The phenylurea herbicide diuron [N-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-N,N-dimethylurea] is widely used in a broad range of herbicide formulations and, consequently, it is frequently detected as a major soil and water contaminant in areas where there is extensive use. Diuron has the unfortunate combination of being strongly adsorbed by soil organic matter particles and, hence, slowly degraded in the environme...

Th is study aims at studying effect of anaerobic dissimilatory iron (III) reducing bacterial consortium on different phases of iron present in lateritic n ickel ore. Such conversion in lateritic nickel ore are helpful in better recovery of sorbed metal values like Ni and Co by subsequent bioleaching or acid leaching. Here properties of thermally and microbially reduced lateritic nickel ore are ...

We aimed to improve algal growth rate on leachate by optimising the microbiome. An algal-bacterial consortium was enriched from landfill and subjected 24 months of adaptive laboratory evolution, increasing dominant strain, Chlorella vulgaris, almost three-fold 0.2 d?1. A dramatic reduction in nitrate production suggested a shift biological utilisation ammoniacal-N, supported molecular 16S rRNA ...

Abstract The isolate is the consortia of endosymbiont bacteria isolated from seagrasses E. acoroides and T. hemprichii . two isolates these bacterial can inhibit growth dinoflagellate Porphyridium sp. algicidal activities are 94.1% 92.8%, respectively. However, values BG plankton culture lower; they 57.1% 48.6%, respectively, which shows that seagrass endosymbionts group very good good. perform...

Application of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) to plastic industry has expanded over the last decades due to its attracting features over petro-based plastic, and therefore, its waste accumulation in nature is inevitable. In the present study, a total of four bacterial strains, viz., MK3, PN12, PW1, and Lna3, were formulated into a consortium and subsequently used as biological tool for degradation o...

Soil microbial communities can form links between forest trees and functioning of forest soils, yet the impacts of converting diverse native forests to monoculture plantations on soil microbial communities are limited. This study tested the hypothesis that conversion from a diverse native to monoculture ecosystem would be paralleled by a reduction in the diversity of the soil microbial communit...