Petroleum hydrocarbon contamination in terrestrial ecosystems—fate and microbial responses

A Truskewycz, TD Gundry, LS Khudur, A Kolobaric… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Petroleum hydrocarbons represent the most frequent environmental contaminant. The
introduction of petroleum hydrocarbons into a pristine environment immediately changes the …

Tn916-like genetic elements: a diverse group of modular mobile elements conferring antibiotic resistance

AP Roberts, P Mullany - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Antibiotic-resistant Gram-positive bacteria are responsible for morbidity and mortality in
healthcare environments. Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus …

Aerobic degradation of aromatic compounds

E Díaz, JI Jiménez, J Nogales - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2013 - Elsevier
Our view on the bacterial responses to the aerobic degradation of aromatic compounds has
been enriched considerably by the current omic methodologies and systems biology …

“Omics” insights into PAH degradation toward improved green remediation biotechnologies

A El Amrani, AS Dumas, LY Wick… - … science & technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
This review summarizes recent knowledge of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
biotransformation by microorganisms and plants. Whereas most research has focused on …

Metagenomics and bioinformatics in microbial ecology: current status and beyond

S Hiraoka, C Yang, W Iwasaki - Microbes and environments, 2016 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Metagenomic approaches are now commonly used in microbial ecology to study microbial
communities in more detail, including many strains that cannot be cultivated in the …

Analysis of the microbial gene landscape and transcriptome for aromatic pollutants and alkane degradation using a novel internally calibrated microarray system

R Vilchez‐Vargas, R Geffers… - Environmental …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Despite various efforts to develop tools to detect and compare the catabolic potential and
activity for pollutant degradation in environmental samples, there is still a need for an open …

Root exudates modify bacterial diversity of phenanthrene degraders in PAH‐polluted soil but not phenanthrene degradation rates

A Cébron, B Louvel, P Faure… - Environmental …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
To determine whether the diversity of phenanthrene‐degrading bacteria in an aged
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) contaminated soil is affected by the addition of plant …

Targeted metagenomics: a high‐resolution metagenomics approach for specific gene clusters in complex microbial communities

H Suenaga - Environmental microbiology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A major research goal in microbial ecology is to understand the relationship between gene
organization and function involved in environmental processes of potential interest. Given …

Metagenomics analysis identifies nitrogen metabolic pathway in bioremediation of diesel contaminated soil

Y Gao, J Du, MM Bahar, H Wang… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Nitrogen amendment is known to effectively enhance the bioremediation of hydrocarbon-
contaminated soil, but the nitrogen metabolism in this process is not well understood. To …

Stable isotope probing in the metagenomics era: a bridge towards improved bioremediation

O Uhlik, MC Leewis, M Strejcek, L Musilova… - Biotechnology …, 2013 - Elsevier
Microbial biodegradation and biotransformation reactions are essential to most
bioremediation processes, yet the specific organisms, genes, and mechanisms involved are …