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Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology
in the frame of the Knowledge-Based Bio and Green Economy
Bologna, April 10-12, 2012


Sub-session 1.1. Bacterial biodegradation of organics and inorganics


Bacteria with an unusual appetite for the Fuel Oxygenate Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE)
Keynote lecture

Max M. Haggblom
Abstract
S1
   
Oral Presentations
   
Biodegradation of sodium laureth sulfate by facultative anaerobic bacteria
Ana Maria da Silva Paulo, Caroline M. Plugge, Pedro A. García-Encina,
Alfons J.M.Stams

Abstract
S1
   
Acclimation of a complex microbial community to degrade a combination of
organochlorine herbicides in a biofilm reactor

I. Nava-Arena, O.A. Ramos-Monro, N. Ruiz-Ordaz, C.J. Galindez-Mayer,
L. Rocha-Martínez, C. Juarez-Ramírez, H.M. Poggi-Varaldo

Abstract
S2
   
Induction mechanism of biphenyl/PCB‐degradation pathway in a Rhodococcus degrader
M. Fukuda, J. Shimodaira, K. Miyauchi, H. Takeda, D. Kasai, E. Masai
Abstract
S3
   
Kinetics of reductive dechlorination of chlorinated ethenes: dynamics,
abundance and activity of dechlorinating populations

B. Matturro, M. Majone, F. Aulenta, V. Tandoi, S. Rossetti
Abstract
S3
   
Synergistic action of azoreductase and laccase leads to maximal decolourization and
detoxification of model dye-containing wastewaters

Sonia Mendes, Ana Farinha, Christian G. Ramos, Jorge H. Leitao, Cristina A. Viegas,
Lígia O. Martins

Abstract
S4
   
Evolutionary insights into nickel tolerance in bacteria. Where do nre genes come from?
F. Pini, M. Migliore, A. Florio, A. Benedetti, M. Galardini, G. Spini,
M. Bazzicalupo, A. Mengoni

Abstract
S4
   
Metabolism of sulfonated aromatic compounds in Novosphingobium subarcticum sa1
Strain

G. Rakhely, B. Hegedus, M. Magony, K. Laczi, A. Toth, G. Maroti,
F.K. Medzihradszky, K.L. Kovacs, K. Perei

Abstract
S5
   
Ability of alkalophilic cyanobacterial strains to degrade phosphonate xenobiotics
Hanna Studnik, Giuseppe Forlani, Paweł Kafarski, Jacek Lipok
Abstract
S5
   
Sediment-free consortia anaerobically dechlorinating Aroclor 1260
Vlasta Dudkova, Katerina Demnerova
Abstract
S6
   
Posters
   
Evolution of bacterial community in isopropanol-degrading
biotrickling filters by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH)

M.C. Perez, F.J. Alvarez-Hornos, P. San-Valero, C. Gabaldon
Abstract
S6
   
Degradation of sulfamethoxazole by pure strains isolated from
an acclimated membrane bioreactor

Boris A. Kolvenbach, Benjamin Ricken, Hélène Bouju, Philippe F.X. Corvini
Abstract
S7
   
Anaerobic treatment of mezcal vinasses in fluidized bed bioreactors
V. Robles-Gonzalez, J. Galíndez-Mayer, N. Ruiz-Ordaz, E. Lopez-Lopez,
F. Martínez-Jeronimo, A. Ortega-Clemente, N. Rinderknecht-Seijas,
Hector M. Poggi-Varaldo

Abstract
S7
   
Carboxylation is the initial enzyme reaction in the anaerobic degradation
of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon naphthalene

H. Mouttaki, R.U. Meckenstock
Abstract
S8
   
Regulation of styrene catabolism in Pseudomonas fluorescens ST:
functional characterization of the StyS sensor kinase

Francesco Massai, Giordano Rampioni, Paolo Ascenzi, Livia Leoni,
Elisabetta Zennaro

Abstract
S8
   
Investigation of nanoparticles as potential activators for the optimization
of PAH biodegradation

T. Masy, W. Wannoussa, S. Hiligsmann, P. Thonart
Abstract
S9
   
Bioaugmentation potential of Novosphingobium sp. PP1Y in natural
and artificial soils contaminated by PAHs and heavy metals

V. Cafaro, E. Notomista, V. Izzo, L.Troncone, G.Donadio, P. Tedesco, A. Di Donato
Abstract
S9
   
An extensive analysis of the hydrocarbon degrading abilities of bacteria
belonging to the species Acinetobacter venetianus

R. Fani, M. Fondi, I. Maida, E. Perrin, M.C. Papaleo, G. Emiliani, M. Galardini,
K. Mara, F. Decorosi, C. Viti, L. Giovannetti, F. Baldi, A. Mengoni, V. Orlandini

Abstract
S10
   
Biodegradation of ETBE and BTEX by a bacterial consortium
V. Gunasekaran, L. Stam, M. Constantí
Abstract
S10
   
