In January 1997, a pilot-scale project to assess the feasibility of in silu aerobic bioreduction of municipal solid waste was initiated at the Live Oak Landfill, located near Atlanta, Georgia The high costs (money, regulatory hurdles, societal objections) of developing new landfills are making fccovery and reuse of existing landfill space an increasingly attractive alternative. Onc bf the first...

Both Fe(III)-bearing clay minerals and humic acids (HAs) are abundant in the soils and sediments. Previous studies have shown that bioreduction of structural Fe(III) in clay minerals could be accelerated by adding anthraquinone compound as a redox-active surrogate of HAs. However, a quinoid analogue could not reflect the adsorption and complexation properties of HA, and little is known about th...

Bioreduction of mobile uranyl(VI) (UO2 ) to sparingly soluble uraninite (U(IV)O2(s)) is a strategy that has been proposed for in situ remediation of uranium contaminated aquifers. That strategy faces the challenge of reoxidation of uraninite, with consequent release of soluble uranyl when the stimulation of U(VI) bioreduction is terminated. We tested the effects of supplemental organic carbon (...

In order to get insight into the trypanocidal mechanism of action of a series of 5-nitrofuryl containing thiosemicarbazones some studies related to their bioreduction were performed. Electron spin resonance spectra of radicals generated in T. cruzi by compounds' bioreduction were analyzed. Three different patterns of ESR signals were observed for the different assayed compounds. These results w...

Phytochemical based synthesis of palladium nanoparticles by bioreduction of medicinally potent plant extract Coleus amboinicus is investigated in the present study. Treatment of palladium chloride with Coleus amboinicus extract resulted in the formation of palladium nanoparticles. The formation of palladium nanoparticles were confirmed using UV-vis, FTIR, TEM and XRD. Polyols such as flavones, ...

Superoxide ( [Formula: see text] ) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of many human diseases including hypertension. Mitochondria-targeted superoxide scavenger mitoTEMPO reduces blood pressure; however, the structure-functional relationships in antihypertensive effect of mitochondria-targeted nitroxides remain unclear. The nitroxides are known to undergo bioreduction into hydroxylamine der...

Nitroaromatic compounds (NACs) are ubiquitous environmental contaminants that are susceptible to biological and abiotic reduction. Prior works have found that for the abiotic reduction of NACs, the logarithm of the NACs’ rate constants correlate with one-electron reduction potential values of the NACs (EH,NAC1) according to linear free energy relationships (LFERs). Here, we extend the applicati...

bioremoval and bioreduction activities of hydrocarbon (diesel) isolation from environmental samples were studied by the activity of biosurfactant production, and calculating emulsification index, gravimetric, and ftir analysis along with the estimation of bacterial biomass. sample from soil near petrol, diesel pumps and water sample from thesjaswini river near padannakad, kasaragod, kerala, ind...

Cysteine and toluene as model organic molecules were intercalated into Fe-rich smectite (nontronile, NAu-2). The illitization of these intercalated smectites as induced by microbial reduction of structural Fe" was investigated. Iron-reducing bacterium Shewanellaputrefaciens CN32 was incubated with lactate as the sole electron donor and structural Fe* in cysteineand toluene-intercalated NAu-2 (r...

The significant accumulation of Pb from anthropogenic activities threatens environmental ecosystems. In the environment, iron oxides are one main carriers Pb. Thus, redox cycling oxides, which is due to biotic and abiotic pathways, leads their dissolution or transformation, controls fate However, a knowledge gap exists on bioreduction in Pb-bearing ferrihydrites, secondary-mineral precipitation...