Mining operations in the Tri-State Mining District of Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma (TSMD),
once one of the major lead and zinc mining areas in the world, had completely ceased by …

Metagenomic methods provide an experimental approach to inform the relationships
between hosts and their microbial inhabitants. Previous studies have provided the …

Oral exposure to toxic metals such as cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), copper (Cu) and aluminum
(Al) can induce various adverse health effects in humans and animals. However, the effects …

Anthropogenic changes are altering the environmental conditions and the biota of
ecosystems worldwide. In many temperate grasslands, such as North American tallgrass …

Calling a special issue of Molecular Ecology that deals with next-generation sequencing
'Next generation Molecular Ecology'seems to be all too obvious. However, as the …

Although extensive research exists on toxic environments in the Tri-State Mining District
(TSMD), there has been a lack of research on how harmful effects in TSMD could affect …

Elevated concentrations of trace elements represent a major concern to wetland
ecosystems, since river estuaries are geochemical endpoints that accumulate pollution …

Using populations of two sympatric Peromyscus species, we characterized the importance of
the host species, physiology, environment, diet, and other factors in shaping the structure …

The interaction of bacterial biofilm and clay minerals provides great potential for heavy metal
remediation in contaminated soil, yet, little is known about how heavy metal, clay minerals …

Recent gut microbiome studies in model organisms emphasize the effects of intrinsic and
extrinsic factors on the variation of the bacterial composition and its impact on the overall …