Bioremediation of heavy metal-polluted environments by non-living cells from rhizobial isolates.

Rhizosphere bacteria, for example, rhizobia, can play several roles, and one of the most important, the protection of plant roots against toxic conditions and other environmental stresses. In this work, the action of Cu and Cr on cell growth and EPS production of four strains of rhizobia, Rhizobium tropici (LBMP-C01), Ensifer sp. (LBMP-C02 and LBMP-C03), and Rhizobium sp.

Bagasse minority pathway expression: Real time study of GH2 β-mannosidases from bacteroidetes.

After being isolated from a sugarcane pile, the bacterium Chitinophaga sp. CB10 demonstrated to be a rich source of carbohydrases, with 350 predicted CAZyme domains. CB10 was able to grow on carbohydrates of different structural complexities: glucose, carboxymethylcellulose, corn starch, galactomannan, Aloe vera gum and sugarcane bagasse.