of coal-burning power plants, coal ash is enriched in metals and metalloids such as selenium and ar...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Greeley MS Jr,Elmore LR,McCracken MK,Sherrard RM

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Canada has experienced a significant increase in the transport of diluted bitumen (dilbit), a predominant oil sands product that combines bitumen with diluents derived from oil-gas condensates and other proprietary compounds. The proportion of diluent and the chemical composition of dilbit vary to meet seasonal transp...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Alsaadi F,Hodson PV,Langlois VS

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malachite green, a multi-purpose dye induces cyto-toxicity upon its entry and bioaccumulation in tissues. A semi-static chronic (60 days) bioassay was conducted by exposing Cyprinus carpio to sublethal concentration of the dye and Emblica officinalis in four experimental groups viz control, malachite green, E. officin...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Jindal R,Sinha R

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A field study in the Pearl River Delta of China was conducted in order to describe to the spatial and seasonal variation of occurrence and concentrations of total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) in surface water and sediments. Petroleum hydrocarbons and isoprenoid alkanes were quantified by UV spectroscopy and gas chromat...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Zhao J,Yin P,Zhao L,Yu Q,Lu G

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lead content of whole blood of 62 sheep grazed continuously for 6 months near a major highway was compared with 38 sheep from a nearby uncontaminated area. Mean values of 0.90 and 0.20 microgram/ml were obtained. Four sheep from the contaminated area were placed in an uncontaminated paddock and the lead content of...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Ward NI,Brooks RR,Roberts E

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bird feathers have been proven to be reliable indicators of metal exposure originating from contaminated food and polluted environments. The concentrations of 15 essential and non-essential metals were investigated in African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) feathers from a Northwestern Italian zoological facility. Thes...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Squadrone S,Abete MC,Brizio P,Pessani D,Favaro L

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of the Nitrogen (N) cycle has been modified over the years based on certain new pathways, including comammox, anammox, and DNRA (dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium). Comammox, nitrification, anammox, denitrification, DNRA, and nitrogen fixation pathways play key roles in the N cycle in paddy soils...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Rahman MM,Khanom A,Biswas SK

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Multivariate statistical techniques were employed on twelve leaf traits in four selected common tree species (Mangifera indica L., Polyalthia longifolia Sonn., Ficus benghalensis L. and Psidium guajava L.) to evaluate their responses with respect to major air pollutants in an urban area. Discriminant analysis (DA) ide...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Mukherjee A,Agrawal M

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2003, two sampling strategies were applied in order to evaluate metal contamination in passerine bird feathers. One strategy included the use of nest boxes and nestling great tits in a forest habitat (MU). The other strategy focused on the use of mist nets to capture adult blackbirds, robins and blackcaps in a frag...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Costa RA,Petronilho JM,Soares AM,Vingada JV

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven strains that can degrade nitrobenzene at low temperature were isolated from the sediments of a nitrobenzene-polluted river. One of the strains, NB-1, can mineralize 20 mg/L nitrobenzene completely from 2.5 to 35 degrees C with an optimum temperature of 25 degrees C. NB-1 was identified as Pseudomonas putida acco...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Li Y,Hu H,Wu Q

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Commercial baby food was roughly classified into six food groups, including vegetable, fruit, fish, meat, dairy product, and cookie. Dioxin levels in commercial baby food were determined, and dioxin intake in infants was assessed on the basis of the proposed original model food groups. The total daily dioxin intake wa...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Saito K,Ohmura A,Takekuma M

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spatial samples of surface and ground water collected from land disposal site of dye waste mixed sewage effluents at Binjhole, in Haryana, India were analyzed to evaluate its effect on quality of pond, hand pumps and ground waters for human health and irrigation purposes. It was found that average COD and TDS of dye h...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Dubey SK,Yadav R,Chaturvedi RK,Yadav RK,Sharma VK,Minhas PS

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formaldehyde is used in freshwater aquaculture facilities in the Maritimes region of Canada to prevent external parasites and is discharged without treatment to freshwater receiving environments. In this study, formaldehyde was measured at effluent outfalls and 100 m downstream of four land based aquaculture facilitie...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Lalonde BA,Ernst W,Garron C

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term impact of prenatal methylmercury (MeHg) exposure on the stress response during active learning was investigated. Pregnant rats were gavage fed MeHg (8 mg/kg) on gestational day 15. Ninety-day-old rats born to both MeHg- and saline-treated dams were subjected to an active avoidance test. The active avoida...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Carratù MR,Coluccia A,Modafferi AM,Borracci P,Scaccianoce S,Sakamoto M,Cuomo V

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phthalate diesters are used in personal care products, plastics, and pesticides, resulting in widespread human and wildlife exposure. Phthalate diesters leach out of these products and ultimately enter biological systems where they are quickly metabolized to phthalate monoesters and glucuronides. As such, phthalate mo...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Bartsch PW,Edwards TM,Brock JW

