There is growing interest in research and development to develop novel tools to study,
detect, and characterize microbes and their communities in industrial environments …

Organic matter decomposition and soil CO 2 efflux are both mediated by soil
microorganisms, but the potential effects of temporal variations in microbial community …

Uncontrolled releases of petroleum compounds that are carcinogenic, mutagenic and are
potent immunotoxicants into soil and groundwater poses a serious threat to human and …

Reaction of soil bacteria to drought and rewetting stress may depend on soil chemical
properties. The objectives of this study were to test the reaction of different bacterial phyla to …

This chapter deals with the use of bioluminescent microorganisms in environmental
monitoring, particularly in the assessment of the ecotoxicity of pollutants. Toxicity bioassays …

Among microbial communities involved in different ecosystems such as soil, freshwater,
wastewater and solid wastes, several strains belonging to the genus of Acinetobacter have …

The replanting ginseng (Panax ginseng CA Meyer) in soil where ginseng has previously
been grown usually fails due to issues associated with continuous cropping. Successful …

In this study, the suitability of two repetitive-element-based PCR (rep-PCR) assays,
enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC)-PCR and BOX-PCR, to rapidly …

Multiple species within the A cinetobacter genus are nosocomial opportunistic pathogens of
increasing relevance worldwide. Among the virulence factors utilized by these bacteria are …

This study aimed to develop a green process for biosynthesis of silver nanomaterials by
some Egyptian bacterial isolates. This target was achieved by screening an in-house culture …