| anaerobic biodegradation of pentachlorophenol in a fixed-film reactor inoculated with polluted sediment from santos-são vicente estuary, brazil. | this paper discusses the results of pentachlorophenol (pcp) anaerobic biodegradation in a horizontal-flow anaerobic immobilized biomass (haib) reactor operated under methanogenic and halophylic conditions. the system was inoculated with autochthonous microorganisms taken from a site in the santos-são vicente estuary (state of são paulo, brazil) severely contaminated with pcp, phenolic compounds, polychlorinated biphenyls, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and heavy metals. the inoculum was previ ... | 2007 | 17256116 |
| occurrence of methanogenic archaea in highly polluted sediments of tropical santos-são vicente estuary (são paulo, brazil). | little is known about the ability of methanogens to grow and produce methane in estuarine environments. in this study, traditional methods for cultivating strictly anaerobic microorganisms were combined with fluorescence in situ hybridization (fish) technique to enrich and identify methanogenic archaea cultures occurring in highly polluted sediments of tropical santos-são vicente estuary (são paulo, brazil). sediment samples were enriched at 30 degrees c under strict anaerobic and halophilic con ... | 2010 | 19777304 |