Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) and endocrine disrupting
compounds (EDCs) have been detected in wastewater effluents and surface water bodies at …

Biological treatment processes are probably important for preventing the proliferation of
steroidal compounds in the environment, and a growing number of reports suggest that …

Mortality from colon cancer could be reduced with routine screening, yet screening rates are
low. Current screening tools are limited by expense and suboptimal acceptance. A …

Highlights • Major events in bacillus spore germination and outgrowth. • Molecular timeline
during spore germination and outgrowth. • Major molecular players in germination and recent …

Using both sequence- and function-based metagenomic approaches, multiple antibiotic
resistance determinants were identified within metagenomic libraries constructed from DNA …

Elemental mercury (Hg 0 ) is a metal with a number of atypical properties, which has resulted
in its use in myriad anthropogenic processes. However, these same properties have also …

This article presents a critical review of the peer-reviewed literature related to bioaerosol
generation from activated sludge basins. Characterization techniques include a variety of …

Harvesting and drying are often described as the most energy intensive stages of microalgal
biofuel production. This study analyzes two cultivation and eleven harvest technologies for …

The goal of this study was to elucidate the mechanisms of nitrous oxide (N 2 O) production
from a bioreactor for partial nitrification (PN). Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) enriched …

Biosensing is emerging as an important element of water quality monitoring. This research
demonstrated that microbial fuel cell (MFC)-based biosensing can be integrated with artificial …