Enzymatic mechanism and biochemistry for cyanide degradation: a review

N Gupta, C Balomajumder, VK Agarwal - Journal of hazardous materials, 2010 - Elsevier
Cyanides are fast-acting poisons, can be lethal if exposed in excess. In spite of fact,
cyanides are discharged as effluents in large scale from industries every year. Certain …

Common themes and variations in the rhodanese superfamily

R Cipollone, P Ascenzi, P Visca - IUBMB life, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The rhodanese homology domain is a ubiquitous fold found in several phylogenetically
related proteins encoded by eubacterial, archeal, and eukaryotic genomes. Although …

Oxygen, cyanide and energy generation in the cystic fibrosis pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa

HD Williams, JEA Zlosnik, B Ryall - Advances in microbial physiology, 2006 - Elsevier
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that belongs to the γ-
proteobacteria. This clinically challenging, opportunistic pathogen occupies a wide range of …

A review on remediation of cyanide containing industrial wastes using biological systems with special reference to enzymatic degradation

M Sharma, Y Akhter, S Chatterjee - World Journal of Microbiology and …, 2019 - Springer
Cyanide is a nitrile which is used extensively in many industries like jewelry, mining,
electroplating, plastics, dyes, paints, pharmaceuticals, food processing, and coal coking …

The current and future applications of microorganism in the bioremediation of cyanide contamination

J Baxter, SP Cummings - Antonie van leeuwenhoek, 2006 - Springer
Inorganic cyanide and nitrile compounds are distributed widely in the environment, chiefly
as a result of anthropogenic activity but also through cyanide synthesis by a range of …

Bioreactor microbial ecosystems for thiocyanate and cyanide degradation unravelled with genome‐resolved metagenomics

RS Kantor, AW van Zyl, RP van Hille… - Environmental …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Gold ore processing uses cyanide (CN−), which often results in large volumes of thiocyanate‐
(SCN−) contaminated wastewater requiring treatment. Microbial communities can degrade …

Enzymatic Detoxification of Cyanide: Clues from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Rhodanese

R Cipollone, P Ascenzi, P Tomao, F Imperi… - Journal of molecular …, 2008 - karger.com
Cyanide is a dreaded chemical because of its toxic properties. Although cyanide acts as a
general metabolic inhibitor, it is synthesized, excreted and metabolized by hundreds of …

Quantification of methyl thiocyanate in the headspace of Pseudomonas aeruginosa cultures and in the breath of cystic fibrosis patients by selected ion flow tube mass …

V Shestivska, A Nemec, P Dřevínek… - Rapid …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in
patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Breath analysis could potentially be a useful diagnostic of …

Efficacy of microorganisms in the removal of toxic materials from industrial effluents

N Dwivedi, S Dwivedi, CO Adetunji - Microbial Rejuvenation of Polluted …, 2021 - Springer
Industrial wastewater creates major environmental trouble if released without proper
treatment. Large volumes of water contaminated with various industrial and anthropogenic …

The complete pathway for thiosulfate utilization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Z Chen, X Zhang, H Li, H Liu, Y Xia… - Applied and …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is known to grow with thiosulfate as a sulfur source, and it
produces more ethanol when using thiosulfate than using sulfate. Here, we report how it …