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Experimental and numerical simulation study of microbial enhanced oil recovery using bio-surfactants.
(2005)
A 2-phase, 10-component microbial enhanced oil recovery numerical simulator was modified to include reservoir salinity and facilitate surfactant and polymer injection. The effects of reservoir brine salinity and divalent ...
Factors involved in cellular sensitivity to anthrax lethal toxin.
(2005)
The lethal factor (LF) component of Bacillus anthracis lethal toxin (LeTx) cleaves mitogen activated protein kinase kinases (MAPKKs) in a variety of different cell-types, yet not all cells are susceptible to the toxin. ...
Microbial biosurfactant production: The effect of the Bacillus strain JF-2 biosurfactant on anaerobic hydrocarbon degradation, and the presence of indigenous biosurfactant-producing bacteria in soils.
(2005)
A series of experiments was designed utilizing the biosurfactant produced by Bacillus JF2. Specifically, these experiments were designed to determine if the presence of various levels of pre-purified JF2 biosurfactant would ...
Isolation and characterization of small naturally occurring plasmids from Desulfovibrio spp.
(2007)
These results suggest that these strains have different genomic organization. The presence of plasmid DNA was only detected in Desulfovibrio SR-1. On the basis of distinct phenotypic and genotypic characteristics, strain ...
Microbially-mediated reduction and oxidation of uranium: Implications for the bioremediation of uranium(VI)-contaminated aquifers.
(2004)
Mechanisms of nitrate-dependent U(IV) were assessed by incubating biogenic U(IV) with nitrite or Fe(III). Fe(III) rapidly but incompletely oxidized U(IV) since Fe(II) accumulated during the reaction and inhibited any further ...
Assessing the influence of electron donor and cell-cell interactions on in situ microbial sulfate and hydrogen consumption using field and laboratory approaches.
(2004)
*This dissertation is a compound document (contains both a paper copy and a CD as part of the dissertation).
Rhizosphere ecology of PCB-degrading bacteria at a contaminated site and implications for bioremediation.
(2003)
Rhizosphere bioremediation is an emerging technology that relies on plant roots to enhance bacterial biodegradation of soil contaminants like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), providing an inexpensive alternative to ...
Functional genomic analysis of Haemophilus influenzae and application to the study of competence and transformation.
(2004)
During the progression of this study, hundreds of additional bacterial genomes were sequenced, techniques have evolved, and novel approaches were developed to aid the field of functional and comparative genomics. Some of ...
Sequence and analysis of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans.
(2002)
A. actinomycetemcomitans is a Gram negative coccobacillus, facultative anaerobe that is implicated in the persistence of peridontitis, the destruction of the gum tissues and loss of teeth (Fives-Taylor et al, 1999). In an ...
Bacillus lipopeptide biosurfactants: Purification, structure-activity relationship, and in-situ production in oil reservoirs.
(2006)
Alternatively, biosurfactant activity can be manipulated by formulation of biosurfactant mixtures with different properties. The efficacy of biosurfactants from individual strains, and mixtures of biosurfactants from ...