While often obvious for macroscopic organisms, determining whether a microbe is dead or
alive is fraught with complications. Fields such as microbial ecology, environmental health …

Contamination by chloroethenes has a severe negative effect on both the environment and
human health. This has prompted intensive remediation activity in recent years, along with …

The global pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) has resulted in more than 129 million confirm cases. Many health authorities around …

The 16S rRNA gene provides insufficient information to infer the range of chloroorganic
electron acceptors used by different Dehalococcoides organisms. To overcome this …

Denitrification and respiratory ammonification are two competing, energy-conserving
NO3−/NO2− reduction pathways that have major biogeochemical consequences for N …

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are a class of widely used flame retardants that
have recently been detected in environmental samples, diverse biota, human blood serum …

ABSTRACT N2O-reducing organisms with nitrous oxide reductases (NosZ) are known as
the only biological sink of N2O in the environment. Among the most abundant nosZ genes …

Wastewater-based epidemiology is an effective tool for monitoring infectious disease spread
or illicit drug use within communities. At the Ohio State University, we conducted a SARS …

Commonly used techniques for analyzing gene expression, such as polymerase chain
reaction (PCR), microarrays, and in situ hybridization, have proven invaluable in …

Organohalide pollutants are prevalent in the environment, causing harms to wildlife and
human. Organohalide-respiring bacteria (OHRB) could detoxify these pollutants in …