Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a large group of chemicals. They represent an
important concern due to their widespread distribution in the environment, their resistance to …

Due to recalcitrance of some pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs), conventional
wastewater treatment is not able to remove them effectively. Therefore, their occurrence in …

Fungi possess the biochemical and ecological capacity to degrade environmental organic
chemicals and to decrease the risk associated with metals, metalloids and radionuclides …

As the second most abundant biopolymer on earth after cellulose, lignin is considered to be
an alternative source of various polymers and biomaterials since it can be cleaved into a …

Many oxidation–reduction (redox) enzymes, particularly oxygenases, have roles in reactions
that make and break C–C bonds. The list includes cytochrome P450 and other heme-based …

The oil crisis during the 1970s turned interest towards the utilization of renewable resources
and towards lignocellulosics in particular. The 1970s were also the cradle period of …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, the products of the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels,
are ubiquitous in nature. Some of these chemicals are of environmental concern because of …

Enzymatic ''Combustion'': The Microbial Degration of Lignin Page 1 Ann. Rev. Microbiol.
1987. 41:465–505 ENZYMATIC “COMBUSTION”: THE MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF …

It is generally accepted that the low quality of soil carbon limits the amount of energy
available for soil microorganisms, and in turn the rate of soil carbon mineralization. The …

Water is one of the essential enablers of life on earth. Beginning with the origin of the
earliest form of life in seawater, it has been central to the evolution of human civilizations …