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Microalgal-bacterial consortium: a cost-effective approach of wastewater treatment in Pakistan

Maleeha Manzoor1,2*, Ruijuan Ma2, Hafiz Abdullah Shakir1, Fouzia Tabssum1, Javed Iqbal Qazi1

Microalgal-bacterial consortium: a cost-effective approach of wastewater treatment in Pakistan

... other contaminants. The biodegradation approach of involving consortium might
attain self-sustaining level and may prove technically cheaper and advance technology. It will finally help in dealing
the dual mission of producing valuable metabolites and pollutants/nutrients removal from wastes/wastewaters.
Agricultural wastes/residues generated abundantly in energy deficient countries like Pakistan, having enormous
energy potential, ...

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Improves the Anaerobic Biodegradation of Benz [α] Anthracene in Sludge Via Boosting the Microbial Activity and Bioavailability

Jia Li and Hong Yang*

...="font-size: small;">The biodegradation of benz [α] anthracene (BaA), a high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) was increased via a combination of alkyl polyglucosides and alkaline treatment during the waste activated sludge (WAS) anaerobic fermentation. During the experimental study, the biodegradation efficiency of BaA was enhanced from 12.2% in the control to 25.6% at pH 10 and 46.7% at pH 10 an...

Assessing the performance of in-situ soil enhancement technologies to improve ground water quality

Muhammad Aftab Majeed

...h reflected slow in situ biodegradation of the contaminants

Key words Leachate, Tar, DNAPL, Contaminant, MGP, Retention time.

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Contribution of Basidiomycete Fungi in the Natural Process of Bio-degradation of wood in Forest stands

S. I. Zafar, Ulfat Naheed, N. Abdullah and M. Yasin

...ot basidiomycetes in the biodegradation of lignocellulosic materials is now well established (Janshekar and Fiechter, 1983; Kirk, 1984). Accordingly, numerous studies have been carried out on the comparative ligninolytic activities of a number of such basidiomycetes when grown on a variety of substrates under different cultural conditions (Golovlev et al., 1983; Levonen-Munoz et al., 1983; Zadrazil and Brunnert, 1980).

Identification and Isolation of Bacterial Strains and Study of their Ability to Degrade Trimethoprim in the Wastewater of some Kirkuk Hospitals

Tawoos Mohammed Kamel Ahmed1*, Khalid Mahmood Yosif1, Sameerah Faydhallah Mohammed2

...ylococcus spp. Regarding biodegradation, none of the examined microorganisms could break down trimethoprim, and it was clear that the drug exhibited a solid resistance to biodegradation . Although TMP is light-sensitive, the abiotic control demonstrated that during the experimentation period, photodegradation did not occur.

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