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Anaerobic degradation of naphthalene by the mixed bacteria under nitrate reducing conditions.

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The results showed that the mixed bacteria could degrade nearly all the naphthalene over the incubations of 25 days when the initial naphthaene concentration was below 30 mg/L, and the degradation rates of nphthalene increased with increasing initial concentrations.
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This article is published in Journal of Hazardous Materials.The article was published on 2009-06-15. It has received 63 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Naphthalene & Nitrite.

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Bacteria-mediated PAH degradation in soil and sediment.

TL;DR: This review aims to discuss PAH degradation under various redox potential conditions, the factors affecting the biodegradation rates, degrading bacteria, the relevant genes in molecular monitoring methods, and some recent-year bioremediation field studies.
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Vertical distribution and anaerobic biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in mangrove sediments in Hong Kong, South China.

TL;DR: The biodegradation experiment proved that the sediment collected at a depth of 10-15 cm harbored anaerobic PAH-degrading bacterial strains with some intrinsic potential to degrade mixed PAHs consisting of fluorene, phenanthrene, fluoranthene and pyrene under low oxygen and non-oxygen conditions.
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A crucial review on polycyclic aromatic Hydrocarbons - Environmental occurrence and strategies for microbial degradation.

TL;DR: In this article, the degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) has been extensively studied in various ecosystems including air, soil, marine water and sediments.
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Responses of Aromatic-Degrading Microbial Communities to Elevated Nitrate in Sediments

TL;DR: The genes involved in the degradation of several kinds of aromatic compounds were significantly enriched after nitrate injection, especially those encoding enzymes for central catabolic pathways of aromatic compound degradation, and most of the enriched genes were derived from nitrate-reducing microorganisms, possibly accelerating bioremediation of aromatic-contaminated sediments.
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Anaerobic Microbial Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: A Comprehensive Review.

TL;DR: This review is intended to provide comprehensive details on microbial degradation of PAHs under various reducing conditions, to describe the degradation mechanisms, and to identify the areas that should receive due attention in further investigations.
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Biodegradation of Three- and Four-Ring Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons under Aerobic and Denitrifying Conditions

TL;DR: Evidence for the biodegradation of three- and four-ringed PAHs (anthracene, phenanthrene, and pyrene) under strict anaerobic, denitrifying conditions is presented.
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Identical ring cleavage products during anaerobic degradation of naphthalene, 2-methylnaphthalene, and tetralin indicate a new metabolic pathway.

TL;DR: The series of identified metabolites suggests that anaerobic degradation of naphthalenes proceeds via reduction of the aromatic ring system of 2-naphthoic acid to initiate ring cleavage in analogy to the benzoyl-coenzyme A pathway for monoaromatic hydrocarbons.
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Isolation of Soil Bacteria Adapted To Degrade Humic Acid-Sorbed Phenanthrene

TL;DR: This is the first report of a selective interaction between aerobic bacteria and humic acid molecules and differential bioavailability to bacteria of PAHs sorbed to a natural biogeopolymer.
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Methylation is the initial reaction in anaerobic naphthalene degradation by a sulfate-reducing enrichment culture

TL;DR: The methylation is proposed as a novel general mechanism of activation reactions in anaerobic degradation of unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbons in naphthalene-grown cells with similar activities.
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