The use of molecular techniques to characterize the microbial communities in contaminated soil and water

S Malik, M Beer, M Megharaj, R Naidu - Environment international, 2008 - Elsevier
Traditionally, the identification and characterization of microbial communities in
contaminated soil and water has previously been limited to those microorganisms that are …

Impact of hydrologic boundaries on microbial planktonic and biofilm communities in shallow terrestrial subsurface environments

HJ Smith, AJ Zelaya, KB De León… - FEMS microbiology …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Subsurface environments contain a large proportion of planetary microbial biomass and
harbor diverse communities responsible for mediating biogeochemical cycles important to …

16S rDNA-Based Analysis of Dominant Bacterial Populations Associated with Early Life Stages of Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)

J Romero, P Navarrete - Microbial ecology, 2006 - Springer
In this study, we used a 16S rDNA–based approach to determine bacterial populations
associated with coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in its early life stages, highlighting …

Environmental whole-genome amplification to access microbial populations in contaminated sediments

CB Abulencia, DL Wyborski, JA Garcia… - Applied and …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Low-biomass samples from nitrate and heavy metal contaminated soils yield DNA amounts
that have limited use for direct, native analysis and screening. Multiple displacement …

Metabolically active microbial communities in uranium-contaminated subsurface sediments

DM Akob, HJ Mills, JE Kostka - FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2007 - academic.oup.com
In order to develop effective bioremediation strategies for radionuclide contaminants, the
composition and metabolic potential of microbial communities need to be better understood …

Subsurface clade of Geobacteraceae that predominates in a diversity of Fe(III)-reducing subsurface environments

DE Holmes, RA O'neil, HA Vrionis… - The ISME …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
There are distinct differences in the physiology of Geobacter species available in pure
culture. Therefore, to understand the ecology of Geobacter species in subsurface …

Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis in coal-bearing environments: Methane production, carbon sequestration, and hydrogen availability

NS Akimbekov, I Digel, KT Tastambek… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Methane is a valuable energy source helping to mitigate the growing energy demand
worldwide. However, as a potent greenhouse gas, it has also gained additional attention …

Aquifer environment selects for microbial species cohorts in sediment and groundwater

LA Hug, BC Thomas, CT Brown, KR Frischkorn… - The ISME …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Little is known about the biogeography or stability of sediment-associated microbial
community membership because these environments are biologically complex and …

Geomicrobial processes and biodiversity in the deep terrestrial subsurface

JK Fredrickson, DL Balkwill - Geomicrobiology Journal, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
The concept of a deep microbial biosphere has advanced over the past several decades
from a hypothesis viewed with considerable skepticism to being widely accepted …

Isolation and physiology of bacteria from contaminated subsurface sediments

A Bollmann, AV Palumbo, K Lewis… - Applied and …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
The majority of environmental microorganisms cannot be grown by traditional techniques.
Here we employed, and contrasted with conventional plating, an alternative approach based …