abstract：:This study examined the biodegradation of natural rubber (NR) and deproteinized natural rubber (DPNR) by bacterial consortia enriched from a rubber-processing factory's waste in Vietnam. The results reveal the degradation in both NR and DPNR, and the DPNR was degraded easier than NR. The highest weight loss of 48.37% ...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Nguyen LH,Nguyen HD,Tran PT,Nghiem TT,Nguyen TT,Dao VL,Phan TN,To AK,Hatamoto M,Yamaguchi T,Kasai D,Fukuda M

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：: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

abstract：:Fuel and lubricating oil leaks produce an oily wastewater that creates an environmental problem for industries. Dissolved air flotation (DAF) has been successfully employed for the separation of oily contaminants. Collectors constitute an auxiliary tool in the DAF process that enhances the separation efficiency by fac...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Silva EJ,Silva IA,Brasileiro PPF,Correa PF,Almeida DG,Rufino RD,Luna JM,Santos VA,Sarubbo LA

更新日期：2019-08-01 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：: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 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：:Denitrifying granular sludge reactor holds better nitrogen removal efficiency than other kinds of denitrifying reactors, while this reactor commonly needs seeding anaerobic granular sludge and longer period for start-up in practice, which restricted the application of denitrifying granular sludge reactor. This study p...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Chen Z,Wang X,Chen X,Chen J,Gu X

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The autotrophic process for nitrogen removal has attracted worldwide attention in the field of wastewater treatment, and the performance of this process is greatly influenced by the size of granular sludge particles present in the system. In this work, the granular sludge was divided into three groups, i.e. large size...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Ya-Juan X,Jun-Yuan J,Ping Z,Lan W,Abbas G,Zhang J,Ru W,Zhan-Fei H

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：:Metamifop is universally used in agriculture as a post-emergence aryloxyphenoxy propionate herbicide (AOPP), however its microbial degradation mechanism remains unclear. Consortium ME-1 isolated from AOPP-contaminated soil can degrade metamifop completely after 6 days and utilize it as the carbon source for bacterial ...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Dong W,Liu K,Wang F,Xin F,Zhang W,Zhang M,Wu H,Ma J,Jiang M

更新日期：2017-06-01 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 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

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：:Performance stability is a key issue when managing anaerobic digesters. However it can be affected by external disturbances caused by micropollutants. In this study the influence of phenol on the methanization of cellulose was evaluated through batch toxicity assays. Special attention was given to the dynamics of micr...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Chapleur O,Madigou C,Civade R,Rodolphe Y,Mazéas L,Bouchez T

更新日期：2016-02-01 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：:The effect of Cu(II) shock loads on shortcut biological nitrogen removal during a continuous-flow anoxic/aerobic process was investigated using a hybrid biofilm nitrogen removal reactor. The results demonstrated that [Formula: see text]-N removal was not affected by any Cu(II) shock loads, but TN removal was inhibited...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Yin J,Xu H,Shen D,Wang K,Lin Y

更新日期：2015-06-01 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 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：: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：: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：: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：:Fungal degradation is emerging as a new powerful tool for the removal of potent neurotoxin pesticide, monocrotophos. Therefore, the present study is aimed at comparative characterization of monocrotophos degrading ability of three different fungal strains. Fungal strains were isolated from local agricultural soil by e...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Jain R,Garg V,Yadav D

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-five fenobucarb-degrading bacteria were isolated from rice paddy soils, and their genetic and phenotypic characteristics were investigated. The isolates were able to utilize fenobucarb as a sole source of carbon and energy. Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that all the isolates were related to me...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Kim I,Kim DU,Kim NH,Ka JO

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A field-scale fixed bed bioreactor was used to successfully treat an MTBE-contaminated aquifer in North Hollywood, CA without requiring inoculation with introduced bacteria. Native bacteria from the MTBE-impacted aquifer rapidly colonized the bioreactor, entering the bioreactor in the contaminated groundwater pumped f...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Hicks KA,Schmidt R,Nickelsen MG,Boyle SL,Baker JM,Tornatore PM,Hristova KR,Scow KM

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Species of the genus Variovorax are often isolated from nitrile or amide-containing organic compound-contaminated soil. However, there have been few biological characterizations of Variovorax and their contaminant-degrading enzymes. Previously, we reported a new soil isolate, Variovorax boronicumulans CGMCC 4969, and ...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Liu ZH,Cao YM,Zhou QW,Guo K,Ge F,Hou JY,Hu SY,Yuan S,Dai YJ

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：: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：:Field experiments were conducted to assess the potential for anaerobic biostimulation to enhance BTEX biodegradation under fermentative methanogenic conditions in groundwater impacted by a biodiesel blend (B20, consisting of 20 % v/v biodiesel and 80 % v/v diesel). B20 (100 L) was released at each of two plots through...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Ramos DT,da Silva ML,Chiaranda HS,Alvarez PJ,Corseuil HX

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：:Trichloroethylene (TCE) is extensively used in commercial applications, despite its risk to human health via soil and groundwater contamination. The stability of TCE, which is a useful characteristic for commercial application, makes it difficult to remove it from the environment. Numerous studies have demonstrated th...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Liu J,Amemiya T,Chang Q,Qian Y,Itoh K

更新日期：2012-09-01 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

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：:A continuous-flow column study was conducted to evaluate the long-term effects of in situ biostimulation on the biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soil from a manufactured gas plant site. Simulated groundwater amended with oxygen and inorganic nutrients was introduced into one column, while a...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Richardson SD,Jones MD,Singleton DR,Aitken MD

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：: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：: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 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：: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：:Two stage statistical design was used to optimize xylanase production from Bacillus pumilus ASH under solid-state fermentation. Initially, Plackett-Burman designing (PB) was used for the selection of crucial production parameters. Peptone, yeast extract, incubation time, moisture level and pH were found to be the cruc...

journal_title：Biodegradation

authors： Garg G,Mahajan R,Kaur A,Sharma J

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00