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Potential of sediment bacterial communities from Manila Bay (Philippines) to degrade low-density polyethylene (LDPE)
The persistence of plastics and its effects in different environments where they accumulate, particularly in coastal areas, is of serious concern....
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Microbial Degradation of Pollutants
With the industrial development of the past hundred years, components and products from petroleum and coal have increasingly entered the environment....
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A Critical Review on Akkermansia muciniphila: Functional Mechanisms, Technological Challenges, and Safety Issues
Due to its physiological benefits from in vitro and in vivo points of view, Akkermansia muciniphila , a common colonizer in the human gut mucous...
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Anaerobic Biodegradation of Hydrocarbons: Metagenomics and Metabolomics
The biodegradation of hydrocarbons under anaerobic conditions is a significant process that is now known to occur in diverse environments....
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Using Algae as a Renewable Source in the Production of Biodiesel
Environmental pollution and energy demand have been increasing each passing day. Consequently, the utilization of fossil fuels as the primary...
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Response of microbial community structure and metabolic profile to shifts of inlet VOCs in a gas-phase biofilter
The effects of inlet VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) shifts on microbial community structure in a biofiltration system were investigated. A...
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Euonymus japonicus phyllosphere microbiome is significantly changed by powdery mildew
Euonymus japonicus Thunb. is a woody and ornamental plant popular in China, Europe and North America. Powdery mildew is one of the...
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Diversity and Taxonomy of Methanogens
Methanogens are strictly anaerobic, methane-producing archaea. All characterized members belong to the phylum Euryarchaeota, but methanogenesis...
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Anaerobic Benzene Mineralization by Nitrate-Reducing and Sulfate-Reducing Microbial Consortia Enriched From the Same Site: Comparison of Community Composition and Degradation Characteristics
Benzene mineralization under nitrate-reducing conditions was successfully established in an on-site reactor continuously fed with nitrate and...
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Anaerobic Biodegradation of Hydrocarbons: Metagenomics and Metabolomics
The biodegradation of hydrocarbons under anaerobic conditions is a significant process that is now known to occur in diverse environments....
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Diversity and Taxonomy of Methanogens
Methanogens are strictly anaerobic, methane-producing archaea. All characterized members belong to the phylum Euryarchaeota, but methanogenesis...
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Pulsed 13C2-Acetate Protein-SIP Unveils Epsilonproteobacteria as Dominant Acetate Utilizers in a Sulfate-Reducing Microbial Community Mineralizing Benzene
In a benzene-degrading and sulfate-reducing syntrophic consortium, a clostridium affiliated to the genus Pelotomaculum was previously described to...
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Dynamics of size-fractionated bacterial communities during the coastal dispersal of treated municipal effluents
Everyday huge amount of treated municipal wastewater is discharged into the coastal seawater. However, microbial biomarkers for the municipal...
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Archaeal and bacterial community dynamics and bioprocess performance of a bench-scale two-stage anaerobic digester
Two-stage technologies have been developed for anaerobic digestion of waste-activated sludge. In this study, the archaeal and bacterial community...
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Bacteria from spent engine-oil-contaminated soils possess dual tolerance to hydrocarbon and heavy metals, and degrade spent oil in the presence of copper, lead, zinc and combinations thereof
We studied the behaviour of 12 metal-resistant bacteria isolated from spent engine oil (SEO)-contaminated soil in Ibadan, Nigeria, during their...
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Isolation and characterization of hydrocarbon-degrading and biosurfactant-producing yeast strains obtained from a polluted lagoon water
Microbial surfactants are environmentally friendly products with amazing properties and spectrum of applications. It is therefore, not surprising...
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Aerobic heterotrophic bacteria and petroleum-utilizing bacteria from cow dung and poultry manure
In this study, enumeration and identification of total aerobic heterotrophic bacteria and petroleum-utilizing bacteria as well as the degradative...
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Biphenyl-utilizing bacteria and their functional genes in a pine root zone contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
Bacteria and functional genes associated with biphenyl (BP) degradation in the root zone of an Austrian pine ( Pinus nigra L.) growing naturally in...
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Molecular characterization of cytochrome P450 genes in the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degrading Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1
Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1 has the ability to degrade low- and high-molecular-weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). In addition to...
