Globally, the trichothecene mycotoxins deoxynivalenol (DON) and nivalenol (NIV) are among the most widely distributed mycotoxins that contaminate small grain cereals. In this study, a bacterial consortium, PGC-3, with de-epoxydation activity was isolated from soil by an in situ soil enrichment method. Screening of 14 soil samples that were sprayed with DON revealed that 4 samples were able to b...

In the present study we examined the performance of a thermoalkalophilic bacterial consortium, where the predominant strain was Bacillus sp. SF, in the degradation of Reactive Black 5 (RB5). We used a reactor working in continuous mode and investigated the effects of pH, hydraulic retention time (HRT) and several added salts on colour and chemical oxygen demand (COD) reductions. For the chosen ...

The extensive use of petroleum and petroleum products leads to serious oil contamination of the environment, thus considerable interests were taken in microbial degradation and detoxification of these pollutants. Microalgae play an important role in the environmental cleaning of pollutants. Microalgae provide O2 to aerobic bacteria to mineralize pollutants and then take-up the released CO2 [1]....

Seed inoculation with bacterial consortium was found to increase legume yield, providing a higher growth than the standard nitrogen treatment methods. Alfalfa plants were inoculated by mono- and binary compositions of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms. Their physiological and biochemical properties were estimated. Inoculation by microbial consortium of Sinorhizobium meliloti T17 together with a ne...

The phenylurea herbicide diuron [N-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-N,N-dimethylurea] is widely used in a broad range of herbicide formulations and, consequently, it is frequently detected as a major soil and water contaminant in areas where there is extensive use. Diuron has the unfortunate combination of being strongly adsorbed by soil organic matter particles and, hence, slowly degraded in the environme...

Th is study aims at studying effect of anaerobic dissimilatory iron (III) reducing bacterial consortium on different phases of iron present in lateritic n ickel ore. Such conversion in lateritic nickel ore are helpful in better recovery of sorbed metal values like Ni and Co by subsequent bioleaching or acid leaching. Here properties of thermally and microbially reduced lateritic nickel ore are ...

We aimed to improve algal growth rate on leachate by optimising the microbiome. An algal-bacterial consortium was enriched from landfill and subjected 24 months of adaptive laboratory evolution, increasing dominant strain, Chlorella vulgaris, almost three-fold 0.2 d?1. A dramatic reduction in nitrate production suggested a shift biological utilisation ammoniacal-N, supported molecular 16S rRNA ...

Abstract The isolate is the consortia of endosymbiont bacteria isolated from seagrasses E. acoroides and T. hemprichii . two isolates these bacterial can inhibit growth dinoflagellate Porphyridium sp. algicidal activities are 94.1% 92.8%, respectively. However, values BG plankton culture lower; they 57.1% 48.6%, respectively, which shows that seagrass endosymbionts group very good good. perform...