Biodegradation of toxic organic components from industrial phenol production waste waters by free and immobilized Trichosporon cutaneum R57

Biodegradation of Olive Mill Wastewater by Trichosporon Cutaneum and Geotrichum Candidum

“…For that purpose, many types of yeast were successfully used (7,10,13,28). In this study we used T. cutaneum because it has the greatest phenolic biodegradation potential for wastewaters of different origin among the yeasts of the Trichosporon genus (21)(22)(23)(24).…”

“…Literature reports about degradation of phenol (21)(22)(23)(24) and phenolic compounds extracted from OMW (24) by the yeast Trichosporon cutaneum. Other yeasts of the genus Geotrichum (12,13,15,(25)(26)(27), Candida (7,10,28) and Yarrowia (28), moulds (13,25) and white-rot fungi (13,25) have also been investigated in studies of OMW biodegradation.…”

Isolation and Identification of Phenol Degrading Halophilic Bacteria from Lonar Lake

“…Routine physico-chemical methods used for the degradation of phenol are expensive to run, at the same time, they produce harmful intermediates. Today, Bioremediation is considered as a new tool to eliminate environmental pollution (EPA, 2004 (Ariana et al, 2004;Xiangchun et al, 2004;Godjevargova et al, 2003). Chitra et al, (1995), has studied the removal of phenol using a mutant strain of Pseudomonas.…”

Photochemical treatment of 2-chlorophenol aqueous solutions using ultraviolet radiation, hydrogen peroxide and photo-Fenton reaction

“…The microorganisms that have the ability to biodegrade phenolic compounds include bacteria, such as Alcaligenes eutrophus, Bacillus stearothermophilus, Pseudomonas sp., Rhodococcus sp., Phanerochaete chrysosporium, Cryptococcus elivonii, yeasts such as Candida tropicalis, Trichosporon cutaneum, and fungi such as Fusarium flocciferum [22][23][24]. 2-chlorophenol is a very toxic and poorly biodegradable pollutant and wastewaters containing 2-chlorophenol over 200 ppm may not be treated efficiently by direct biological methods [16].…”