Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) are persistent organic pollutants used worldwide between
the 1930s and 1980s. Although their use has been heavily restricted, PCB can be found in …

Whole-cell microbial biosensors are one of the newest molecular tools used in
environmental monitoring. Such biosensors are constructed through fusing a reporter gene …

The bacterial order Sphingomonadales includes many Sphingomonadaceae and
Erythrobacteraceae isolates that have the ability to degrade a wide range of hydrocarbons …

The environmental safety of decabromodiphenyl ether (deca-BDE) has been the topic of
controversial discussions during the recent years. Reductive debromination of deca-BDE in …

The consortium of aerobic bacterial strains Rhodococcus ruber P25 and Microbacterium sp.
B51 was bioaugmented in natural and industrial soils, contaminated by commercial mixture …

L'étude réalisée porte sur l'évaluation du niveau de contamination par les éléments traces
métalliques (ETM) des sédiments de la rade de Toulon, une rade semi-fermée soumise à un …

The degradation of the pharmaceuticals phenazone and metamizole, two pyrazolone-
derivates in widespread use, using biofilms created by natural organisms from the national …

The marine environment in Kuwait is polluted with various hazardous chemicals of industrial
origin. These include petroleum hydrocarbons, halogenated compounds and heavy metals …

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are persistent organic pollutants. They were widely used
and distributed in the environment causing endocrine disruption, carcinogenicity, and …

Even though the genetic attributes suggest presence of multiple degradation pathways, most
of rhodococci are known to transform PCBs only via regular biphenyl (bph) pathway. Using …