1. Editorial

   • Ronald L. Crawford

   EditorialNotes 29 July 2010 Pages: 659 - 659

2. On the biosorption, by brown seaweed, Lobophora variegata, of Ni(II) from aqueous solutions: equilibrium and thermodynamic studies

   • Shaik Basha
   • Santlal Jaiswar
   • Bhavanath Jha

   Original Paper 23 March 2010 Pages: 661 - 680

   

3. Removal of diclofenac and mefenamic acid by the white rot fungus Phanerochaete sordida YK-624 and identification of their metabolites after fungal transformation

   • Takayuki Hata
   • Shingo Kawai
   • Tomoaki Nishida

   Original Paper 02 February 2010 Pages: 681 - 689

   

4. Microbial transformation of pentachloronitrobenzene under nitrate reducing conditions

   • Didem Okutman Tas
   • Spyros G. Pavlostathis

   Original Paper 04 February 2010 Pages: 691 - 702

   

5. Biodegradation of the major color containing compounds in distillery wastewater by an aerobic bacterial culture and characterization of their metabolites

   • Ram Naresh Bharagava
   • Ram Chandra

   Original Paper 10 February 2010 Pages: 703 - 711

   

6. Optimization, equilibrium and kinetics studies on sorption of Acid Blue 9 using brown marine algae Turbinaria conoides

   • R. Rajeshkannan
   • M. Rajasimman
   • N. Rajamohan

   Original Paper 11 February 2010 Pages: 713 - 727

   

7. Isolation and characteristics of 17β-estradiol-degrading Bacillus spp. strains from activated sludge

   • Liying Jiang
   • Jun Yang
   • Jianmeng Chen

   Original Paper 05 February 2010 Pages: 729 - 736

   

8. Performance of staged and non-staged up-flow anaerobic sludge bed (USSB and UASB) reactors treating low strength complex wastewater

   • Susana Sevilla-Espinosa
   • Maricela Solórzano-Campo
   • Ricardo Bello-Mendoza

   Original Paper 22 February 2010 Pages: 737 - 751

   

9. Durability of five native Argentine wood species of the genera Prosopis and Acacia decayed by rot fungi and its relationship with extractive content

   • Carolina L. Pometti
   • Sabrina Palanti
   • Beatriz O. Saidman

   Original Paper 27 February 2010 Pages: 753 - 760

   

10. Hydrolysis of benzonitrile herbicides by soil actinobacteria and metabolite toxicity

    • A. B. Veselá
    • M. Franc
    • L. Martínková

    Original Paper 04 March 2010 Pages: 761 - 770

    

11. Sphingobium sp. HV3 degrades both herbicides and polyaromatic hydrocarbons using ortho- and meta-pathways with differential expression shown by RT-PCR

    • Timo P. Sipilä
    • Pave Väisänen
    • Kim Yrjälä

    Original Paper 25 February 2010 Pages: 771 - 784

    

12. Isolation of a methyl parathion-degrading strain Stenotrophomonas sp. SMSP-1 and cloning of the ophc2 gene

    • Yu-jia Shen
    • Pen Lu
    • Shun-peng Li

    Original Paper 24 February 2010 Pages: 785 - 792

    

13. Assessing the correlation between anaerobic toluene degradation activity and bssA concentrations in hydrocarbon-contaminated aquifer material

    • Sufia K. Kazy
    • Amy L. Monier
    • Pedro J. J. Alvarez

    Original Paper 04 March 2010 Pages: 793 - 800

    

14. Reductive degradation of pyrazine-2-carboxylate by a newly isolated Stenotrophomonas sp. HCU1

    • K. S. Rajini
    • Ch. Sasikala
    • Ch. V. Ramana

    Original Paper 10 March 2010 Pages: 801 - 813

    

15. Evaluation of holocellulase production by plant-degrading fungi grown on agro-industrial residues

    • Félix Gonçalves de Siqueira
    • Aline Gonçalves de Siqueira
    • Edivaldo Ximenes Ferreira Filho

    Original Paper 12 March 2010 Pages: 815 - 824

    

16. l-Tryptophan catabolism by Rubrivivax benzoatilyticus JA2 occurs through indole 3-pyruvic acid pathway

    • Ranjith N. Kumavath
    • Ch. V. Ramana
    • Ch. Sasikala

    Original Paper 09 March 2010 Pages: 825 - 832