Microbe That Breaks Down Mycotoxin Can Temporarily Raise Toxicity
Rhodococcus pyridinivorans K404 depleted zearalenone by up to 90.3% within 72 hours, but microinjected zebrafish embryos showed mortality peaking at ...
Tag: bioremediation
Fluconazole-Resistant Yeast Found in Brazilian Poultry Slaughterhouse Wastewater
Researchers report the first isolation of the yeast Candida palmioleophila from poultry slaughterhouse wastewater in Brazil, identifying a fluconazole-resistant strain ...
Genome of cadmium-tolerant yeast Wickerhamomyces anomalus BT3 reveals detoxification genes
Whole-genome sequencing of the yeast Wickerhamomyces anomalus BT3, which withstands cadmium chloride concentrations above 1000 micromolar, has identified candidate genes ...
Microalgae Turn Antibiotic Pollution Into Biofuel Feedstock Even in the Cold
A new study finds that cold-stressed microalgae remove over 90 percent of tetracycline from water while accumulating lipids at up ...
Bacterium Degrades Kraft Lignin and Cuts Its Toxicity in Lab Study
Researchers report that the bacterium Serratia liquefaciens degraded kraft lignin by 53 percent in 120 hours and reduced its phytotoxicity ...
Microbial Slime Gets Serious: Exopolysaccharides Power Fuel Cells and Clean Up Pollution
A new review details how microbial exopolysaccharides boost microbial fuel cell power output, bind heavy metals, and enable green nanomaterials, ...
River Yamuna Bacterium Removes Most Amoxicillin in Lab Test
A Burkholderia strain isolated from Delhi's Yamuna River removed 68.9 percent of amoxicillin in a minimal medium within 14 days, ...
Immobilized Bacteria Ease Oxidative Stress in Catfish Exposed to Bisphenols
An immobilized bisphenol-utilizing bacterial consortium restored antioxidant enzyme activity, blood parameters and tissue integrity in juvenile African catfish exposed to ...
Metal-Resistant Fungi Offer New Routes to Shield Plants from Heavy Metal Stress
A review in Plant Cell Reports examines how metal-resistant fungi mitigate heavy metal stress in plants through biosorption, bioaccumulation and ...
PFAS ‘Degradation’ Claims Often Hide Fluorine, New Evidence Framework Warns
A new opinion article argues that parent-PFAS disappearance alone cannot establish biodegradation, and that claims of defluorination and destruction require ...
Oyster Fungus Pellets Strip Antibiotics from Wastewater in Minutes
Spawn-based pellets of the white-rot fungus Pleurotus ostreatus removed more than half of several antibiotics from wastewater within minutes, with ...
Laboratory soil bacterium degrades phenanthrene and produces stable biosurfactant
A laboratory isolate of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia removed 72% of phenanthrene under static conditions while producing a glycolipid-type biosurfactant that remained ...
Extremozyme-powered selenium nanoparticles wipe out cypermethrin pesticide in 72 hours
A novel Proteus mirabilis isolate yields an alkaline-stable laccase extremozyme that, paired with biogenic selenium nanoparticles, achieves complete cypermethrin degradation ...
Gongronella: The Overlooked Fungus That Could Feed Crops and Clean Polluted Soil
A new review in IMA Fungus argues that the little-studied fungal genus Gongronella, which colonizes plant roots, mobilizes nitrogen and ...
Bacteria from a lemon pickle could soften hard water
A halotolerant Staphylococcus gallinarum strain isolated from brine lemon pickle grew at 20% NaCl and removed 45% of water hardness ...
Engineered Zeolite Carriers Fall Short in Boosting Bacteria That Break Down PFOA
The search for biological approaches to PFAS destruction reflects a broader recognition that conventional treatment trains, while effective at separating ...
Treated Vinasse Grows Microalgae Faster Than Synthetic Medium
Brazilian researchers show that full-strength treated sugarcane vinasse can support microalgae growth, with Chlorolobion braunii growing faster in the ethanol ...
Cafeteria Wastewater Meets Light Stress: Microalga Turns Kitchen Runoff Into Biodiesel While Cleaning It
The choice of cafeteria wastewater as a cultivation substrate deserves particular attention, because food-service effluents differ in composition from typical ...
Transformation of 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonic acid in laccase-mediator systems
A proof-of-concept study shows that laccase-mediator systems using crude laccase, soybean meal extract, and copper sulfate can transform 6:2 fluorotelomer ...
Enzymes From Gut and Soil Bacteria Strip Toxic Dyes From Wastewater at Record Concentrations
Molecular docking and laboratory validation show bacterial azoreductases decolorize azo and anthraquinone dyes at up to 2,000 mg/L and cut ...
