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 …

Biomass combustion in fluidized bed boilers: Potential problems and remedies

AA Khan, W de Jong, PJ Jansens… - Fuel processing technology, 2009 - Elsevier
Due to increasing environmental concerns especially related with the use of fossil fuels, new
solutions to limit the greenhouse gas effect are continuously sought. Among the available …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: environmental pollution and bioremediation

SK Samanta, OV Singh, RK Jain - TRENDS in Biotechnology, 2002 - cell.com
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widely distributed and relocated in the
environment as a result of the incomplete combustion of organic matter. Many PAHs and …

[HTML][HTML] Mixotrophic cyanobacteria and microalgae as distinctive biological agents for organic pollutant degradation

SR Subashchandrabose, B Ramakrishnan… - Environment …, 2013 - Elsevier
Millions of natural and synthetic organic chemical substances are present in both soil and
aquatic environments. Toxicity and/or persistence determine the polluting principle of these …

Characteristics of particulate carbon emissions from real-world Chinese coal combustion

Y Zhang, JJ Schauer, Y Zhang, L Zeng… - … science & technology, 2008 - ACS Publications
Particulate matter emissions from a series of different Chinese coal combustion systems
were collected and analyzed for elemental and organic carbon (EC, OC), and molecular …

Metagenomic insights into the mechanisms for biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the oil supply chain

KJ Hidalgo, IN Sierra-Garcia, BM Dellagnezze… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Petroleum is a very complex and diverse organic mixture. Its composition depends on
reservoir location and in situ conditions and changes once crude oil is spilled into the …

Solid-phase microextraction technique for sampling and preconcentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: A review

V Jalili, A Barkhordari, A Ghiasvand - Microchemical Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), as an important class of pollutants, are persistent
in the environment and have adverse effects on human health, including carcinogenicity and …

Organic compound source profiles of PM2. 5 from traffic emissions, coal combustion, industrial processes and dust

Y Tian, X Liu, R Huo, Z Shi, Y Sun, Y Feng… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Eighteen polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), 24 n-alkanes, 7 hopanes, 2
cholestanes, inorganic ions, elements and carbon fractions were analyzed in real-world …

Immobilized fungal enzymes: Innovations and potential applications in biodegradation and biosynthesis

Y Gao, K Shah, I Kwok, M Wang, LH Rome… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial enzymes catalyze various reactions inside and outside living cells. Among the
widely studied enzymes, fungal enzymes have been used for some of the most diverse …

Biodegradation of high-molecular weight PAHs by Rhodococcus wratislaviensis strain 9: Overexpression of amidohydrolase induced by pyrene and BaP

SR Subashchandrabose, K Venkateswarlu… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
A Gram-positive bacterium, Rhodococcus wratislaviensis strain 9, completely degraded 280
μM of phenanthrene, 40% of 50 μM pyrene or 28% of 40 μM benzo [a] pyrene (BaP), each …