In recent years, significant progress has been made in understanding the geometric and
electronic structures of the active sites of non-heme iron enzymes and the contributions of …

Chlorobenzenes are substrates not easily metabolized by existing bacteria in the
environment. Specific strains, however, have been isolated from polluted environments or in …

A metagenomic approach was taken to retrieve catabolic operons for aromatic compounds
from activated sludge used to treat coke plant wastewater. Metagenomic DNA extracted from …

The microbial degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) has been extensively
conducted by many workers, and the following general results have been obtained.(1) PCBs …

The extradiol dioxygenase diversity of a site highly contaminated with aliphatic and aromatic
hydrocarbons under air‐sparging treatment was assessed by functional screening of a …

Aromatic hydrocarbons constitute a major group of environmental pollutants. Bioremediation
appears to be the only viable alternative for large-scale decontamination. A number of …

Developments in molecular biology based techniques have led to rapid and reliable tools to
characterize microbial community structures and to monitor their dynamics under in situ …

Abstract Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and 2, 4-dichlorophenol (2, 4-DCP) generally led
to mixed contamination of soils as a result of commercial and agricultural activities. Their …

Using co-substrates to enhance the metabolic activity of microbes is an effective way for high-
molecular-weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons removal in petroleum-contaminated …

More than 99% of the microbes that exist in the environment can not be cultivated easily.
Thus, most of the microbes in the environment have not been described and accessed for …