Bioremediation of soil contaminated with pentachlorophenol by Anthracophyllum discolor and its effect on soil microbial community

Bioaugmentation of Soil Contaminated with Azoxystrobin

“…It is noteworthy that microorganisms can adapt to extreme conditions and they can produce enzymes which participate in the transformation of pesticides (Cea et al 2010; Komárek et al 2010). Soil is a reservoir of a large amount of enzymes and therefore it is regarded as an indicator of microbiological activity (Baćmaga et al 2015; Kucharski et al 2016).…”

“…Microorganisms with such features are effective in the degradation of pesticides in soil, owing to which they can be used in the bioremediation of areas heavily contaminated with fungicides (Komárek et al 2010). Microorganisms which are adapted to adverse environmental conditions are able to neutralise such chemical substances by using them as a source of construction and energy substrates (Ahemad and Khan 2012; Cea et al 2010). Transformation of pesticides catalysed by enzymes produced by living organisms takes place and results in changes in their structure and toxicological properties (Vryzas et al 2012).…”

Pentachlorophenol sorption in nylon fiber and removal by immobilized Rhizopus oryzae ENHE

“…Hu et al [30] characterized PCP adsorption in PUF and reported that PUF-immobilized Flavobacterium enhanced the capacity to degrade PCP since the toxicity in the medium is reduced due to sorption of the toxic by the support. Cea et al [5] reported 76% removal of initial PCP, 250 mg PCP kg −1 , in 14 days from soil; they attributed the removal to the inoculated white rot-fungi, to the autochthonous microorganisms, and to PCP adsorption by the soil; a strong PCP adsorption by the type of soil used by these authors has been reported.…”

“…PCP uncouples oxidative phosphorylation and alters cell membrane properties, making it a very toxic compound. PCP removal from a natural system by photolysis, volatilization, adsorption, or degradation is extremely slow, an alternative to the latter is biodegradation [3][4][5]. The potential of the microorganism to degrade recalcitrant compounds have been used for this purpose and the application of fungi, particularly basidiomycetes, such as Phanerochaete chrysosporium, has been studied widely [1,[6][7][8].…”

Dynamic changes of bacterial community under the influence of bacterial-feeding nematodes grazing in prometryne contaminated soil

“…There is an increasing concern that herbicides not only affect the target organisms (weeds) but the microbial communities present in soil (Cea et al, 2010;Zabaloy et al, 2012Zabaloy et al, , 2010, and that these non-target effects may degrade the performance of important soil functions. Prometryne [2,4-bis(isopropylamino)-6-(methylthio)-s-triazine], a selective herbicide of the s-triazine chemical family, has been extensively used as a pre-or post-emergence controller of annual grasses and broadleaf weeds in modern agriculture.…”