Engineering bacteria for bioremediation

DH Pieper, W Reineke - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2000 - Elsevier
The treatment of environmental pollution by microorganisms is a promising technology.
Various genetic approaches have been developed and used to optimize the enzymes …

Sensors—An effective approach for the detection of explosives

S Singh - Journal of hazardous materials, 2007 - Elsevier
The detection of explosives and explosive related illicit materials is an important area for
preventing terrorist activities and for putting a check on their deleterious effects on health. A …

Biodegradation of Chlorpyrifos by Enterobacter Strain B-14 and Its Use in Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils

BK Singh, A Walker, JAW Morgan… - Applied and …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
Six chlorpyrifos-degrading bacteria were isolated from an Australian soil and compared by
biochemical and molecular methods. The isolates were indistinguishable, and one (strain B …

Biological degradation of 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene

A Esteve-Núñez, A Caballero… - … and molecular biology …, 2001 - Am Soc Microbiol
Nitroaromatic compounds are xenobiotics that have found multiple applications in the
synthesis of foams, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and explosives. These compounds are …

Transgenic plants for enhanced biodegradation and phytoremediation of organic xenobiotics

PC Abhilash, S Jamil, N Singh - Biotechnology advances, 2009 - Elsevier
Phytoremediation—the use of plants to clean up polluted soil and water resources—has
received much attention in the last few years. Although plants have the inherent ability to …

Adaptation of Pseudomonas fluorescens to the plant rhizosphere

PB Rainey - Environmental microbiology, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Saprophytic Pseudomonas are common root‐colonizing bacteria that can improve plant
health. Efficient exploitation of these bacteria in agriculture requires knowledge of traits that …

Biocatalytic reductions and chemical versatility of the old yellow enzyme family of flavoprotein oxidoreductases

HS Toogood, JM Gardiner, NS Scrutton - ChemCatChem, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The old yellow enzyme (OYE) family is a large group of flavin‐dependent redox biocatalysts
with major applications in the industrial reduction of activated alkenes. These enzymes have …

Microbial degradation of explosives: biotransformation versus mineralization

J Hawari, S Beaudet, A Halasz, S Thiboutot… - Applied Microbiology …, 2000 - Springer
Abstract The nitroaromatic explosive 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) is a reactive molecule that
biotransforms readily under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions to give …

Microbial remediation of nitro-aromatic compounds: an overview

M Kulkarni, A Chaudhari - Journal of Environmental Management, 2007 - Elsevier
Nitro-aromatic compounds are produced by incomplete combustion of fossil fuel or nitration
reactions and are used as chemical feedstock for synthesis of explosives, pesticides …

'New uses for an old enzyme'–the old yellow enzyme family of flavoenzymes

RE Williams, NC Bruce - Microbiology, 2002 - microbiologyresearch.org
As the first flavin-dependent enzyme identified, and by virtue of its simplicity, the yeast Old
Yellow Enzyme (OYE) has been characterized in detail by the whole gamut of physical …