Molecular genetics of methane oxidation.

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 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：:The aim of this review is to give a general account on the oxidative microbial degradation of flavonols. Since now 50 years, various research groups have deciphered the way microorganisms aerobically deal with this important class of flavonoids. Flavonols such as rutin and quercetin are abundantly found in vegetal tis...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Tranchimand S,Brouant P,Iacazio G

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The natural estrogen 17beta-estradiol (E2) is a major endocrine disruptor, with adverse effects on wildlife and humans. The aim of this study was to isolate microorganisms able to effectively remove E2 from wastewater. Accordingly, five E2-degrading strains of bacteria were isolated from activated sludge collected fro...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Jiang L,Yang J,Chen J

更新日期：2010-09-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:Bacterial yield prediction is critical for bioprocess optimization and modeling of natural biological systems. In previous work, an expanded thermodynamic true yield prediction model was developed through incorporating carbon balance and nitrogen balance along with electron balance and energy balance. In the present w...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Xiao J,VanBriesen JM

更新日期：2008-02-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:A Monte Carlo model was developed to characterize the molecular composition of polychlorinated alkane mixtures. The model is based upon a simulation of the free-radical chlorination process by which polychlorinated alkane mixtures are produced industrially from n-alkanes. In the model, the free-radical chlorination re...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Jensen SR,Brown WA,Heath E,Cooper DG

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:This study aimed at characterizing a biosurfactant from Candida utilis, and use it in the preparation of salad dressings. The biosurfactant was produced in mineral medium supplemented with 6% glucose and 6% waste frying canola oil. The crude biosurfactant was then tested for stability in different conditions of pH, sa...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Campos JM,Stamford TLM,Sarubbo LA

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fast development of ionic liquids as gaining more and more attention valuable chemicals will undoubtedly lead to environmental pollution. New formulations and application of ionic liquids may result in contamination in the presence of hydrophobic compounds, such as petroleum mixtures. We hypothesize that in the presen...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Chrzanowski L,Stasiewicz M,Owsianiak M,Szulc A,Piotrowska-Cyplik A,Olejnik-Schmidt AK,Wyrwas B

更新日期：2009-09-01 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

abstract：:Rhodococcus sp. BX2 degrades bensulfuron-methyl but not butachlor, and Acinetobacter sp. LYC-1 degrades butachlor but not bensulfuron-methyl. Functional strains were constructed through protoplast fusion of Rhodococcus sp. BX2 and Acinetobacter sp. LYC-1 to generate fusants with an improved ability to simultaneously d...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Feng L,Xiong M,Cheng X,Hou N,Li C

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：: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：: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 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：: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：: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：:In biological nitrogen removal, application of the autotrophic anammox process is gaining ground worldwide. Although this field has been widely researched in last years, some aspects as the accelerating effect of putative intermediates (mainly N₂H₄ and NH₂OH) need more specific investigation. In the current study, exp...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Zekker I,Kroon K,Rikmann E,Tenno T,Tomingas M,Vabamäe P,Vlaeminck SE,Tenno T

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00