Publications by authors named "Parag D Kolekar"
Intensive use of atrazine in agriculture to increase crop productivity has resulted in pollution and consequently deteriorated the environment. Three isolated bacteria, Rhodococcus sp. BCH2 (RB), Bacillus sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study explores the potential of Asparagus densiflorus to treat disperse Rubin GFL (RGFL) dye and a real textile effluent in constructed vertical subsurface flow (VSbF) phytoreactor; its field cultivation for soil remediation offers a real green and economic way of environmental management. A. densiflorus decolorized RGFL (40 gm L) up to 91% within 48 h.
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- - Atrazine is a harmful pollutant affecting both the environment and human health, and this study focuses on using a soil bacterium, Rhodococcus sp. BCH2, to biodegrade it effectively.
- - The bacterium can degrade around 75% of atrazine in a week under optimal lab conditions, with the best results seen when using glucose and potassium nitrate as nutrient sources.
- - Advanced analytical techniques revealed the formation of less toxic metabolites during biodegradation, showing that Rhodococcus sp. BCH2 could be a promising eco-friendly solution for cleaning up atrazine contamination.