Revisiting the methods for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis: what has the new millennium brought thus far?

TA Campelo, PR Cardoso de Sousa… - Access …, 2021 - microbiologyresearch.org
Tuberculosis (TB) affects around 10 million people worldwide in 2019. Approximately 3.4%
of new TB cases are multidrug-resistant. The gold standard method for detecting …

Interactions between organic pollutants and carbon nanomaterials and the associated impact on microbial availability and degradation in soil: a review

M Zhang, S Tao, X Wang - Environmental Science: Nano, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
With growing production and application, the presence of carbon nanomaterials (CNMs) in
soil contaminated by organic pollutants (OPs) is inevitable and widespread because of their …

Biodegradation of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and o-xylene by the bacterium Mycobacterium cosmeticum byf-4

L Zhang, C Zhang, Z Cheng, Y Yao, J Chen - Chemosphere, 2013 - Elsevier
A new strain Mycobacterium cosmeticum byf-4 able to simultaneously degrade benzene,
toluene, ethylbenzene, and o-xylene (BTE (o-) X) compounds has been isolated and …

Production of Trehalolipid Biosurfactants by Rhodococcus

MS Kuyukina, IB Ivshina - Biology of rhodococcus, 2019 - Springer
Members of the genus Rhodococcus produce biosurfactants in response to the presence of
liquid hydrocarbons in the growth medium. These biosurfactants are predominantly cell …

From antagonism to enhancement: Triton X-100 surfactant affects phenanthrene interfacial biodegradation by Mycobacteria through a shift in uptake mechanisms

K Wang, J Zhang, M Li, S Zhu, T Pan - Langmuir, 2024 - ACS Publications
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), as persistent environmental pollutants, often
reside in nonaqueous-phase liquids (NAPLs). Mycobacterium sp. WY10, boasting highly …

Rhodococcus Biosurfactants: Biosynthesis, Properties, and Potential Applications

MS Kuyukina, IB Ivshina - Biology of rhodococcus, 2010 - Springer
Members of the genus Rhodococcus produce biosurfactants in response to the presence of
liquid hydrocarbons in the growth medium. These biosurfactants are predominantly cell …

Optimization of the volume fraction of the NAPL, silicone oil, and biodegradation kinetics of toluene and DMDS in a TPPB

G Darracq, A Couvert, C Couriol, D Thomas… - International …, 2012 - Elsevier
The volume ratio between Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid (NAPL) and water was optimised in
order to remove the two hydrophobic volatile organic compounds (VOCs), toluene and …

Bioavailability of phenanthrene and nitrobenzene sorbed on carbonaceous materials

M Zhang, X Shen, H Zhang, F Cai, W Chen, Q Gao… - Carbon, 2016 - Elsevier
To better understand the mechanisms regarding effects of the interactions between organic
contaminants (ORCs) and carbonaceous materials (CMs) on bioavailability of ORCs, 22 …

Optimization of Minimal Salt Medium for Efficient Phenanthrene Biodegradation by Mycoplana sp. MVMB2 Isolated from Petroleum Contaminated Soil Using Factorial …

M Brinda Lakshmi, K Muthukumar… - CLEAN–Soil, Air …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This study presents the degradation of phenanthrene by Mycoplana sp. MVMB2 isolated
from petroleum contaminated soil and the media optimization by factorial design …

[PDF][PDF] Biodegradation of phenanthrene in an anaerobic batch reactor: growth kinetics

HS Nasrollahzadeh, GD Najafpour… - Chemical Industry …, 2010 - researchgate.net
The purpose of the present research was to demonstrate the ability of mixed consortia of
microorganisms to degrade high concentrations of phenanthrene (PHE) as the sole carbon …