Bioremediation involves the exposure of a whole mixture of chemical structures to an
intricate multispecies metabolic network present in a polluted scenario. The complexity …

Microbial metabolism is responsible for the removal of persistent organic pollutants
including PCBs from the environment. Anaerobic dehalogenation of highly chlorinated …

Burkholderia strains are promising candidates for biotechnological applications.
Unfortunately, most of these strains belong to species of the Burkholderia cepacia complex …

In the last two decades major changes have occurred in how microbial ecologists study
microbial communities. Limitations associated with traditional culture-based methods have …

A microcosm experiment was conducted for 112 d by spiking petroleum hydrocarbons into
soils from four regions of China. Molecular analyses of soils from microcosms revealed …

Microbial metabolism in aromatic-contaminated environments has important ecological
implications, and obtaining a complete understanding of this process remains a relevant …

The anterior nares are the major reservoir for Staphylococcus aureus in humans, where
nasal carriage has a crucial function as a source for invasive infections. Despite various …

Bioremediation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) has been precluded in part by the lack
of a cost-effective method to stimulate microbial degradation in situ. A common limitation is …

Genes that encode for enzymes that can degrade petroleum hydrocarbons (PHs) are critical
for the ability of microorganisms to bioremediate soils contaminated with PHs. Distributions …

Microbial degradation is the main mechanism responsible for the recovery of contaminated
sites, where a huge body of investigations is available in which most concentrate on single …