Toxicological effects of major environmental pollutants: an overview

S Wasi, S Tabrez, M Ahmad - Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2013 - Springer
The last quarter of the twentieth century had witnessed a global surge in awakening against
the unabated menace of environmental pollution. Among the various types of environmental …

Exploration and verification of the feasibility of sulfide-driven partial denitrification coupled with anammox for wastewater treatment

YF Deng, D Wu, H Huang, YX Cui… - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
Anaerobic ammonia oxidation (anammox) is a well-developed biotechnology for treating
high-strength ammonium wastewaters. Recently, partial denitrification has been considered …

Biodegradation of phenol

CI Nair, K Jayachandran, S Shashidhar - African journal of biotechnology, 2008 - ajol.info
The use of microbial catalysts in the biodegradation of organic compounds has advanced
significantly during the past three decades. It has been found that large numbers of microbes …

Kinetics of phenol biodegradation in high salt solutions

BM Peyton, T Wilson, DR Yonge - Water research, 2002 - Elsevier
Biological treatment of high-salinity industrial wastewaters using halophilic bacteria can be
used to remove organic compounds without first decreasing the salt concentration. While …

Biodegradation of phenol in hypersaline conditions by Halomonas sp. strain PH2-2 isolated from saline soil

A Haddadi, M Shavandi - International biodeterioration & biodegradation, 2013 - Elsevier
Phenolic compounds are hazardous pollutants known to be toxic at low concentration.
Removal of phenols from industrial wastewater streams before their discharge into receiving …

Degradation of estradiol and ethinyl estradiol by activated sludge and by a defined mixed culture

S Weber, P Leuschner, P Kämpfer, W Dott… - Applied Microbiology …, 2005 - Springer
The aerobic degradation of the natural hormone 17-β-estradiol (E2) and the synthetic
hormone 17-α-ethinyl estradiol (EE2) was investigated in batch experiments with activated …

Characteristics of phenol biodegradation in saline solutions by monocultures of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas pseudomallei

M Afzal, S Iqbal, S Rauf, ZM Khalid - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2007 - Elsevier
Phenol is a highly toxic and carcinogenic compound and its biodegradation is very important
to meet the environmental regulations. Two bacterial strains capable of utilizing phenol as a …

Biodegradation of phenol by mixed microbial culture: an eco-friendly approach for the pollution reduction

T Senthilvelan, J Kanagaraj, RC Panda… - Clean Technologies and …, 2014 - Springer
Studies on the degradation of phenol by isolated strains of Pseudomonas putida Tan-1 and
Staphylococcus aureus Tan-2 were carried out under single as well as mixed culture. The …

Simultaneous chromium (VI) reduction and phenol degradation in a fixed-film coculture bioreactor: reactor performance

EM Nkhalambayausi-Chirwa, YT Wang - Water Research, 2001 - Elsevier
Simultaneous Cr (VI) reduction and phenol degradation was observed in a fixed-film
bioreactor consisting of a coculture of phenol-degrading bacteria, Pseudomonas putida …

Biodegradation of isoproturon by Escherichia coli expressing a Pseudomonas putida catechol 1,2-dioxygenase gene

NI Elarabi, AA Abdelhadi, AA Nassrallah… - AMB Express, 2023 - Springer
The phenylurea herbicides are persistent in soil and water, necessitating the creation of
methods for removing them from the environment. This study aimed to examine the soil …