Response mechanisms of bacterial degraders to environmental contaminants on the level of cell walls and cytoplasmic membrane

S Murínová, K Dercová - International journal of microbiology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial strains living in the environment must cope with the toxic compounds originating
from humans production. Surface bacterial structures, cell wall and cytoplasmic membrane …

Microbial transformation and degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls

JA Field, R Sierra-Alvarez - Environmental Pollution, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the potential of microorganisms to transform polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCBs). In anaerobic environments, higher chlorinated biphenyls can undergo reductive …

Polychlorinated biphenyl-degrading microbial communities in soils and sediments

WR Abraham, B Nogales, PN Golyshin… - Current opinion in …, 2002 - Elsevier
Recent advances in the degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have focussed on
the use of experimental enrichment cultures to obtain PCB-degrading communities, and the …

Microbial degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls: biochemical and molecular features

K Furukawa, H Fujihara - Journal of bioscience and bioengineering, 2008 - Elsevier
It is more than 40 years since the environmental contamination of polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCBs) was first reported in wildlife samples. Since then, a huge number of papers on PCBs …

Identification of bacteria utilizing biphenyl, benzoate, and naphthalene in long-term contaminated soil

O Uhlik, J Wald, M Strejcek, L Musilova, J Ridl… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Bacteria were identified associated with biodegradation of aromatic pollutants biphenyl,
benzoate, and naphthalene in a long-term polychlorinated biphenyl-and polyaromatic …

Biphenyl-metabolizing microbial community and a functional operon revealed in e-waste-contaminated soil

L Jiang, C Luo, D Zhang, M Song, Y Sun… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Primitive electronic waste (e-waste) recycling activities release massive amounts of
persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and heavy metals into surrounding soils, posing a …

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in Africa: a review of environmental levels

R Gioia, AJ Akindele, SA Adebusoye… - … Science and Pollution …, 2014 - Springer
Several studies have shown an increase in PCB sources in Africa due to leakage and
wrongly disposed transformers, continuing import of e-waste from countries of the North …

Nano/bio treatment of polychlorinated biphenyls with evaluation of comparative toxicity

TT Le, KH Nguyen, JR Jeon, AJ Francis… - Journal of hazardous …, 2015 - Elsevier
The persistence of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) Aroclor 1248 in soils and sediments is a
major concern because of its toxicity and presence at high concentrations. In this study, we …

Synergistic processing of biphenyl and benzoate: carbon flow through the bacterial community in polychlorinated-biphenyl-contaminated soil

MC Leewis, O Uhlik, MB Leigh - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Aerobic mineralization of PCBs, which are toxic and persistent organic pollutants, involves
the upper (biphenyl, BP) and lower (benzoate, BZ) degradation pathways. The activity of …

[LIVRE][B] Phytotechnologies: remediation of environmental contaminants

NA Anjum, ME Pereira, I Ahmad, AC Duarte, S Umar… - 2012 - books.google.com
Contributed by an international team of authors, this book assesses the current state of the
science and application of phytotechnologies around the globe, and overviews major …