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THE ANAEROBIC MICROBIAL METABOLISM OF ENERGY SUBSTRATES: AN EXPLORATION INTO COALBED METHANOGENESIS, THE BIODETERIORATION OF DIESEL FUEL, AND BIOCORROSION
(2013-12)
Under anaerobic conditions the complete mineralization of energy substrate can be achieved by specialized individual microorganisms or through syntrophic partnerships involving bacteria and archaea that ultimately convert ...
An Assessment of Microbial Communities and Their Potential Activities Associated with Oil Producing Environments
(2015-06)
Microbial populations have been found in oil-associated environments as early as the 1920s. The proliferation and metabolic activities of these microorganisms can have profound deleterious effects on the infrastructure ...
METAGENOMIC INSIGHTS INTO MICROBIAL COMMUNITY RESPONSES TO LONG-TERM ELEVATED CO2
(2014)
Understanding how belowground microbial communities respond to increasing atmospheric CO2 is of crucial importance for global change biology, microbial ecology and predictive biology. However, our understanding of CO2 ...
Enzyme systems involved in interspecies hydrogen and formate transfer between syntrophic fatty and aromatic acid degraders and Methanospirillum hungatei
(2013)
The oxidation of either the fatty acid butyrate or the aromatic acid benzoate is essential for the efficient degradation of complex organic material to methane because they are central intermediates. The oxidation of ...
ENHANCING ALCOHOL PRODUCTION IN CLOSTRIDIUM CARBOXIDIVORANS STRAIN P7T AND THE ROLE OF TANDEM ADH GENES
(2014)
Clostridium carboxidivorans P7 is one of three microbial catalysts capable of fermenting synthesis gas (mainly CO, CO2 and H2) to produce the liquid biofuels ethanol and butanol. Gasification of feedstocks to produce ...
AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE INFLUENCE OF SUBSURFACE GEOCHEMISTRY ON MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES IN AN UNCONFINED CONTAMINATED AQUIFER
(2018)
Microorganisms account for ~ 90 gigatons of carbon in terms of global biomass and are important drivers of elemental cycling especially in oligotrophic subsurface environments. Subsurface ecosystems remain poorly characterized ...
SINGLE-NUCLEOTIDE RESOLUTION VIEW OF GENE EXPRESSION IN ESCHERICHIA COLI K-12 UNDER VARIOUS PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS
(2015-05-08)
We analyzed the transcriptome of Escherichia coli K-12 by strand-specific RNA sequencing at single-nucleotide resolution during logarithmic- growth and upon entry into stationary phase under carbon, nitrogen, and phosphate ...
FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS STUDIES OF CLOSTRIDIUM CELLULOLYTICUM FOR LIGNOCELLULOSE BIOCONVERSION
(2016-12)
The astonishing consumption of fossil fuels arouses serious concerns over energy security and environmental sustainability. Lignocellulosic biofuel, as a sustainable and carbon-neutral energy that can be produced from ...
THE IMPACT OF LONG-TERM ELEVATED ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE ON BELOWGROUND MICROBIAL COMMUNITY AT CONTRAST NITROGEN CONDITIONS
(2017-12)
Global terrestrial ecosystems are subjected to various climate change factors, including the concurrent elevated CO2 (eCO2) and nitrogen deposition (eN). Despite the increasing appreciation that eCO2 and eN can interactively ...
MICROBIOLOGICALLY INFLUENCED CORROSION OF CARBON STEEL IN SULFIDOGENIC ENVIRONMENTS: THE LINK TO THIOSULFATE REDUCTION AND BIOLOGICAL STABILITY OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS
(2015-12)
Biocorrosion or microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) refers to the mutiple underlying mechanisms wherein microbial activity directly or indirectly enhances the corrosion of metallic and non-metallic materials. ...