Growth of Acinetobacter gerneri P7 on polyurethane and the purification and characterization of a polyurethanase enzyme.

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：: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：:In contaminated soils, efficiency of natural attenuation or engineered bioremediation largely depends on biodegradation capacities of the local microflorae. In the present study, the biodegradation capacities of various microflorae towards diesel oil were determined in laboratory conditions. Microflorae were collected...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Penet S,Vendeuvre C,Bertoncini F,Marchal R,Monot F

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：: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：: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：:Studied was the effect of temperature in the range 12-46 degrees C on the rate of bacterial decolorization of the mono-azo dye Acid Orange 7 by Alcaligenes faecalis 6132 and Rhodococcus erythropolis 24. With both strains the raise of temperature led to a corresponding raise of decolorization rate better manifested by ...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Angelova B,Avramova T,Stefanova L,Mutafov S

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rod-shaped, gram-negative bacterium Stenotrophomonas sp. SMSP-1 was isolated from the sludge of a wastewater treating system of a pesticide manufacturer. Strain SMSP-1 could hydrolyze methyl parathion to p-nitrophenol (PNP) and dimethyl phosphorothioate but could not degrade PNP further. Strain SMSP-1 was able to hy...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Shen YJ,Lu P,Mei H,Yu HJ,Hong Q,Li SP

更新日期：2010-09-01 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 biomass adapted to degrade toluene and xylenes in mixture was grown in a batch reactor with substrates supplied by pulses. The inhibition of biomass growth in the course of substrate degradation was investigated. The maximal biomass concentration of 7 g l-1 was obtained using 150 microliters of toluene and 15 microl...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： León E,Seignez C,Adler N,Peringer P

更新日期：1999-01-01 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 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：:Monoterpenes are important renewable resources for the perfume and flavour industry but the pathways and enzymology of their degradation by microorganisms are not well documented. Until recently the acyclic monoterpene alcohols, (+)-camphor and the isomers of limonene were the only compounds for which significant sect...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Trudgill PW

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：:Pseudomonas sp. strain WBC-3 utilizes para-nitrophenol (PNP) as a sole source of carbon, nitrogen and energy. PnpA (PNP 4-monooxygenase) and PnpB (para-benzoquinone reductase) were shown to be involved in the initial steps of PNP catabolism via hydroquinone. We demonstrated here that PnpA also catalyzed monooxygenatio...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Wei M,Zhang JJ,Liu H,Zhou NY

更新日期：2010-11-01 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 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：:Air-born mixed fungal and bacterial culture capable of complete degradation of ciliatine was isolated. The utilization of the natural organophosphonate proceeded in the phosphate independent manner. Enzymatic activity involved in ciliatine degradation studied in the fungal cell-free extract proved to be distinct from ...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Klimek-Ochab M,Obojska A,Picco AM,Lejczak B

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：: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：:A strip of tread compound cut from a truck tire was degraded only slightly when it was used as the sole growth substrate for a strain of Nocardia. On the contrary, its degradation was markedly enhanced by addition of a strip cut from a latex glove which the organism readily utilized as a growth substrate. When a glove...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Tsuchii A,Takeda K,Tokiwa Y

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethanol is a renewable biofuel, and it can be produced from lignocellulosic biomass. The biomass is usually converted to hydrolysates that consist of sugar and sugar derivatives, such as furfural. Yeast ferments sugar to ethanol, but furfural higher than 3 mM is inhibitory. It can take several days for yeast cells to ...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Li Q,Metthew Lam LK,Xun L

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biodegradation of rubber particles in rubber-soil mixtures at different rubber contents was monitored by the carbon dioxide production. The cumulative carbon dioxide production was modelled according to a two parameter exponential function. The model provides an excellent fit (R2 > 0.98) for the observed data. The...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Keursten GT,Groenevelt PH

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clogging of leachate collection systems within municipal solid waste landfills can result in greater potential for contaminants to breach the landfill barrier system. The primary cause of clogging is calcium carbonate (CaCO3(s)) precipitation from leachate and its accumulation within the pore space of the drainage med...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： VanGulck JF,Rowe RK,Rittmann BE,Cooke AJ

更新日期：2003-10-01 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：: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 coryneform bacterium that is able to utilize cis- and trans-3-chloroacrylic acid as sole carbon source for growth was isolated from freshwater sediment. The organism was found to produce two inducible dehalogenases, one specific for the cis- and the other for trans-3-chloroacrylic acid. Both dehalogenases were purif...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： van Hylckama Vlieg JE,Janssen DB

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of bacterial cultures to degrade diethanolamine under anoxic conditions with nitrate as an electron acceptor was investigated. A mixed culture capable of anaerobic degradation of diethanolamine was obtained from river sediments by enrichment culture. From this a single bacterial strain was isolated which c...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Knapp JS,Jenkey ND,Townsley CC

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring programs for intrinsic bioremediation of fuel hydrocarbons require indicators that can convincingly demonstrate in situ metabolism. In this evaluation of potential indicators of in situ anaerobic alkylbenzene metabolism, laboratory and field data are reviewed for two classes of aromatic acids: (i) benzylsuc...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Beller HR

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic iron oxides (goethite, alpha-FeO.OH; hematite, Fe2O3; and ferrihydrite, Fe(OH)3) were used as model compounds to simulate the mineralogy of surface films on carbon steel. Dissolution of these oxides exposed to pure cultures of the metal-reducing bacterium, Shewanella putrefaciens, was followed by direct atom...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Little B,Wagner P,Hart K,Ray R,Lavoie D,Nealson K,Aguilar C

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00