Methanotrophs: multifunctional bacteria with promising applications in environmental bioengineering

H Jiang, Y Chen, P Jiang, C Zhang, TJ Smith… - Biochemical …, 2010 - Elsevier
Methane is an important greenhouse gas which is produced from many natural and
anthropogenic sources. It plays an important role in overall global warming. A significant …

Kinetics of aerobic cometabolism of chlorinated solvents

L Alvarez-Cohen, GE Speitel Jr - Biodegradation, 2001 - Springer
The objectives of this paper are to review the wide range of kinetic models that have been
introduced to describe the cometabolic oxidation of chlorinated solvents, to compare …

Biodegradation of the gasoline oxygenates methyl tert-butyl ether, ethyl tert-butyl ether, and tert-amyl methyl ether by propane-oxidizing bacteria

RJ Steffan, K McClay, S Vainberg… - Applied and …, 1997 - Am Soc Microbiol
Several propane-oxidizing bacteria were tested for their ability to degrade gasoline
oxygenates, including methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE), and tert …

Microbial degradation of chloroform

M Cappelletti, D Frascari, D Zannoni, S Fedi - Applied microbiology and …, 2012 - Springer
Chloroform (CF) is largely produced by both anthropogenic and natural sources. It is
detected in ground and surface water sources and it represents the most abundant …

The impact of chlorinated solvent co-contaminants on the biodegradation kinetics of 1, 4-dioxane

S Mahendra, A Grostern, L Alvarez-Cohen - Chemosphere, 2013 - Elsevier
1, 4-Dioxane (dioxane), a probable human carcinogen, is used as a solvent stabilizer for 1,
1, 1-trichloroethane (TCA) and other chlorinated solvents. Consequently, TCA and its abiotic …

Burkholderia kururiensis sp. nov., a trichloroethylene (TCE)-degrading bacterium isolated from an aquifer polluted with TCE.

H Zhang, S Hanada, T Shigematsu… - … of Systematic and …, 2000 - microbiologyresearch.org
A trichloroethylene (TCE)-degrading bacterium was isolated from an aquifer sample
collected at a TCE-polluted site in Japan by enriching with phenol as sole carbon source …

Group-specific monitoring of phenol hydroxylase genes for a functional assessment of phenol-stimulated trichloroethylene bioremediation

H Futamata, S Harayama… - Applied and …, 2001 - Am Soc Microbiol
The sequences of the largest subunit of bacterial multicomponent phenol hydroxylases
(LmPHs) were compared. It was found that LmPHs formed three phylogenetic groups, I, II …

Unique Kinetic Properties of Phenol-Degrading Variovorax Strains Responsible for Efficient Trichloroethylene Degradation in a Chemostat Enrichment Culture

H Futamata, Y Nagano, K Watanabe… - Applied and …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A chemostat enrichment of soil bacteria growing on phenol as the sole carbon
source has been shown to exhibit quite high trichloroethylene (TCE)-degrading activities (H …

Chloroform cometabolism by butane-grown CF8, Pseudomonas butanovora, and Mycobacterium vaccae JOB5 and methane-grown Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b

N Hamamura, C Page, T Long… - Applied and …, 1997 - Am Soc Microbiol
Chloroform (CF) degradation by a butane-grown enrichment culture, CF8, was compared to
that by butane-grown Pseudomonas butanovora and Mycobacterium vaccae JOB5 and to …

Transformation yields of chlorinated ethenes by a methanotrophic mixed culture expressing particulate methane monooxygenase

JE Anderson, PL McCarty - Applied and Environmental …, 1997 - Am Soc Microbiol
Transformation yields for the aerobic cometabolic degradation of five chlorinated ethenes
were determined by using a methanotrophic mixed culture expressing particulate methane …