Correction to: Groundwater geochemical facie: implications of rock-water interaction at the Chamba city (HP), northwest Himalaya,India

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The correct presentation of Eq. 10 is shown in this paper.     

Pillared interlayered clays: sustainable materials for pollution abatement

Environmental Chemistry Letters - Pillared interlayered clays have interesting properties such as high surface area, pore volume and extended pore size, high thermal stability, strong surface...     

Synthesis of graphitic carbon nitride/cadmium sulfide core-shell nanofibers for enhanced photocatalysis

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The synthesis of graphitic carbon nitride/cadmium sulfide core-shell nanofibers has been studied for the improved photodegradation of methylene blue...     

Comparative photocatalytic dye and drug degradation study using efficient visible light–induced silver phosphate nanoparticles

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The industrialization, growing population, and human activities (e.g., liquid waste of households, industrial units, and agricultural lands) are the...     

Characterization of fluoride-tolerant halophilic Bacillus flexus NM25 (HQ875778) isolated from fluoride-affected soil in Birbhum District, West Bengal, India

A new Gram-positive, nonpigmented, rod-shaped fluoride-tolerant bacterial strain, NM25, was isolated from waterlogged muddy field soil collected from the fluoride endemic area of Rampurhat II block (average fluoride in water, 4.7 mg/l, and in soil, 1.5 mg/kg) in Birbhum District, West Bengal, India. The study was undertaken to characterize the fluoride-tolerant bacterial isolate, to determine its role in bioaccumulation of fluoride, and to analyze the water and soil quality of the bacterial environment. The isolate was positive for catalase, lipase, urease, protease, oxidase, and H₂S production, but negative for indole production, nitrate reduction, and Vogues–Proskauer test. The organisms were sensitive to recommended doses of ofloxacin, kanamycin, rifampicin, levofloxacin, vancomycin, gatifloxacin, gentamicin, doxycycline, streptomycin, and nalidixic acid but resistant to ampicillin. Based on the phenotypic characteristics, 16S rRNA gene sequence, and phylogenetic analysis, the bacterial isolate NM25 was identified as Bacillus flexus. The G+C content of the 16S rDNA was 53.14 mol%. This strain tolerated up to 20 % (w/v) NaCl in nutrient agar medium and was grown at the pH range 4–12. It reduced fluoride concentration up to 67.45 % and tolerated more than 1,500 ppm of fluoride in brain–heart infusion agar medium.