Employing floating treatment wetlands (FTWs) and constructed (CWs) is one of the most eco-friendly strategies for bioremediation water contaminants. Here, efficiency FTWs CWs was compared degradation phenanthrene-contaminated first time. The were established by vegetated Phragmites australis in phenanthrene (1000 mg L−1)-contaminated water. Both augmented with a bacterial consortium four strain...

In this study, the remediation performance of electrokinetic (EK) technology integrated with different surfactants for removing phenanthrene from unsaturated soils was investigated. A synthetic surfactant (Triton X-100) and a biosurfactant (rhamnolipid) were used to enhance phenanthrene solubility and removal efficiency during EK process. Results indicate that the electro-osmotic flow (EOF) rat...

1. Unsubstituted 6-membered aromatic ring systems (fused, unfused, or mixed) chrysene mutagenic initiator carcinogenic pyrene co-carcinogen mutagenic benzo[a]pyrene mutagenic carcinogenic fetotoxic teratogenic benzo[e]pyrene carcinogenic mutagenic benzo[a]anthracene mutagenic carcinogenic benzo[c]phenanthrene initiator mutagenic naphthalene inhibitor phenanthrene initiator mutagenic anthracene ...

Previous studies have shown the high sorption affinity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by cork. The aim of the present work is to go further by investigating the sorption mechanism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (exemplified by phenanthrene) on cork and the availability of the chemical components (i.e. lignin, suberin, holocellulose and extractives) to retain phenanthrene. Two approach...

We studied the catabolism of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon phenanthrene by four rhizobacterial strains and the possibility of enzymatic oxidation of this compound and its microbial metabolites by the root exudates of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) in order to detect the possible coupling of the plant and microbial metabolisms under the rhizospheric degradation of the organic pollutant. A co...

A fast and efficient multiresidue extraction-purification procedure was developed for low levels (ppb range) of phenanthrene and hydroxyphenanthrene in biological matrices, in order to quantify phenanthrene and metabolites in blood, milk, urine, and biological tissues of lactating goats. Detection and identification of the analytes (phenanthrene and 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, and 9-hydroxyphenanthrene) we...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and dioxins are lipophilic organic pollutants occurring widely in the terrestrial environment. In order to study the PAHs and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) transfer in the food chain, pigs have been fed with milk mixed either with 14C-phenanthrene, with 14C-benzo[a]pyrene or with 14C-TCDD. The analysis of portal and arterial blood radioactivi...

investigations around some oil and gas refineries showed that phenanthrene is the predominant form of pahs in these areas. so, in this study, the role of sorghum vulgare pers. sudanense (a warm season grass type) in removal of phenanthrene from soils (phytoremediation) in a 16 week period greenhouse study is investigated. the stress of phenanthrene presence on plant's physiological activit...

In this study, the enzymes involved in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) degradation were investigated in the pyrene-degrading Mycobacterium sp. strain 6PY1. [(14)C]pyrene mineralization experiments showed that bacteria grown with either pyrene or phenanthrene produced high levels of pyrene-catabolic activity but that acetate-grown cells had no activity. As a means of identifying specific c...