Olga Turkovskaya

TL;DR: Rye and alfalfa were chosen for a large-scale study to remediate an oil-sludge pit on the grounds of a petroleum refinery, and it was shown that rye accelerated cleanup most effectively, degrading all of the main contaminant fractions in the oil sludge.

TL;DR: These findings extend current knowledge of glyphosate-degrading rhizosphere bacteria and may be useful for developing a biotechnology for the cleanup and restoration of glyphosate -polluted soils.

TL;DR: It is shown that alfalfa stimulated the rhizosphere microflora of PAH-contaminated soil more effectively than did reed, and the degradative potential of its rhizospheric micro Flora toward PAHs was higher than the de gradative activity of the reed rhizposium.

TL;DR: The laccase produced by the white-rot fungus Pleurotus ostreatus D1 (BLPO) under submerged cultivation was purified to homogeneity and its catalytic activity towards several phenolic compounds, including ABTS (2,2′-azino-bis-(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulphonic acid) diammonium salt), syringaldazine (4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxybenzaldehyde azine), 2,6-dimETHoxyphenol and catech

TL;DR: Under hydroponic conditions, crude oil stimulated growth of A. brasilense SR80, which promoted development of the wheat root system in the presence of oil and enhanced the level of oil degradation by the plant-microbial association.