Publications

Use of specific gene analysis to assess the effectiveness of surfactant-enhanced trichloroethylene cometabolism.	The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of in situ bioremediation of trichloroethylene (TCE)-contaminated groundwater using specific gene analyses under the following conditions: (1) pretreatment with biodegradable surfactants [Simple Green™ (SG) and soya lecithin (SL)] to enhance TCE desorption and dissolution, and (2) supplementation with SG, SL, and cane molasses as primary substrates to enhance the aerobic cometabolism of TCE. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), denaturing ...	2011	22071259
establishment of an alternative phosphoketolase-dependent pathway for fructose catabolism in ralstonia eutropha h16.	the β-proteobacterium ralstonia eutropha h16 utilizes fructose and gluconate as carbon sources for heterotrophic growth exclusively via the entner-doudoroff pathway with its key enzyme 2-keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate (kdpg) aldolase. by deletion of the responsible gene eda, we constructed a kdpg aldolase-negative strain, which is disabled to supply pyruvate for energy metabolism from fructose or gluconate as sole carbon sources. to restore growth on fructose, an alternative pathway, similar to ...	2011	21519932
characterization of a microbial consortium capable of degrading lignocellulose.	a microbial consortium, designated wcs-6, was established by successive subcultivation in the presence of rice straw under static conditions. the degradation efficiencies of wsc-6 for 0.5g filter paper, cotton and rice straw after 3days of cultivation were 99.0-¦0.7%, 76.9-¦1.5% and 81.3-¦0.8%, respectively as determined by gravimetrical methods. nine bacterial isolates were obtained from wcs-6 plated under aerobic conditions, and sequencing of their 16s rdna indicated that these bacteria were r ...	2011	21831630