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    An Overview on Microbial Degradation of Lindane

    Lindane is a cyclic, saturated and highly chlorinated pesticide with a broad spectrum, which has been used worldwide for many decades to control a variety of pests, and also in human health and veterinary. Aft...

    J. M. Saez, A. Alvarez, M. S. Fuentes in Microbe-Induced Degradation of Pesticides (2017)

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    Lindane removal using Streptomyces strains and maize plants: a biological system for reducing pesticides in soils

    Plants and contaminant-degrading microbes are a suitable combination for the remediation of pesticides. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Streptomyces strains cultured with maize plants i...

    A. Álvarez, C. S. Benimeli, J. M. Saez, A. Giuliano, M. J. Amoroso in Plant and Soil (2015)

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    Methoxychlor bioremediation by defined consortium of environmental Streptomyces strains

    Methoxychlor is an organochlorine pesticide used worldwide against several insect pests, resulting in human exposure. This pesticide mimics endocrine hormone functions, interfering with normal endocrine activi...

    M. S. Fuentes, A. Alvarez, J. M. Saez in International Journal of Environmental Sci… (2014)

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    Heavy-Metal Resistant Actinomycetes

    M. Siñeriz Louis, J. M. Benito, V. H. Albarracín, Thierry Lebeau in Environmental Chemistry (2005)

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    Chromium accumulation by two Streptomyces spp. isolated from riverine sediments

    Strains designated R22 and R25, isolated from Salí River sediments, Argentina, were highly resistant to chromium. These strains were shown by 16S rRNA sequencing studies to be Streptomyces spp.; this affiliation ...

    M J Amoroso, G R Castro, A Durán, O Peraud in Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Bio… (2001)

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    Growth and sugars utilization by mixed cultures ofLactobacillus delbrueckii subsp.bulgaricus andStreptococcus salivarius subsp.thermophilus isolated from Argentina yogurt

    Four different strains ofLactobacillus delbrueckii subsp.bulgaricus (Ss1 and Yop12) andStreptococcus salivarius subsp.thermophilus (Ss2 and Yop9) were isolated from two different yogurt sources in Argentina. In m...

    M. J. Amoroso, M. C. Manca de Nadra in World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology (1992)