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Cloning, characterization and analysis of cat and ben genes from the phenol degrading halophilic bacterium Halomonas organivorans. [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Extensive use of phenolic compounds in industry has resulted in the generation of saline wastewaters that produce significant environmental contamination; however, little information is available on the degradation of phenolic compounds in ...
Frias, Luciana, García Gutiérrez, María Teresa, Mellado Durán, María Encarnación, Moreno Amador, María de Lourdes, Piubeli, Francine, Sánchez-Porro Álvarez, Cristina   +5 more
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The natural ways of degradation of pesticides based on 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid [PDF]

, 2016
To increase crop yields by destroying weeds the separate group of pesticides exist, that is called herbicides. Among the herbicides based on chlorphen oxalcanecarboxylic acids products of sodium and ammonium salts, as well as 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic ...
Akhramovich, T. I., Feskova, A., Hmelevskaya, M. S., Ignatovets, O. S., Leontiev, V. N.   +4 more
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Upcycling waste polystyrene to adipic acid through a hybrid chemical and biological process

Nature Communications
Oxidative catalytic depolymerization of polystyrene (PS) can produce benzoic acid, but the annual consumption of benzoic acid is ~40 times lower than PS.
Hyunjin Moon, Jason S. DesVeaux, Elisabeth C. Van Roijen, Christine A. Singer, Hannah M. Alt, Mikhail O. Konev, Clarissa Lincoln, Young-Saeng C. Avina, Nicolette R. Meyer, Stefan J. Haugen, Hyeongeon Lee, Kwangjin An, Joel Miscall, Kelsey J. Ramirez, Christopher W. Johnson, Davinia Salvachúa, Bruno C. Klein, Taylor Uekert, Allison Z. Werner, Shannon S. Stahl, Gregg T. Beckham   +20 more
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Evaluation of Trans, Trans-Muconic Acid in Urine of Exposed Workers to Benzene in a Cokery Plant

پزشکی بالینی ابن سینا, 2006
Introduction & Objective: Benzene is a light yellow liquid with aromatic odor and has effects to human body. The main and dangerous health effect of chronic exposure to benzene in workplace is hematopoetic system disease or blood cancer that itchr('39')s
Mohsen Rahiminejad, Seyyed Ghavam Mirsattari, Abdolrahman Bahrami, Behruz Akbari   +3 more
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Computation-guided transcription factor biosensor specificity engineering for adipic acid detection

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
Transcription factor (TF)-based biosensors that connect small-molecule sensing with readouts such as fluorescence have proven to be useful synthetic biology tools for applications in biotechnology. However, the development of specific TF-based biosensors
Chester Pham, Peter J. Stogios, Alexei Savchenko, Radhakrishnan Mahadevan   +3 more
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Characterization and evaluation of catechol oxygenases by twelve bacteria, isolated from oil contaminated soils in Malaysia [PDF]

Biological Journal of Microorganism, 2017
Introduction: Catechol is a common intermediate compound in aromatic degradation process. Some microorganisms have this potentiality to degrade aromatic hydrocarbons by catechol dioxygenases to less toxic compounds with ability of entering the ...
Arezoo Tavakoli, Ainon Hamzah
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Improvement in oxygen delignification of oil palm empty fruit bunches (EFB) soda-aq pulp and use of experimental design for process optimization. [PDF]

, 2011
Delignifikasi bagi pulpa soda-AQ tandan kosong kelapa sawit (Elaeis guineensis) dengan oksigen dihadkan pada 38% demi mengelakkan degradasi selulosa yang serius.
Ng, Soo Huey
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Biocatalysis. Biological systems for the production of chemicals [PDF]

, 2017
Biocatalysis harnesses the catalytic potential of enzymes to produce building blocks and end-products for the pharmaceutical and chemical industry. Located at the interface between fermentation processes and petrol-based chemistry, biotransformation ...
Held, M., Schmid, A., van Beilen, J. B., Witholt, B.   +3 more
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Recent Advances in Food Waste Transformations into Essential Bioplastic Materials

Molecules
Lignocellulose is a major biopolymer in plant biomass with a complex structure and composition. It consists of a significant amount of high molecular aromatic compounds, particularly vanillin, syringeal, ferulic acid, and muconic acid, that could be ...
Abdulmoseen Segun Giwa, Ehtisham Shafique, Nasir Ali, Mohammadtaghi Vakili   +3 more
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Cis,cis-muconic acid production from lignin related molecules byAcinetobacter baylyi ADP1

Microbial Cell Factories
Background Cis,cis-muconic acid (ccMA), an important platform chemical, can be produced from lignin related molecules (LRM) via a specific two-branch catabolic route known as the β-ketoadipate pathway, which is present in certain soil bacteria.
Changshuo Liu, Vilja Juvonen, Ella Meriläinen, Elena Efimova, Jin Luo, Milla Salmela, Suvi Santala, Ville Santala   +7 more
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