Health-relevant microorganisms present in natural surface waters and engineered treatment
systems that are exposed to sunlight can be inactivated by a complex set of interacting …

Enterococci are common, commensal members of gut communities in mammals and birds,
yet they are also opportunistic pathogens that cause millions of human and animal infections …

Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and digital PCR (dPCR) methods
have revolutionized environmental microbiology, yielding quantitative organism-specific …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a well-established treatment option in the treatment of
certain cancerous and pre-cancerous lesions. Though best-known for its application in …

Using seawater for toilet flushing may introduce high levels of bromide and iodide into a
city's sewage treatment works, and result in the formation of brominated and iodinated …

Using seawater for toilet flushing effectively reduces the consumption of precious freshwater
resources, yet it introduces bromide and iodide ions into a wastewater treatment system …

Roughly half of the human population lives near the coast, and coastal water pollution
(CWP) is widespread. Coastal waters along Tijuana, Mexico, and Imperial Beach (IB), USA …

Microbial source tracking (MST) describes a suite of methods and an investigative strategy
for determination of fecal pollution sources in environmental waters that rely on the …

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious problem for modern society, not only associated
with clinical environments, but also the natural environment. Conventional wastewater …

Bacteriophages are an attractive alternative to faecal indicator bacteria (FIB), particularly as
surrogates of enteric virus fate and transport, due to their closer morphological and …