Journal: Molecules

Article Title: Assessment of Biodegradation Efficiency of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) in Soil Using Three Individual Bacterial Strains and Their Mixed Culture

doi: 10.3390/molecules25030709

Figure Lengend Snippet: Residual PCB congeners content in sterile Soil A contaminated with PCBs inoculated by Mycolicibacterium frederiksbergense IN53, Rhodococcus erythropolis IN129, Rhodococcus sp. IN306 and mixed culture M1 after a 30-day biodegradation process, (repetition number n = 8–10, p < 0.05). Control-non-inoculated Soil A.

Article Snippet: The identification and quantitative analyses of 18 PCB congeners (PCB28 (2,4,4′-), PCB52 (2,2′,5,5′-), PCB77 (3,3′,4,4′-), PCB81 (3,4,4′,5-), PCB101 (2,2′,4,5,5′-), PCB105 (2,3,3′,4,4′-), PCB114 (2,3,4,4′,5-), PCB118 (2,3′,4,4′,5-), PCB123 (2,3′,4,4′,5′-), PCB126 (3,3′,4,4′,5-), PCB138 (2,2′,3,4,4′,5′-), PCB 153 (2,2′,4,4′,5,5′-), PCB156 (2,3,3′,4,4′,5-), PCB157 (2,3,3′,4,4′,5-), PCB167 (2,3′,4,4′,5,5′-), PCB169 (3,3′,4,4′,5,5′-), PCB180 (2,2′,3,4,4′,5,5′-), and PCB189 (2,3,3′,4,4′,5,5′-) were carried out using a certified reference material namely: PCB congeners in the SQC068-50g soil (Sigma-Aldrich, USA).

Techniques: Sterility, Control

Journal: Molecules

Article Title: Assessment of Biodegradation Efficiency of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) in Soil Using Three Individual Bacterial Strains and Their Mixed Culture

doi: 10.3390/molecules25030709

Figure Lengend Snippet: Residual content of ( a ) PCB congeners and ( b ) n-alkanes in non-sterile soil contaminated with both PCBs and petroleum hydrocarbons (Soil D) after 2 (Soil D2), 4 (Soils D4) and 6 (Soil D6) months of inoculation with mixed culture M1 (ex-situ prism method), (repetition number n = 7–10, p < 0.05). Control non-inoculated Soil D.

Article Snippet: The identification and quantitative analyses of 18 PCB congeners (PCB28 (2,4,4′-), PCB52 (2,2′,5,5′-), PCB77 (3,3′,4,4′-), PCB81 (3,4,4′,5-), PCB101 (2,2′,4,5,5′-), PCB105 (2,3,3′,4,4′-), PCB114 (2,3,4,4′,5-), PCB118 (2,3′,4,4′,5-), PCB123 (2,3′,4,4′,5′-), PCB126 (3,3′,4,4′,5-), PCB138 (2,2′,3,4,4′,5′-), PCB 153 (2,2′,4,4′,5,5′-), PCB156 (2,3,3′,4,4′,5-), PCB157 (2,3,3′,4,4′,5-), PCB167 (2,3′,4,4′,5,5′-), PCB169 (3,3′,4,4′,5,5′-), PCB180 (2,2′,3,4,4′,5,5′-), and PCB189 (2,3,3′,4,4′,5,5′-) were carried out using a certified reference material namely: PCB congeners in the SQC068-50g soil (Sigma-Aldrich, USA).

Techniques: Sterility, Ex Situ, Control

Journal: Environmental Science & Technology

Article Title: Contaminant-Associated Disruption of the Skin Transcriptome in the Endangered St. Lawrence Estuary Beluga

doi: 10.1021/acs.est.4c08272

Figure Lengend Snippet: Geomean and Standard Deviation of Blubber Lipid Content (%) and Concentrations (ng/g lw) of Σ 31 PCB, Σ 29 PBDE, Four HFRs (i.e., ΣDP, Dec-604 CB, HBB, and PBEB), and the Sum of Organohalogens Determined in Adult Male Beluga from the Eastern Beaufort Sea and the St. Lawrence Estuary a

Article Snippet: For SLE beluga, extracted blubber fractions generated for PBDE/HFR analyses were reanalyzed for 41 PCB congeners by AGAT Laboratories (Montreal, QC, Canada) as described in Simond et al.

Techniques: Standard Deviation