Actinobacteria: current research and perspectives for bioremediation of pesticides and heavy metals

A Alvarez, JM Saez, JSD Costa, VL Colin, MS Fuentes… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Actinobacteria exhibit cosmopolitan distribution since their members are widely distributed
in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. In the environment they play relevant ecological roles …

Biotechnological advances in bioremediation of heavy metals contaminated ecosystems: an overview with special reference to phytoremediation

D Mani, C Kumar - International journal of environmental science and …, 2014 - Springer
The ability of heavy metals bioaccumulation to cause toxicity in biological systems—human,
animals, microorganisms and plants—is an important issue for environmental health and …

Predictive functional profiling of microbial communities using 16S rRNA marker gene sequences

MGI Langille, J Zaneveld, JG Caporaso… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Profiling phylogenetic marker genes, such as the 16S rRNA gene, is a key tool for studies of
microbial communities but does not provide direct evidence of a community's functional …

The effects of chemical and organic fertilizer usage on rhizosphere soil in tea orchards

W Lin, M Lin, H Zhou, H Wu, Z Li, W Lin - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Sustainable agriculture is an important global issue. The use of organic fertilizers can
enhance crop yield and soil properties while restraining pests and diseases. The objective …

Bacterial heavy-metal and antibiotic resistance genes in a copper tailing dam area in northern China

J Chen, J Li, H Zhang, W Shi, Y Liu - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Heavy metal resistance genes (MRGs) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in bacteria
can respond to the inducement of heavy metals. However, the co-occurrence of MRGs and …

Widespread genetic switches and toxicity resistance proteins for fluoride

JL Baker, N Sudarsan, Z Weinberg, A Roth… - Science, 2012 - science.org
Most riboswitches are metabolite-binding RNA structures located in bacterial messenger
RNAs where they control gene expression. We have discovered a riboswitch class in many …