A novel biodemulsifier of Bacillus mojavensis XH1 - Oxalate decarboxylase with the potential for demulsification of oilfield emulsion.

In 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.

Toxicity of TiO₂ nanoparticle to denitrifying strain CFY1 and the impact on microbial community structures in activated sludge.

The antibacterial activity of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs) is well described, but little is known of their impact on specific microbial functions such as denitrification, nor on microbial community structure. In this study, a denitrifier (named as Pseudomonas stutzeri CFY1), which was isolated from the activated sludge and could remove up to 111.68 mg/L of NO3(-)-N under aerobic conditions, was utilized to evaluate the influences of TiO2 NPs on its nitrogen removal ability and associated gene expression under aerobic conditions.