Excessive use of pesticides and herbicides is a major environmental and health concern
worldwide. Atrazine, a synthetic triazine herbicide commonly used to control grassy and …

Bioaugmentation, a green technology, is defined as the improvement of the degradative
capacity of contaminated areas by introducing specific microorganisms, has emerged as the …

Over the past two decades, various eco-friendly approaches utilizing microbial species to
clean up contaminated environments have surfaced. In this aspect, actinobacteria have …

Atrazine is a kind of triazine herbicide that is widely used for weed control due to its good
weeding effect and low price. The study of atrazine removal from the environment is of great …

Herbicides remain the most effective, efficient and economical way to control weeds; and its
market continues to grow even with the plethora of generic products. With the development …

Chemical herbicides are widely used to control weeds and are frequently detected as
contaminants in the environment. Due to their toxicity, the environmental fate of herbicides is …

Two aerobic sulfadiazine (SDZ) degrading bacterial strains, D2 and D4, affiliated with the
genus Arthrobacter, were isolated from SDZ-enriched activated sludge. The degradation of …

A self-immobilization method for microorganisms was developed based on fungal pellets.
Generally, pellets have some problems such as cell leakage, cell loading limitation and low …

Water-related impacts due to change in climatic conditions ranging from water scarcity to
intense floods and storms are increasing in developing countries like Pakistan. Water quality …

Atrazine residues running off the fields and entering water resources are a major threat to
food security and the ecosystem. In this study, a psychrotrophic functional strain named …