PMID- 30546039
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20191021
LR  - 20200309
IS  - 2045-2322 (Electronic)
IS  - 2045-2322 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 1
DP  - 2018 Dec 13
TI  - Augmentation of Atrazine biodegradation by two Bacilli immobilized on alpha-Fe(2)O(3) 
      magnetic nanoparticles.
PG  - 17831
LID - 10.1038/s41598-018-36296-1 [doi]
LID - 17831
AB  - In this study, a novel immobilizing carrier with alpha-Fe(2)O(3) magnetic 
      nanoparticles was developed and used for immobilization of atrazine-degrading 
      bacterial isolates of Bacillus spp. Since the free cells of microorganisms 
      generally not succeed to degrade pollutants; thus, extra treatments are alluring 
      to make strides biodegradation. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images 
      appeared that after immobilization the bacterial cells were totally retained and 
      entirely distributed on the surface of alpha-Fe(2)O(3) magnetic nanoparticles(.) The 
      performance of alpha-Fe(2)O(3) immobilized cells in atrazine (ATZ) degradation was 
      compared with the free cells, which was about 90.56% in 20 days. Experimental 
      results exhibited that ATZ could be degraded at a broad range of physicochemical 
      parameters viz. pH (4.0 to 9.0), temperature (20 to 45  degrees C), ATZ concentration (50 
      to 300 mg L(-1)) and agitation speed (50 to 300 rpm), which underlines that 
      alpha-Fe(2)O(3) immobilized cells could tolerate a higher range of ATZ concentration 
      as compared to free cells. This research demonstrated that alpha-Fe(2)O(3) could be 
      applied as a potential carrier in cell immobilization and biodegradation of ATZ 
      herbicide with greater efficiency.
FAU - Khatoon, Hina
AU  - Khatoon H
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6680-3939
AD  - Department of Environmental Science, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and 
      Technology, Pantnagar (U.S. Nagar), Uttarakhand, India. hinakhatoon29@gmail.com.
FAU - Rai, J P N
AU  - Rai JPN
AD  - Department of Environmental Science, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and 
      Technology, Pantnagar (U.S. Nagar), Uttarakhand, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20181213
PL  - England
TA  - Sci Rep
JT  - Scientific reports
JID - 101563288
RN  - 0 (Magnetite Nanoparticles)
RN  - QJA9M5H4IM (Atrazine)
SB  - IM
MH  - Atrazine/*metabolism
MH  - Bacillus/cytology/*metabolism
MH  - Biodegradation, Environmental
MH  - Cells, Immobilized/cytology/*metabolism
MH  - Magnetite Nanoparticles/*chemistry
PMC - PMC6292855
COIS- The authors declare no competing interests.
EDAT- 2018/12/14 06:00
MHDA- 2019/10/23 06:00
PMCR- 2018/12/13
CRDT- 2018/12/15 06:00
PHST- 2018/08/31 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2018/11/14 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/12/15 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/12/14 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/10/23 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2018/12/13 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1038/s41598-018-36296-1 [pii]
AID - 36296 [pii]
AID - 10.1038/s41598-018-36296-1 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Sci Rep. 2018 Dec 13;8(1):17831. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-36296-1.