Magnetic scanometric DNA microarray detection of methyl tertiary butyl ether degrading bacteria for environmental monitoring.

Bioremediation of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) by three pure bacterial cultures

Background: Bioremediation of groundwater and soil contamination is more economical than physicochemical remediation. The present study focused on the bioremediation capability of two bacterial species (Klebsiella planticola and Enterobacter cloacae) from the family Enterobacteriaceae. These bacteria have been identified as new species with capability of degrading methyl tertiary-butyl ether (...

Short communication-Survey of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) toxicity using bioassay on Daphnia magna

Short communication-Survey of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) toxicity using bioassay on Daphnia magna

Detection and quantification of methyl tert-butyl ether-degrading strain PM1 by real-time TaqMan PCR.

The fuel oxygenate methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), a widely distributed groundwater contaminant, shows potential for treatment by in situ bioremediation. The bacterial strain PM1 rapidly mineralizes and grows on MTBE in laboratory cultures and can degrade the contaminant when inoculated into groundwater or soil microcosms. We applied the TaqMan quantitative PCR method to detect and quantify str...

Histologic and histomorphometric changes of testis following oral exposure to methyl tertiary-butyl ether in adult rat

Methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) is used to reduce carbon monoxide and ozone in urban air and to boost fuel octane. There is a lack of knowledge in the literature about the histomorphometric changes of the testis following exposure to MTBE. Therefore, this experimental study was performed to determine the effect of oral exposure to MTBE on histologic and histomorphometric changes of testis in...