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imidacloprid is a systemic insecticide which gives effective control of plant and leaf hoppers in rice. The persistence and metabolism of imidacloprid in paddy leaves, rice grains, bran, straw and husk were studied following two applications of imidacloprid (Confidor 17.8 SL) @ 20 and 80 g a.i. ha(-1) at an interval o...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Akoijam R,Singh B

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain microbes can biotransform antibiotics. Little is known about these microbes or the biotransformation processes. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of background nutrient conditions on a sulfonamide degrading culture and on its biotransformation of sulfadiazine (SDZ) with respect to transf...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Levine RE,Zhang Y,Leng Y,Snow DD,Cassada D,Durso LM,Li X

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A highly effective naphthalene-degrading bacterial strain was isolated from acclimated activated sludge from a coal gasification wastewater plant, and identified as a Streptomyces sp., designated as strain QWE-35. The optimal pH and temperature for naphthalene degradation were 7.0 and 35°C. The presence of additional ...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Xu P,Ma W,Han H,Jia S,Hou B

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the original publication of the article, there was an error in the abstract section. The incorrect sentence "the dominant microbes in the DEHP-contaminated soil were Sphingomonas and Bacillus, which belonged to the Acidobacteria and Proteobacteriav, respectively" should be revised to "the dominant microbes in the D...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Zhang C,Song P,Xia Q,Li X,Wang J,Zhu L,Wang J

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2000, a coal slurry impoundment failure in Martin County, Kentucky, caused concerns about contaminants entering municipal water supplies. Water samples taken from impacted and reference area hot water tanks often exceeded US EPA drinking water guidelines. Concentrations of As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, and Pb had maxima ...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Wigginton A,McSpirit S,Sims CD

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mercury accumulation was investigated by constructing and testing empirical equations based on mercury in soil (C(s)) and in 10 terrestrial insects (C(i)). C(s) ranged from 0.13 to 41.01 mg/kg. C(i) differed with species and the highest was found in dragonfly. C(s) and C(i) showed a good linear fit, and a simple equat...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Zhang Z,Song X,Wang Q,Lu X

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effluents from on-site wastewater treatment systems can influence surface water quality, particularly when infrastructure is aging, malfunctioning, and improperly installed. Municipal wastewater often contains chemical compounds that can lead to adverse biological effects, such as reproductive impairment, in organisms...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Franco ME,Stroski KM,Sims JL,Burket SR,Ashcroft C,Luers M,Brooks BW,Lavado R

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrazine and bifenthrin persistence study was carried out in three sludge amended soil under laboratory condition. Atrazine persisted shorter in sludge amended soil sludge-3 (half-life 23.4 days) followed by sludge-2 (half-life 30.1 days) and sludge-1 (half-life 37.1 days) than unamended control (half-life 150.5 days)...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Mukherjee I,Das SK,Kumar A,Shukla L

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phthalic acid esters (PAEs) are a group of chemical species, ubiquitously present in the environment and pose a serious risk to humans. In the present study, the average concentrations of PAEs in PM10 (particulate matter ≤ 10 µm) are reported at a densely populated site in Delhi. The average concentration of PAEs was ...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Gupta S,Gadi R

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Residues of cypermethrin and decamethrin were estimated in brinjal fruits by gas liquid chromatography following single application of Cymbush 25 EC @ 43.75 and 87.50 g a.i./ha and of Decis 2.8 EC @ 11.20 and 22.40 g a.i./ha at fruiting stage. The average initial deposits of cypermethrin 0.600 and 1.095 mg kg(-1) and ...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Kaur P,Yadav GS,Chauhan R,Kumari B

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Micronucleus test is an extensively used protocol to assess the mutagenicity of environmental chemicals. This was developed by Schmid and his co-workers (Matter and Schmid, 1971; Ledebur and Schmid, 1973). The micronucleus test is simple, quick and as sensitive as the chromosome aberration analysis. It is based on the...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Hemavathi E,Rahiman MA

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxicity of cadmium, copper and zinc was tested on four green algal species (Ankistrodesmus fusiformis, Chlorella ellipsoidea, Monoraphidium contortum and Scenedesmus acuminatus) isolated from a highly polluted river (Matanza-Riachuelo River, Buenos Aires, Argentina). The relative abundance of these species in river w...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Magdaleno A,Vélez CG,Wenzel MT,Tell G

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) in ambient air and farmland soil sampled in 2006 around an e-waste dismantling area with open burning of insulated wires in Longtang in south China were investigated. The total toxic equivalent concentrations of PCDD/Fs were 3.2-31.7 pg/m(3) in air and 5.8 ...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Ren M,Tang YH,Peng PA,Cai Y

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00