Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are environmentally recalcitrant contaminants
formed from naturally or incomplete combustion of organic materials and some of them are …

Investigations were conducted in the batch mode for studying the adsorption behavior of
resorcinol and catechol on granular activated carbon from a basic salt medium (BSM) at …

Phenolic compounds are abundant in nature and organic wastes. This biomass may be
utilised in biogas generation. Phenolics can inhibit the degradation of readily biodegradable …

The article discusses the effect of additional carbon sources on biodegradation of phenol.
Conventional methods of treatment for phenolic wastes have been largely chemical or …

The white-rot fungus Pleurotus eryngii F032 showed the capability to degrade a three fused-
ring aromatic hydrocarbons fluorene. The elimination of fluorene through sorption was also …

A novel indigenous Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain (MTCC 4996) isolated from a pulp
industrial effluent-contaminated site was capable of degrading phenol up to a concentration …

Armillaria sp. F022 is a white-rot fungus isolated from a tropical rain forest in Indonesia that
is capable of utilizing pyrene as a source of carbon and energy. Enzymes production during …

Phenol is a common pollutant which is found in wastewater of many industries and removal
of phenol from the industrial effluents is a major challenge. Recently, the use of hairy roots …

Fluoranthene, a four-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon that is possible genotoxic in
nature, has been used as an indicator for assessing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) …

The growth of granules on a phenol synthetic medium and the methanogenic fermentation of
industrial phenolic wastewater from a steel factory in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket …