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1. Transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plants expressing bacterial γ-hexachlorocyclohexane dehydrochlorinase LinA

   Background

   γ-Hexachlorocyclohexane (γ-HCH), an organochlorine insecticide of anthropogenic origin, is a persistent organic pollutant (POP) that causes...

   Wenhao Deng, Yoshinobu Takada, ... Yuji Nagata in BMC Biotechnology

   Article Open access 19 June 2024
   

2. Potentiality of Polyextremophilic Organisms in Bioremediation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Persistent Organic Pollutants: A Biotechnological Approach

   Polyextremophiles are organisms that have adapted themselves to survive within habitats having different physicochemical conditions at extreme...

   Adrija Mukherjee, Debraj Chakraborty, ... Nirmalendu Das in Trends in Biotechnology of Polyextremophiles

   Chapter 2024
   

3. Degradation study of lindane by novel strains Kocuria sp. DAB-1Y and Staphylococcus sp. DAB-1W

   Background

   This study was carried out to isolate and characterize the bacterial strains from lindane-contaminated soil and they were also assessed for...

   Dharmender Kumar, Abhijit Kumar, Jyoti Sharma in Bioresources and Bioprocessing

   Article Open access 28 December 2016
   

4. Biodegradation of α- and β-Hexachlorocyclohexane by Indigenous Actinobacteria

   The organochlorine pesticide lindane (γ-HCH) and its non-insecticidal isomers α-, β-, and δ- continue to pose serious environmental and health...

   Pedro Sineli, Claudia S. Benimeli, ... Sergio A. Cuozzo in Bioremediation in Latin America

   Chapter 2014
   

5. Role of a Repeated Hexapeptide Motif GIHFAP Near C-terminus in Assembly, Stability, and Activity of “HCH Dehydrochlorinase LinA”

   Enzyme “hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) dehydrochlorinase LinA” mediates first step of aerobic microbial degradation of a chlorinated insecticide γ-HCH....

   Ankit S. Macwan, Nidhi Srivastava, ... Ashwani Kumar in Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

   Article 12 January 2013
   

6. Isolation of a novel thermostable dehydrochlorinase (LinA) from a soil metagenome

   Hexachlorocyclohexane dehydrochlorinase (LinA) mediates first step of aerobic degradation of a chlorinated insecticide γ-hexachlorocyclohexane...

   Ankit S. Macwan, Saleem Javed, Ashwani Kumar in 3 Biotech

   Article Open access 18 June 2011
   

7. Construction of a Genetically Engineered Microorganism that Simultaneously Degrades Organochlorine and Organophosphate Pesticides

   Field contamination with pesticide mixtures of organophosphates (OPs) and organochlorines (OCs) is becoming global issues to be solved urgently. The...

   Jijian Yang, Ruihua Liu, ... Chuanling Qiao in Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

   Article 03 December 2011