Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are considered as hazardous organic priority pollutants.
PAHs have immense public concern and critical environmental challenge around the globe …

Recent advances in molecular biology have extended our understanding of the metabolic
processes related to microbial transformation of petroleum hydrocarbons. The physiological …

Widespread pollution of terrestrial ecosystems with petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs) has
generated a need for remediation and, given that many PHCs are biodegradable, bio-and …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widespread in various ecosystems and are
pollutants of great concern due to their potential toxicity, mutagenicity and carcinogenicity …

The treatment of environmental pollution by microorganisms is a promising technology.
Various genetic approaches have been developed and used to optimize the enzymes …

Real-Time PCR based assays were developed to quantify Gram positive (GP) and Gram
negative (GN) bacterial populations that are capable of degrading the polycyclic aromatic …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which consist of two or more fused aromatic rings,
are widespread in the environment and persist over long periods of time. The …

The genus Rhodococcus is a very diverse group of bacteria that possesses the ability to
degrade a large number of organic compounds, including some of the most difficult …

Rieske non-heme iron oxygenases (RO) catalyze stereo-and regiospecific reactions.
Recently, an explosion of structural information on this class of enzymes has occurred in the …

Our abilities to detect and enumerate pollutant-biodegrading microorganisms in the
environment are rapidly advancing with the development of molecular genetic techniques …