Under conditions of increasing environmental pollution, true saprophytes are capable of
changing their survival strategies and demonstrating certain pathogenicity factors …

Rhodococcus is a genus of actinomycetes that has been explored by the scientific
community for different purposes, especially for bioremediation uses. However, the …

A large number of aromatic compounds and organic nitriles, the two groups of compounds
covered in this review, are intermediates, products, by-products or waste products of the …

Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on biochemical and genetic versatility of members
of the genus Rhodococcus and further emphasizes the importance of these bacteria in …

Active pharmaceutical ingredients present a substantial risk when they reach the
environment and drinking water sources. As a new type of dangerous pollutants with high …

The Rhodococcus genus contains species with remarkable ability to tolerate toxic
compounds and to degrade a myriad of substrates. These substrates have to cross a …

A priority environmental problem is pollution and disturbance of natural environments by
emerging pollutants‒substances of various origins and structures and with known and/or …

Proteus spp. bacteria were first described in 1885 by Gustav Hauser, who had revealed their
feature of intensive swarming growth. Currently, the genus is divided into Proteus mirabilis …

Abstract 'Ecosystem recovery'is a concept that emerged from the need to preserve our
environment against increasing contamination from human activity. However, ecological …

General studies on benthic microbial communities focus on fundamental biogeochemical
processes or the most abundant constituents. Thereby, minor fractions such as the …