Nitroaromatic compounds, from synthesis to biodegradation

KS Ju, RE Parales - Microbiology and molecular biology reviews, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Nitroaromatic compounds are relatively rare in nature and have been introduced into the
environment mainly by human activities. This important class of industrial chemicals is …

Bacterial degradation of nitrophenols and their derivatives

PK Arora, A Srivastava, VP Singh - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2014 - Elsevier
This review intends to provide an overview of bacterial degradation of nitrophenols (NPs)
and their derivatives. The main scientific focus is on biochemical and genetic …

[HTML][HTML] Insecticide resistance by a host-symbiont reciprocal detoxification

Y Sato, S Jang, K Takeshita, H Itoh, H Koike… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Insecticide resistance is one of the most serious problems in contemporary agriculture and
public health. Although recent studies revealed that insect gut symbionts contribute to …

Biodegradation of sulfamethoxazole in bacteria from three different origins

SI Mulla, A Hu, Q Sun, J Li, F Suanon, M Ashfaq… - Journal of environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Sulfamethoxazole (SMX) is a common medicine prescribed to treat infections. Due to vast
use, SMX has been detected in different parts of the world. Hence, it has become a high risk …

Hydroquinone: environmental pollution, toxicity, and microbial answers

FJ Enguita, AL Leitão - BioMed research international, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Hydroquinone is a major benzene metabolite, which is a well‐known haematotoxic and
carcinogenic agent associated with malignancy in occupational environments. Human …

An integrated (electro-and bio-oxidation) approach for remediation of industrial wastewater containing azo-dyes: understanding the degradation mechanism and …

P Aravind, H Selvaraj, S Ferro, M Sundaram - Journal of hazardous …, 2016 - Elsevier
A hybrid approach for the remediation of recalcitrant dye wastewater is proposed. The
chlorine-mediated electrochemical oxidation of real textile effluents and synthetic samples …

Oxygenases as powerful weapons in the microbial degradation of pesticides

M Cheng, D Chen, RE Parales… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Oxygenases, which catalyze the reductive activation of O2 and incorporation of oxygen
atoms into substrates, are widely distributed in aerobes. They function by switching the …

Biodegradation of phenolic pollutants and bioaugmentation strategies: A review of current knowledge and future perspectives

J Wang, L Zhang, Y He, R Ji - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
The widespread use of phenolic compounds renders their occurrence in various
environmental matrices, posing ecological risks especially the endocrine disruption effects …

[HTML][HTML] Two-component FAD-dependent monooxygenases: current knowledge and biotechnological opportunities

T Heine, WJH Van Berkel, G Gassner, KH Van Pée… - Biology, 2018 - mdpi.com
Flavoprotein monooxygenases create valuable compounds that are of high interest for the
chemical, pharmaceutical, and agrochemical industries, among others. Monooxygenases …

Pseudomonas in environmental bioremediation of hydrocarbons and phenolic compounds- key catabolic degradation enzymes and new analytical platforms for …

AB Medić, IM Karadžić - World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2022 - Springer
Pollution of the environment with petroleum hydrocarbons and phenolic compounds is one
of the biggest problems in the age of industrialization and high technology. Species of the …