Biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
- C. Cerniglia
- Chemistry, BiologyBiodegradation
- 1 June 1992
The intent of this review is to provide an outline of the microbial degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. A catabolically diverse microbial community, consisting of bacteria, fungi and…
Microbial metabolism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
- C. Cerniglia
- BiologyAdvances in Applied Microbiology
- 1984
Complete and Integrated Pyrene Degradation Pathway in Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1 Based on Systems Biology
- Seong-Jae Kim, O. Kweon, Richard C. Jones, J. Freeman, R. Edmondson, C. Cerniglia
- BiologyJournal of Bacteriology
- 3 November 2006
Analysis of pyrene metabolism in M. vanbaalenii PYR-1 indicates that this bacterium degrades pyrene to central intermediates through o-phthalate and the beta-ketoadipate pathway.
PCR detection and quantitation of predominant anaerobic bacteria in human and animal fecal samples
- R. F. Wang, W. Cao, C. Cerniglia
- BiologyApplied and Environmental Microbiology
- 1 April 1996
PCR procedures based on 16S rRNA gene sequences specific for 12 anaerobic bacteria that predominate in the human intestinal tract were developed and used for quantitative detection of these species…
Degradation of Phenanthrene and Anthracene by Cell Suspensions of Mycobacterium sp. Strain PYR-1
- J. Moody, J. Freeman, D. Doerge, C. Cerniglia
- ChemistryApplied and Environmental Microbiology
- 1 April 2001
The data point to the existence, next to already known routes for both gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, of alternative pathways that might be due to the presence of different dioxygenases or to a relaxed specificity of the same dIOxygenase for initial attack on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
Effects of pH on the degradation of phenanthrene and pyrene by Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1
- Yong-Hak Kim, J. Freeman, J. Moody, K. Engesser, C. Cerniglia
- Chemistry, BiologyApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology
- 1 April 2005
An acidic pH seemed to render the mycobacterial cells more permeable to hydrophobic substrates, and the non-K-region polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon oxidation might be a significant burden to the cell due to the accumulation of toxic metabolites.
Pyrene degradation by a Mycobacterium sp.: identification of ring oxidation and ring fission products
- M. Heitkamp, J. Freeman, D. Miller, C. Cerniglia
- Chemistry, BiologyApplied and Environmental Microbiology
- 1 October 1988
The degradation of pyrene by pure cultures of a Mycobacterium sp.
Fungal metabolism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: past, present and future applications in bioremediation
- C. Cerniglia
- EngineeringJournal of Industrial Microbiology…
- 1 November 1997
This article examines the importance of non-ligninolytic and ligninolytic fungi in the bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contaminated wastes. The research from the initial studies in…
Microbial metabolism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: isolation and characterization of a pyrene-degrading bacterium
- M. Heitkamp, W. Franklin, C. Cerniglia
- Biology, ChemistryApplied and Environmental Microbiology
- 1 October 1988
The mycobacterium mineralized pyrene when grown in a mineral salts medium supplemented with nutrients but was unable to utilize pyrene as a sole source of carbon and energy.
Enzymatic Mechanisms Involved in Phenanthrene Degradation by the White Rot Fungus Pleurotus ostreatus
- L. Bezalel, Y. Hadar, C. Cerniglia
- Chemistry, BiologyApplied and Environmental Microbiology
- 1 July 1997
The enzymatic mechanisms involved in the degradation of phenanthrene by the white rot fungus Pleurotus ostreatus were examined and indicated the involvement of cytochrome P-450 monooxygenase and epoxide hydrolase in the initial phase I oxidation ofphenanthrene to form Phenanthrene trans-9,10-dihydrodiol.
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