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March 2012 Vol.11 No. 3 Supplement ISSN 1843-3707

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Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology
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Bologna, April 10‐12, 2012

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Environmental Engineering and Management Journal March 2012, Vol.11, No. 3, Supplement, S1-S170
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CONTENTS

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

Session 1
ADVANCES IN BIODEGRADATION OF ORGANICS AND INORGANICS,
PHYTOREMEDIATION AND MYCOREMEDIATION

Bacteria with an unusual appetite for the Fuel Oxygenate Methyl Tert-Butyl
Ether (MTBE)
Keynote lecture
Max M. Haggblom………………………………………………………………………………… S1

Sub-session 1.1.
Bacterial biodegradation of organics and inorganics

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 .................................................................................................................... S2

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. Juárez-Ramírez, H.M. Poggi-Varaldo ……………............................ S2

Induction mechanism of biphenyl/PCB‐degradation pathway in a Rhodococcus degrader
M. Fukuda, J. Shimodaira, K. Miyauchi, H. Takeda, D. Kasai, E. Masai ………………….. 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 ................................................. S3
Synergistic action of azoreductase and laccase leads to maximal decolourization and
detoxification of model dye‐containing wastewaters
Sónia Mendes, Ana Farinha, Christian G. Ramos, Jorge H. Leitão, Cristina A. Viegas,
Lígia O. Martins…………………………………………………………………………………… 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 .................................................................................................. S4

Metabolism of sulfonated aromatic compounds in Novosphingobium subarcticum sa1
Strain
G. Rákhely, B. Hegedűs, M. Magony, K. Laczi, A. Tóth, G. Maróti,
F.K. Medzihradszky, K.L. Kovács, K. Perei .......................................................................... S5

Ability of alkalophilic cyanobacterial strains to degrade phosphonate xenobiotics
Hanna Studnik, Giuseppe Forlani, Paweł Kafarski, Jacek Lipok ........................................ S5

Sediment‐free consortia anaerobically dechlorinating Aroclor 1260
Vlasta Dudková, Kateřina Demnerová ................................................................................. S6

Posters

Evolution of bacterial community in isopropanol-degrading
biotrickling filters by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH)
M.C. Pérez, F.J. Álvarez-Hornos, P. San-Valero, C. Gabaldón............................................ S6

Degradation of sulfamethoxazole by pure strains isolated from
an acclimated membrane bioreactor
Boris A. Kolvenbach, Benjamin Ricken, Hélène Bouju, Philippe F.X. Corvini..................... S7

Anaerobic treatment of mezcal vinasses in fluidized bed bioreactors
V. Robles-González, J. Galíndez-Mayer, N. Ruiz-Ordaz, E. López-López,
F. Martínez-Jerónimo, A. Ortega-Clemente, N. Rinderknecht-Seijas,
Héctor M. Poggi-Varaldo ...................................................................................................... S7

Carboxylation is the initial enzyme reaction in the anaerobic degradation
of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon naphthalene
H. Mouttaki, R.U. Meckenstock ............................................................................................. 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.................................................................................................................. S8

Investigation of nanoparticles as potential activators for the optimization
of PAH biodegradation
T. Masy, W. Wannoussa, S. Hiligsmann, P. Thonart……………………………………………. 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......... 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.............. S10