Biotecnología Ambiental

Biorremediación de suelos y agua contaminadas con hidrocarburos, askareles, plaguicidas y metales pesados.

Utilización de residuos agrícolas y agroindustriales en ambiental.

Producción de biosurfactantes y enzimas (lacasas y peroxidasas) para su uso en biorremediación de suelos y aguas contaminadas.

• Roldán-Carrillo T., Rodríguez-Vázquez R., Díaz-Cervantes D., Vázquez-Torres H., Manzur-Guzmán V. Torres-Domínguez A. 2003. Starch-Based plastic polymer degradation by the white rot fungus P. chrysosporium grown on sugarcane bagasse pith: Enzyme production. Bioresource Technology. 86: 1-5.
   
• Rojas-Avelizapa, N.G., Rodríguez-Vázquez R., Martínez-Cruz J., Zermeño Equia Liz J.. 2003. Levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in mexican soils and their biodegradation by bioaugmentation Bulletin of Toxicology and Contamination. 70: 63-70.
   
• Amézcua-Allieri M., Meléndez-Estrada J., Rodríguez-Vázquez R., Lead J. Phenanthrene removal in a selected mexican soil by the fungus Penicillium frequentans: Role of a C:N ratio and water content. 2003. Soil and Sediment Contamination. Soil and Sediment Contamination. 2003. 12(3) 387-399.
   
• Chávez-Gómez B., Quintero R., Poggi-Varaldo H. M., Esparza-García F., Barrera Cortés J., Mesta-Howard A., Rodríguez-Vázquez R. 2003. Removal of phenanthrene from soil by bacterial co-cultures and an inoculum of fungi pregrown on sugarcane bagasse pith. Bioresource Technology. 89: 177-183.
   
• Pérez-Armendáriz Beatriz, Loera O, Fernández-Linares L., Rodríguez-Vázquez R. 2004. Biostimulation of microorganisms of sugarcane bagasse pith for hydrocarbon removal from a tropical weathered soil. Lett. Appl. Microbiol.. 38, 373-377.
   
• Arce-Ortega J. Manuel, Rojas-Avelizapa N.G., Rodríguez-Vázquez R. 2004. Identification of recalcitrant hydrocarbons present in a drilling waste-Polluted soil. J. Environ. Science and Health-Part A, Toxic /Hazardous substances & Environmental Engineering. Vol. A39, (6), 1535-1545.
   
• Amézcua-Vega, Ferrera-Cerrato R. Esparza García F., Rios-Leal E., Rodríguez-Vázquez R., 2004. Effect of combined nutrients on biosurfactants produced by Pseudomonas putida. Env. Sci. And Health Part A., 39(11) 1-9.
   
• Molina Barahona L., Rodríguez-Vázquez R., Hernández-Velazco M., Vega-Jarquín, Zapata-Pérez O., Mendoza-Cantú A., Albores A., 2004. Diesel removal from contaminated soils by bioestimulation and supplementation with crop residues. Applied Soil Ecology. 27, 165-175.
   
• Ruiz_Aguilar G.M.L., Ríos-Leal E., Tomasini-Campocosio, A., Veloz-Rodríguez R., Barajas-Aceves M., Rodríguez-Vázquez R. 2004. Effect of culture parameters on the degradation of a hydrolyzable tannin extracted from cascalote by Aspergillus niger. Bull. Env. Contamin. Toxicol., 73,45-52.
   
• Dzul-Puc J.D., Esparza-García F., Barajas-Aceves M., Rodríguez Vázquez R. 2005. Benzo[a]pyrene removal from soil by Phanerochaete chrysosporium: grown on sugarcane bagasse and sawdust pine. Chemosphere, 58(1), 1-7