Chlorpyrifos: pollution and remediation

EM John, JM Shaike - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2015 - Springer
The widespread use of pesticides in modern agriculture is of increasing concern due to
environmental contamination and subsequent biodiversity loss. Chlorpyrifos is a toxic …

Recent advances in assessment methods and mechanism of microbe-mediated chlorpyrifos remediation

A Raj, A Kumar - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Chlorpyrifos (CP) is one of the Organophosphorus pesticides (OPs) primarily used in
agriculture to safeguard crops from pests and diseases. The pervasive use of chlorpyrifos is …

Pollution status and bioremediation of chlorpyrifos in environmental matrices by the application of bacterial communities: A review

MA Dar, G Kaushik, JF Villarreal-Chiu - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Pesticides currently play a significant role in enhancing agricultural production and offer
economic assistance to our farmers. However, their indiscriminate and injudicious …

Biodegradation of Congo red dye in a moving bed biofilm reactor: performance evaluation and kinetic modeling

RK Sonwani, G Swain, BS Giri, RS Singh, BN Rai - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
The biodegradation of Congo red dye was performed using polyurethane foam-
polypropylene immobilized Bacillus sp. MH587030. 1 in a moving bed biofilm reactor …

A novel comparative study of modified carriers in moving bed biofilm reactor for the treatment of wastewater: Process optimization and kinetic study

RK Sonwani, G Swain, BS Giri, RS Singh, BN Rai - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, modified plastic carriers; polypropylene (PP), low-density polyethylene-
polypropylene (LDPE-PP), and polyurethane foam-polypropylene (PUF-PP) were …

Biodegradation of Congo red dye using polyurethane foam-based biocarrier combined with activated carbon and sodium alginate: batch and continuous study

KL Maurya, G Swain, RK Sonwani, A Verma… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Dyes are an important class of organic pollutants and are well known for their adverse
effects on aquatic life and human beings. In this work, an effort has been made to treat the …

Oxidative degradation of chlorpyrifos using ferrate (VI): Kinetics and reaction mechanism

H Liu, J Chen, N Wu, X Xu, Y Qi, L Jiang… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, we investigated the degradation kinetics of chlorpyrifos, an organophosphorus
(OP) compound, using ferrate (VI), and investigated the potential of this iron-based chemical …

Biodegradation of 4-chlorophenol in batch and continuous packed bed reactor by isolated Bacillus subtilis

N Patel, S Shahane, B Bhunia, U Mishra… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In present work, biodegradation of 4-Chlorophenol (4-CP) has been successfully achieved
using bacteria ie Bacillus subtilis (MF447841. 1), which was isolated from the wastewater of …

Biodegradation of chlorpyrifos by bacterial genus Pseudomonas

RA Gilani, M Rafique, A Rehman… - Journal of basic …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphorus pesticide commonly used in agriculture. It is noxious to
a variety of organisms that include living soil biota along with beneficial arthropods, fish …

Performance evaluation of Malathion biodegradation in batch and continuous packed bed bioreactor (PBBR)

SR Geed, MK Kureel, BS Giri, RS Singh, BN Rai - Bioresource Technology, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of this work was to study the biodegradation of Malathion in batch and continuous
packed bed (Polyurethane foam; PUF) bioreactor (PBBR). After 10 days, 89% Malathion …