LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) compounds: (acenaphthene and fluorene) in water using indigenous bacterial species isolated from the Diep and Plankenburg rivers, Western Cape, South Africa

Alegbeleye, Oluwadara Oluwaseun; Opeolu, Beatrice Olutoyin; Jackson, Vanessa.

Braz. j. microbiol; 48 (2), 2017

Abstract This study was conducted to investigate the occurrence of PAH degrading microorganisms in two river systems in the Western Cape, South Africa and their ability to degrade two PAH compounds: acenaphthene and fluorene. A total of 19 bacterial isolates were obtained from the Diep and Plankenburg ri...

Acenaftenos/metabolismo, Bacterias/aislamiento & purificación, Bacterias/metabolismo, Fluorenos/metabolismo, Ríos/microbiología, Bacterias/clasificación, Biotransformación, Sudáfrica, Temperatura

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Ligninolytic fungus Polyporus sp. S133 mediated metabolic degradation of fluorene

ABSTRACT This study aimed to investigate the impact of nonionic surfactants on the efficacy of fluorine degradation by Polyporus sp. S133 in a liquid culture. Fluorene was observed to be degraded in its entirety by Polyporus sp. S133 subsequent to a 23-day incubation period. The fastest cell growth rate ...