Current state of knowledge in microbial degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs): a review

D Ghosal, S Ghosh, TK Dutta, Y Ahn - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) include a group of organic priority pollutants of
critical environmental and public health concern due to their toxic, genotoxic, mutagenic …

Current status of cow dung as a bioresource for sustainable development

KK Gupta, KR Aneja, D Rana - Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 2016 - Springer
Cow dung, an excreta of bovine animal, is a cheap and easily available bioresource on our
planet. Many traditional uses of cow dung such as burning as fuel, mosquito repellent and …

Marine crude-oil biodegradation: a central role for interspecies interactions

TJ McGenity, BD Folwell, BA McKew, GO Sanni - Aquatic biosystems, 2012 - Springer
The marine environment is highly susceptible to pollution by petroleum, and so it is
important to understand how microorganisms degrade hydrocarbons, and thereby mitigate …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) biodegradation potential and diversity of microbial consortia enriched from tsunami sediments in Miyagi, Japan

HP Bacosa, C Inoue - Journal of hazardous materials, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Great East Japan Earthquake caused tsunamis and resulted in widespread
damage to human life and infrastructure. The disaster also resulted in contamination of the …

Enrichment and characterization of hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria from petroleum refinery waste as potent bioaugmentation agent for in situ bioremediation

P Sarkar, A Roy, S Pal, B Mohapatra, SK Kazy… - Bioresource …, 2017 - Elsevier
Intrinsic biodegradation potential of bacteria from petroleum refinery waste was investigated
through isolation of cultivable strains and their characterization. Pseudomonas and Bacillus …

[HTML][HTML] Metagenomic analysis exhibited the co-metabolism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by bacterial community from estuarine sediment

S Zhang, Z Hu, H Wang - Environment International, 2019 - Elsevier
The bacterial community from estuarine sediment undertakes the bioremediation and
energy transformation of anthropogenic pollutants especially polycyclic aromatic …

Microbial communities to mitigate contamination of PAHs in soil—possibilities and challenges: a review

F Fernández-Luqueño, C Valenzuela-Encinas… - … Science and Pollution …, 2011 - Springer
Background, aim, and scope Although highly diverse and specialized prokaryotic and
eukaryotic microbial communities in soil degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) …

Advances in the field of high‐molecular‐weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon biodegradation by bacteria

RA Kanaly, S Harayama - Microbial biotechnology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Interest in understanding prokaryotic biotransformation of high‐molecular‐weight polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (HMW PAHs) has continued to grow and the scientific literature …

Enrichment and characterization of a bacteria consortium capable of heterotrophic nitrification and aerobic denitrification at low temperature

S Yao, J Ni, Q Chen, AGL Borthwick - Bioresource technology, 2013 - Elsevier
Nitrogen removal in wastewater treatment plants is usually severely inhibited under cold
temperature. The present study proposes bioaugmentation using psychrotolerant …

Role of oxygenases in guiding diverse metabolic pathways in the bacterial degradation of low-molecular-weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: a review

S Mallick, J Chakraborty, TK Dutta - Critical Reviews in …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Widespread environmental pollution by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) poses an
immense risk to the environment. Bacteria-mediated attenuation has a great potential for the …