Biodiversity of pesticides degrading microbial communities and their environmental impact

M Kumar, AN Yadav, R Saxena, D Paul… - Biocatalysis and …, 2021 - Elsevier
A number of hazardous pesticides (pure substances or mixtures of chemicals) are being
used by the farmers in agricultural fields to control undesired microbes during production …

[HTML][HTML] The state of persistent organic pollutants in South African estuaries: A review of environmental exposure and sources

C Olisah, JB Adams, G Rubidge - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021 - Elsevier
The long-term health of many South African estuaries is impacted by pollutants entering
these systems through industrial and agricultural runoff, sewage outfalls, contaminated …

Bioremediation: an emerging effective approach towards environment restoration

V Pande, SC Pandey, D Sati, V Pande… - Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Environmental pollution and its remediation are one of the major problems around the
globe. Broad varieties of pollutants viz. pesticides, hydrocarbons, heavy metals, and dyes …

Fate of the persistent organic pollutant (POP) Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) and remediation challenges

V Srivastava, T Srivastava, MS Kumar - International Biodeterioration & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are hazards to human health and exhibit
harmful effects to the environment, owing to their typically lipophilic and bio-accumulative …

Biodegradation of lindane using a novel yeast strain, Rhodotorula sp. VITJzN03 isolated from agricultural soil

J Abdul Salam, V Lakshmi, D Das, N Das - World journal of microbiology …, 2013 - Springer
Lindane is a notorious organochlorine pesticide due to its high toxicity, persistence in the
environment and its tendency to bioaccumulate. A yeast strain isolated from sorghum …

Use of soil actinomycetes for pharmaceutical, food, agricultural, and environmental purposes

MT Nazari, BS Machado, G Marchezi, L Crestani… - 3 Biotech, 2022 - Springer
In this article, we reviewed the international scientific production of the last years on
actinomycetes isolated from soil aiming to report recent advances in using these …

Lindane biodegradation by the Fusarium verticillioides AT-100 strain, isolated from Agave tequilana leaves: kinetic study and identification of metabolites

FM Guillén-Jiménez, E Cristiani-Urbina… - International …, 2012 - Elsevier
A fungal strain able to use lindane as a carbon and energy source under aerobic conditions
was isolated from Agave tequilana leaves by enrichment techniques. With molecular …

Bioremediation of xenobiotics: an eco-friendly cleanup approach

A Bharadwaj - Green Chemistry in Environmental Sustainability and …, 2018 - Springer
Xenobiotics are the chemicals, which are not found in nature and are said to be foreign
substances in the atmosphere. These compounds are synthesized by human beings eg …

An overview on microbial degradation of lindane

JM Sáez, A Alvarez, MS Fuentes, MJ Amoroso… - … -induced degradation of …, 2017 - Springer
Lindane is a cyclic, saturated and highly chlorinated pesticide with a broad spectrum, which
has been used worldwide for many decades to control a variety of pests, and also in human …

Biodegradation aspects of carbendazim and sulfosulfuron: trends, scope and relevance

R Arya, R Sharma, M Malhotra… - Current Medicinal …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
A large amount of pesticides are being used now-a-days in crop protection which has
resulted in buildup of such harmful compounds in the environment, proving a menace to …