Microbial degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons is one of the major practices in the natural decontamination process. We tested the effectiveness of some carriers and immobilization methodology for four cultures of hydrocarbon-degrading strains isolated from oil-polluted wastewater of the American Petroleum Institute (API) separators (1, 2, and 4) of the Alexandria Petroleum Company (APC), Alex...

Abstract Bacteria cellulose (BC) is a non-toxic, environmentally friendly, and biodegradable material. Additionally, it cheap, easily accessible, renewable resource. It possesses exceptional properties widely used in variety of industries, including textiles, paper manufacturing, food, pharmaceutical, waste treatment. The purpose this study was to assess the capacity for bioadsorption pure BC i...

Increasing environmental pollution is connected with broad applications of dyes and imperfection of dyeing technology. Decolourization of triphenylmethane brilliant green and disazo Evans blue by bacterial and fungal strains and toxicity (phyto- and zootoxicity) of degradation by-products were investigated. Influence of incubation method on dyes removal was evaluated (static, semi-static, shake...

The current importance of energy emphasizes the use of renewable resources (such as wastewater) for electricity generation by microbial fuel cell (MFC). In the present study, the native sulfate-reducing bacterial strain (R.gh 3) was employed simultaneously for sulfurous component removal and bioelectricity generation. In order to enhance the electrical conductivity and provision of a compatible...

background: among alkanes, n-alkanes with medium chain have been identified as the most important contaminants of the soil. n-hexadecane (c16h34) with low solubility in water also belongs to this group and has been used by many researchers as a model contaminant. the present study aimed to investigate the effect of the external source of carbon (glucose) as co-substrate on removal of hexadecane...