S. maltophilia is a widely distributed bacterium found in natural, anthropized and clinical
environments. The genome of this opportunistic pathogen of environmental origin includes a …

Antibiotic ciprofloxacin is ubiquitous in the environment. However, little is known about
ciprofloxacin dissipation by microbial community. The present study investigated the …

The last two decades had witnessed extensive investigation on bacterial degradation of
carbazole, an N-heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon. Specifically, previous studies have …

Microorganisms play important roles in the reduction of organic and inorganic pollutants in
constructed wetlands used for the treatment of polluted surface water. However, the diversity …

Soils contaminated with crude oil are rich sources of enzymes suitable for both degradation
of hydrocarbons through bioremediation processes and improvement of crude oil during its …

Analyzing the microbial community structure and functions become imperative for ecological
processes. To understand the impact of spent engine oil (SEO) contamination on microbial …

The impacts of hexavalent chromium (Cr) contamination on the microbiome, soil
physicochemistry, and heavy metal resistome of a tropical agricultural soil were evaluated …

Two bacterial strains phylogenetically identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains RM1
and SK1 displayed extensive degradation ability on waste engine oil (SAE 40W) in batch …

Background The purpose of this study is to use shotgun next-generation sequencing to
unravel the microbial community structure of an agricultural soil, decipher the effects of …

The bacterial community structure in a hydrocarbon-contaminated Mechanical Engineering
Workshop (MWO) soil was deciphered using 16S rRNA gene clone library analysis. Four …