Kinetics of Phenol Biodegradation by Heavy Metal Tolerant Rhizobacteria Glutamicibacter nicotianae MSSRFPD35 From Distillery Effluent Contaminated Soils

Chemical Fixation of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soils

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been working toward the establishment of treatment standards for contaminated soils. The Office of Emergency and Remedial Response is in the process of developing and carrying out a plan to address the data needs for establishing the Pest Demonstrated Available Technologies (BDAT) for Superfund soils. The BDAT program is divided into phases. Ph...

Abundance and diversity of Archaea in heavy-metal-contaminated soils.

The impact of heavy-metal contamination on archaean communities was studied in soils amended with sewage sludge contaminated with heavy metals to varying extents. Fluorescent in situ hybridization showed a decrease in the percentage of Archaea from 1.3% +/- 0.3% of 4', 6-diamidino-2-phenylindole-stained cells in untreated soil to below the detection limit in soils amended with heavy metals. A c...

Phenol Biodegradation Kinetics in the Presence of Supplimentary Substrate

Biodegradation of phenol in the presence of glucose as a supplementary substrate was investigated with mixed microbial consortium isolated from waste effluent of coke-steel factory. Batch experiments were carried out at room temperature and pH value of 7. Initial phenol and glucose concentrations were in the range of 25-1000 mg/l and 500-3000 mg/l, respectively. In a dual substrates system the ...

Biodegradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls by and Isolated from Contaminated Soil

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) cause many significant ecological problems because of their low degradability, high harmfulness, and solid bioaccumulation.Two bacterial strains were isolated from soil that had been polluted with electrical transformer liquid for more than 40 years. The isolates were distinguished as Lysinibacillus macrolides DSM54Tand Bacillus firmus NBRC1530...

Biodegradation of Melanoidin from Distillery Effluent: Role of Microbes and Their Potential Enzymes