Integrative approaches for assessing the ecological sustainability of in situ bioremediation

J Pandey, A Chauhan, RK Jain - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Application of microbial metabolic potential (bioremediation) is accepted as an
environmentally benign and economical measure for decontamination of polluted …

Operative utility of salt-stable proteases of halophilic and halotolerant bacteria in the biotechnology sector

N Mokashe, B Chaudhari, U Patil - International journal of biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Proteases are universal in existence in all organisms and are needed for metabolic activities
of the cell. Also, proteases are the paramount hydrolytic enzymes widely used in industrial …

Temperature-dependent transformation of biogas-producing microbial communities points to the increased importance of hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis under …

B Pap, Á Györkei, IZ Boboescu, IK Nagy, T Bíró… - Bioresource …, 2015 - Elsevier
Stability of biogas production is highly dependent on the microbial community composition
of the bioreactors. This composition is basically determined by the nature of biomass …

The effects of humic substances on DNA isolation from soils

E Wnuk, A Waśko, A Walkiewicz, P Bartmiński… - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
Background Humic substances (HS) are compounds with a complicated structure, present in
the humus soil layer, water, lake sediments, peat, brown coal and shales. Due to their similar …

Extraction of mRNA from soil

C Mettel, Y Kim, PM Shrestha… - Applied and …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Here, we report an efficient method for extracting high-quality mRNA from soil. Key steps in
the isolation of total RNA were low-pH extraction (pH 5.0) and Q-Sepharose …

Exploitation of algal-bacterial consortia in combined biohydrogen generation and wastewater treatment

P Shetty, IZ Boboescu, B Pap, R Wirth… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Microalgae cultivation in municipal, industrial, and agricultural wastewater is an emerging,
highly effective approach for resource recovery and concomitant bioenergy generation …

Recent advances in metagenomic analysis of different ecological niches for enhanced biodegradation of recalcitrant lignocellulosic biomass

D Kukkar, PK Sharma, KH Kim - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignocellulose wastes stemming from agricultural residues can offer an excellent
opportunity as alternative energy solutions in addition to fossil fuels. Besides, the …

A rapid and economical method for efficient DNA extraction from diverse soils suitable for metagenomic applications

SG Devi, AA Fathima, S Radha, R Arunraj, WR Curtis… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
A rapid, cost effective method of metagenomic DNA extraction from soil is a useful tool for
environmental microbiology. The present work describes an improved method of DNA …

Revealing the factors influencing a fermentative biohydrogen production process using industrial wastewater as fermentation substrate

IZ Boboescu, M Ilie, VD Gherman, I Mirel, B Pap… - Biotechnology for …, 2014 - Springer
Background Biohydrogen production through dark fermentation using organic waste as a
substrate has gained increasing attention in recent years, mostly because of the economic …

[PDF][PDF] Sampling, metadata and DNA extraction-important steps in metagenomic studies

A Felczykowska, A Krajewska… - Acta Biochimica …, 2015 - frontierspartnerships.org
Metagenomic studies have become increasingly popular. They allow for the estimation of
biodiversity in complex populations. This diversity presents an enormous but largely …