Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is currently the method of choice for the identification of
human remains in forensic coursework. DNA samples from crime scenes often contain co …

Traditionally, the detection of pathogens in water, wastewater, and other environmental
samples is restricted by the ability to culture such organisms from complex environmental …

The continuum hypothesis states that both deterministic and stochastic processes contribute
to the assembly of ecological communities. However, the contextual dependency of these …

Biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in cold environments, including Alpine soils, is a
result of indigenous cold-adapted microorganisms able to degrade these contaminants. In …

We describe a new PCR-based method for distinguishing human and cow fecal
contamination in coastal waters without culturing indicator organisms, and we show that the …

Plant-bacterial combinations can increase contaminant degradation in the rhizosphere, but
the role played by indigenous root-associated bacteria during plant growth in contaminated …

Three hydrocarbon-degrading psychrotrophic bacteria were isolated from petroleum-
contaminated Arctic soils and characterized. Two of the strains, identified as Pseudomonas …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanism by which phytoremediation
systems promote hydrocarbon degradation in soil. The composition and degradation …

A combination of culture-dependent and culture-independent methodologies (Bacteria and
Archaea 16S rRNA gene clone library analyses) was used to determine the microbial …

Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis is a widely used
method for profiling microbial community structure in different habitats by targeting small …