Crude oil-derived hydrocarbons constitute the largest group of environmental pollutants
worldwide. The number of reports concerning their toxicity and emphasizing the ultimate …

Antibiotics have always been considered one of the wonder discoveries of the 20th century.
This is true, but the real wonder is the rise of antibiotic resistance in hospitals, communities …

Due to human activities to a greater extent and natural processes to some extent, a large
number of organic chemical substances such as petroleum hydrocarbons, halogenated and …

Much of contemporary synthetic biology research relies on the use of bacterial chassis for
plugging-in and plugging-out genetic circuits and new-to-nature functionalities. However …

Metabolically versatile free-living bacteria have global regulation systems that allow cells to
selectively assimilate a preferred compound among a mixture of several potential carbon …

Aromatic compounds belong to one of the most widely distributed classes of organic
compounds in nature, and a significant number of xenobiotics belong to this family of …

Microorganisms exist in the environment as multicellular communities that face the
challenge of surviving under nutrient-limited conditions. Chemical communication is an …

Asaresultofhumanactivities, currentlyalargenumberofpollutantsandwast… to the
environment. Worldwide, more than one billion pounds of toxins are released into the airand …

Rhizoremediation is a bioremediation technique whereby enhanced microbial degradation
of organic contaminants occurs within the plant root zone (rhizosphere). It is considered an …

Burkholderia phytofirmans PsJN is a naturally occurring plant-associated bacterial
endophyte that effectively colonizes a wide range of plants and stimulates their growth and …