The present study describes the behavior of a natural phenanthrene-degrading consortium (CON), a synthetic consortium (constructed with isolated strains from CON) and an isolated strain form CON (Sphingobium sp. AM) in phenanthrene cultures to understand the interactions among the microorganisms present in the natural consortium during phenanthrene degradation as a sole carbon and energy source...

Abstract The integrated management of water resources is a requirement for environmental preservation and economic development, with the removal nutrients being one main drawbacks. In this work, efficiency bacterial consortium (Ecobacter WP) made up eight strains genus Bacillus subtilis , licheniformis megaterium cereus Arthrobacter sp., Acinetobacter paraffineus Corynebacterium Streptomyces gl...

background: alginate is a linear polysaccharide consisting of guluronate (polyg) and mannuronate (polym) subunits. methods: in the initial screening of alginate-degrading bacteria from soil, 10 isolates were able to grow on minimal medium containing alginate. the optimization of cell growth and alginate lyase (algl) production was carried out by the addition of 0.8% alginate and 0.2-0.3 m nacl ...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are highly recalcitrant compounds due to their high hydrophobicity and tendency to partition in organic phase of soils. Pyrene is a high-molecular weight PAH, which has human health concerns. In the present study, a bacterial consortium, PBR, was developed from a long-term polluted site, viz., Amlakhadi, Ankleshwar, Gujarat, for effective degradation of p...

Abstract Bacterial consortium is an important source of lignocellulolytic strains, but it still a challenge to distinguish the direct decomposers lignocellulose from other bacteria in such complex community. This study aims at addressing this issue by focusing on dynamic changes community structure and degradation activity MMBC-1, established stable bacterial consortium, during its subculturing...