Natural and Technical Phytoremediation of Oil-Contaminated Soil.

Natural and technical phytoremediation approaches were compared for their efficacy in decontaminating oil-polluted soil. We examined 20 oil-contaminated sites of 800 to 12,000 m each, with different contamination types (fresh or aged) and levels (4.2-27.

Effect of remediation techniques on petroleum removal from and on biological activity of a drought-stressed Kastanozem soil.

Many petroleum extraction and refinement plants are located in arid climates. Therefore, the remediation of petroleum-polluted soils is complicated by the low moisture conditions. We ran a 70-day experiment to test the efficacy of various combining of remediation treatments with sorghum, yellow medick, and biochar to remove petroleum from and change the biological activity of Kastanozem, a soil typical of the dry steppes and semideserts of the temperate zone.

Mycolicibacterium sp. strain PAM1, an alfalfa rhizosphere dweller, catabolizes PAHs and promotes partner-plant growth.

This research was focused on the isolation and characterization of a PAH-catabolizing mycobacterial strain from the petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated rhizosphere of alfalfa, as well as on revealing some points of interaction between the microorganism and the plant. Mycolicibacterium sp. PAM1, a pyrene degrader isolated from the niche of interest to us, can catabolize fluoranthene, anthracene, fluorene, and phenanthrene.

Study of plants for phytoremediation of oil-contaminated soil.

Long-term field observations of the natural vegetation cover in industrial and adjacent areas has revealed that the was one of the main plant family representatives of which were noted in oil-contaminated area. In this study against the background of the previously well characterized plant families and , the phytoremediation potential of plants was investigated under the field conditions and described. Among the members of this family, , , , , and were the most common in oil-contaminated areas.

Chronic morphine intoxication reduces binding of HuD to BDNF long 3'-UTR, while morphine withdrawal stimulates BDNF expression in the frontal cortex of male Wistar rats.

Background: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) mediates opiate dependence phenomenon. In the brain of morphine dependent animals BDNF level is controlled transcriptionally, however, post-transcriptional mechanisms of BDNF regulation in this context remain unknown. Regulation of mRNA by binding of specific proteins to the 3'-untranslated region (3'-UTR) is one of such mechanisms.