Microcoms study of anaerobic bioconversion of hexachlorocyclohexane
in heavily contaminated soils

Roberta Verdini, Carmela Riccardi, Lucia Pierro, Marco Petrangeli Papini,
Mauro Majone

Abstract
S11
   
Characterization of n-hexadecane-degrading biosurfactant-producing
Acinetobacter spp. isolated from petroleum hydrocarbon polluted soil

P. Aguila, S. Fuentes, C. Bravo, H. Palma, M. Seeger
Abstract
S11
   
Isolation and characterization of biosurfactant-producing bacteria
A.L. Olivas Tarango, G.V. Nevárez Moorillón, M.L. Ballinas Casarrubias,
B.E. Rivera Chavira, E. Orrantia Borunda

Abstract
S12
   
Utilization of chitinous substances for the optimized bioproduction of antifungal
chitinase by Paenibacillus tylopili

Maria Swiontek Brzezinska, Urszula Jankiewicz
Abstract
S12
   
Electricity production and nitrogen removal from digestate by microbial fuel cells
E.G. Di Domenico, G. Petroni, D. Mancini, L. Di Palma, A. Geri, F. Ascenzioni
Abstract
S13
   
Application of an electro‐biochemical slurry reactor for the treatment
of a soil contaminated with lindane

B. Camacho-Pérez, A.L. Vazquez-Larios, E. Ríos-Leal, J. Garcia-Mena,
O. Solorza-Feria, N. Rinderknecht-Seijas, H.M. Poggi-Varaldo

Abstract
S13
   
Remediation of oils spill impacted soil by bioaugmentation with free living
nitrogen fixing bacteria

Josefina Pérez Vargas, Sergio Vigueras Carmona, Noemí Araceli Rivera Casado,
Graciano Calva Calva

Abstract
S14
   
Application of nitrifying bacteria as an indirect approach to reduce stress
of transported zebrafish

Anusha K. S. Dhanasiri, Jorge M.O. Fernandes, Viswanath Kiron
Abstract
S14
   
Effect of redox mediators and various media on the decolourisation of the azo dye
Methyl Red and its biodegradation by Providencia rettgeri strain ODO

Olukanni Olumide David, Adekola Adejoke Adebimpe,
Sunmola Damilola Banke, Osunmuyiwa Olufolabi

Abstract
S15
   
Bioremediation of aquifers polluted by chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons: selection
and characterization of an indigenous microbial consortium for a packed bed
reactor on-site process

G. Bucchi, R. Ciavarelli, F. Doria, R. Salviulo, G. Zanaroli, S. Fraraccio,
D. Frascari, D. Pinelli, F. Fava

Abstract
S15
   
Bioslurry treatment of a clayish soil polluted with lindane by sequential
methanogenic‐sulfate reducing bioreactors

B. Camacho-Pérez, E. Ríos-Leal, P. A. Vazquez-Landaverde, J. Garcia-Mena,
J. Barrera-Cortés, F. Fava, N. Rinderknecht-Seijas, Héctor M. Poggi-Varaldo

Abstract
S16
   
Predictive evaluation of bioremediation potential of chlorinated solvents
contaminated sites

B. Matturro, S. Rossetti
Abstract
S16
   
Metabolisation of chlorobenzoic acids by plant‐bacteria associations
Blanka Vrchotova, Martina Mackova, Tomas Macek
Abstract
S17
   
Uranium reduction by bacteria
M. Baiget, M. Constantí, F. Medina, M.T. Lopez
Abstract
S17
   
Isolation, selection and improvement of a Methylobacterium spp. strain for the
bioremediation of anthropogenic organic compounds

V. Ventorino, F. Sannino, A. Piccolo, O. Pepe
Abstract
S17
   
Bioremediation with probiotics in shrimp farming
E. Mayer, E.M. Gössl, G.A. Santos, M. Mohnl
Abstract
S18
   
Comparative growth studies of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus
P2 on sulfur compounds found in fossil fuels

Gokhan Gun, Yuda Yurum, Gizem Dinler
Abstract
S18
   
Bioremediation of harbour sediments contaminated with organic compounds:
microbial response and biodegradation efficiency

L. Rocchetti, F. Beolchini, P. Renzi, M. Gabellini, A. Dell’Anno
Abstract
S19
   
Utilization of a respirometric technique for the aerobic treatment of industrial
wastewater

I. Colussi, A. Cortesi, V. Gallo, R. Vitanza
Abstract
S19
   
Metabolic and protein-protein interactions of sulfanilic acid catabolism in
Novosphingobium subarcticum SA1

B. Hegedus, K. Perei, M. Magony, K. Laczi, A. Toth, K.L. Kovacs, G. Rakhely
Abstract
S20
   
Bacterial biosynthesis of selenium nanoparticles by environmental isolates of
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Silvia Lampis, Emanuele Zonaro, Chiara Santi, Anita Ferrari, Giovanni Vallini
Abstract
S20