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Hexamine is considered a common pollutant released from various industries.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Culture based analysis in enriched medium resulted in development of bacterial consortium using environmental isolates.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A consortium, containing six pure bacterial isolates {SRCHD03 &amp;amp; SRCHD04 (\n                      <jats:italic>Brevundimonas diminuta<\/jats:italic>\n                      ), SRCHD05 &amp;amp; SRCHD07 (\n                      <jats:italic>Brucella pseudintermedia<\/jats:italic>\n                      ), SRCHD06 (\n                      <jats:italic>Ochrobactrum sp.<\/jats:italic>\n                      ), and SRCHD02 (\n                      <jats:italic>Micrococcus luteus<\/jats:italic>\n                      )} showed the ability to remove 1.26 g\/kg hexamine associated with 0.87 g\/kg of formaldehyde and 185.26 g\/kg of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) at 96 hours of incubation under immobilized condition after 5.25 Gray of 60Co \u03b3 irradiations, starting from an initial concentration of 50 mg\/L hexamine and 13367 mg\/L COD, hence reporting the first radio tolerant consortium for hexamine removal.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Involvement of\n                      <jats:italic>Brucella pseudintermedia<\/jats:italic>\n                      in hexamine and formaldehyde removal is being reported for the first time. The radio tolerant consortium in biofilm-based system showed enhanced hexamine, formaldehyde and COD removal efficiency compared to its suspended counterpart. This is a potential microbial formulation for the removal of hexamine and formaldehyde from stimulated wastewater.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmicb.2026.1753858","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,10]],"date-time":"2026-02-10T07:23:11Z","timestamp":1770708191000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Bioremediation of hexamine and formaldehyde using a radio-tolerant bacterial consortium for efficient pollutant and COD removal"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"S. K. 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