Blue honeysuckle (Lonicera caerulea L.) has been widely used in food, medicine, health products, cosmetics, materials, and other products. Between September 2022 and September 2023, a leaf spot disease was observed on approximately 20% of blue honeysuckle plants of the 'Lanjingling' cultivar grown in a 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTriclocarban (TCC) and its metabolite, 3,4-dichloroaniline (DCA), are classified as emerging organic contaminants (EOCs). Significant concerns arise from water and soil contamination with TCC and its metabolites. These concerns are especially pronounced at high concentrations of up to approximately 20 mg/kg dry weight, as observed in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTriclocarban (TCC), an emerging organic contaminant, poses a potential threat to human health with long-term exposure. Here, Rhodococcus rhodochrous BX2 and Pseudomonas sp. LY-1 were utilized to degrade TCC at environmental related concentrations for enhancing TCC biodegradation and investigating whether the toxicity of intermediate metabolites is lower than that of the parent compound.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBlue honeysuckle (Lonicera caerulea L.) fruit is growing in popularity as a natural, functional 'super fruit', but its storage is challenged by pathogen infection. In June 2022, approximately 30% of 100 kg of blue honeysuckle fruits (cv.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBlue honeysuckle (Lonicera caerulea L.) is a perennial plant of the Caprifoliaceae family and Lonicera genus, the largest genus in the plant kingdom. Between September 2021 and September 2022, a leaf spot disease was observed on ~20% of blue honeysuckles of the 'Lanjingling' cultivar grown in a 3.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe simultaneous bioremediation and bioconversion of papermaking wastewater by psychrotrophic microorganisms holds great promise for developing sustainable environments and economies in cold regions. Here, the psychrotrophic bacterium Raoultella terrigena HC6 presented high endoglucanase (26.3 U/mL), xylosidase (732 U/mL), and laccase (8.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGlobal-scale estrone (E1) contamination of soil and aquatic environments results from the widespread use of animal manure as fertilizer, threatening both human health and environmental security. A detailed understanding of the degradation of E1 by microorganisms and the associated catabolic mechanism remains a key challenge for the bioremediation of E1-contaminated soil. Here, Microbacterium oxydans ML-6, isolated from estrogen-contaminated soil, was shown to efficiently degrade E1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe key to the efficient removal of pulping wastewater lies in the effective degradation of lignin at high temperature. There is thus an urgent need to seek effective eco-environmental techniques to overcome this environmental limit for lignin degradation. The soil isolate thermophilic Serratia sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this study, accumulated fermentable sugars from biosaccharified corn straw were used to generate methane through anaerobic digestion (AD). The results showed that reducing sugars from biosaccharification expanded corn straw (BECS) treated with Clostridium thermocellum XF811 accumulated with yields of 94.9 mg/g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the cold regions of China, lignin-rich corn straw accumulates at high levels due to low temperatures. The application of psychrotrophic lignin-degrading bacteria should be an effective means of overcoming the low-temperature limit for lignin degradation and promoting the utilization of corn straw. However, this application is limited by the lack of suitable strains for decomposition of lignin; furthermore, the metabolic mechanism of psychrotrophic lignin-degrading bacteria is unclear.
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December 2022
The microbial biofilm adheres to the surface of the carrier, which protects the pollutant-degrading bacteria and resists harsh environments; thus, research on biofilm-forming patterns will help promote the application of biofilms in wastewater treatment. Herein, univariate analysis and response surface methodology (RSM) confirmed that glucose and mannose at 3-5 g/L promoted biofilm formation. Notably, the microplate method demonstrated that compared to trivalent cations, divalent cations could more greatly enhance the activity (especially magnesium) of the biofilm matrix, and the period of biofilm formation in the three strains was divided into the following stages: initial attachment (0-10 h), microcolony (10-24 h), maturation (24-48 h), and dispersion (36-72 h).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLow-temperature biorefineries inhibit the multiplication of undesired microorganisms, improve product purity and reduce economic costs. Herein, to improve the 2,3-butanediol (2,3-BD) bioconversion efficiency from hemicellulose, a psychrotrophic hemicellulose-degrading strain Raoultella terrigena HC6 with high β-xylosidase activity 1520 U/mL was isolated and genetically modified. Xylan (hemicellulose replacement) was depolymerized into xylooligosaccharides (XOS) and xylose by HC6, which were further converted into 2,3-BD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTriclocarban (TCC) is an emerging and intractable environmental contaminant due to its hydrophobicity and chemical stability. However, the antibacterial property of TCC limits its biodegradation, and only the functional enzyme TccA involved in TCC degradation has been characterized to date. In this study, we report a highly efficient TCC-degrading bacterium, Rhodococcus rhodochrous BX2, that could degrade and mineralize TCC (10 mg/L) by 76.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVanillin is a natural flavoring agent that is widely used in the bioengineering industry. To enable sustainable development, joint consideration of bacterial performance and negative environmental impacts are critical to vanillin biosynthesis. In this study, a cold shock protein (csp) gene was upregulated for maintaining stable growth in Arthrobacter sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo investigate the efficiency of psychrotrophic cellulose-degrading fungal strains (PCDFSs) and estrogen-degrading bacteria (EDBs) combined with humic acid (HA) on estrone (E1) and 17-β-estradiol (E2) degradation, five compost groups (T, HA, EDB, PCDFS, and CK) were prepared and composted for 32 days at 11-14°C. The results indicated that inoculation increased the temperature to 62.2°C and promoted E1 degradation to the lowest level of 100.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn recent years, special attention has been devoted to biodemulsifiers as a new type of environment-friendly demulsifiers. A novel biodemulsifying oxalate decarboxylase (OxdC) secreted by Bacillus mojavensis XH1 is reported in the present study. A genome-wide comparison showed that strains with high demulsification efficiencies all possess alkane degradation genes.
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