Biodegradation, Environmental
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Subject Areas on Research
- A laboratory batch reactor test for assessing nonspeciated volatile organic compound biodegradation in activated sludge.
- A new framework for approaching precision bioremediation of PAH contaminated soils.
- Acetate promotes microbial reductive debromination of tetrabromobisphenol A during the startup phase of anaerobic wastewater sludge bioreactors.
- Aging of fullerene C₆₀ nanoparticle suspensions in the presence of microbes.
- Alkaline biofiltration of H2S odors.
- Alterations of endophytic microbial community function in Spartina alterniflora as a result of crude oil exposure.
- Application of a moving bed biofilm reactor for tertiary ammonia treatment in high temperature industrial wastewater.
- Arthroscopic fixation of superior labral lesions using a biodegradable implant: a preliminary report.
- Assessing the effects of silver nanoparticles on biological nutrient removal in bench-scale activated sludge sequencing batch reactors.
- Biocatalytic coatings for air pollution control: a proof of concept study on VOC biodegradation.
- Biochar and activated carbon act as promising amendments for promoting the microbial debromination of tetrabromobisphenol A.
- Biodegradable stents: the future of interventional cardiology?
- Biogeochemical transformations of mercury in solid waste landfills and pathways for release.
- Biological removal of siloxanes from landfill and digester gases: opportunities and challenges.
- Biological treatment of mixtures of toluene and n-hexane vapours in a hollow fibre membrane bioreactor.
- Biological waste air treatment in biofilters.
- Biomass control in waste air biotrickling filters by protozoan predation.
- Biotreatment of groundwater contaminated with MTBE: interaction of common environmental co-contaminants.
- Cadmium(II) removal by a hyperaccumulator fungus Phoma sp. F2 isolated from blende soil.
- Capillary microbioreactors for VOC vapor treatment: Impacts of operating conditions.
- Cardiac muscle tissue engineering: toward an in vitro model for electrophysiological studies.
- Characterization and Adaptation of Anaerobic Sludge Microbial Communities Exposed to Tetrabromobisphenol A.
- Chromosomally located gene fusions constructed in Acinetobacter sp. ADP1 for the detection of salicylate.
- Cometabolism of cis-1,2-dichloroethene by aerobic cultures grown on vinyl chloride as the primary substrate.
- Comparison of different packing materials for the biofiltration of air toxics.
- Current status of biodegradable stents.
- Degradation of nonylphenol ethoxylates in estuarine sediment under aerobic and anaerobic conditions
- Development of foamed emulsion bioreactor for air pollution control.
- Distribution and fate of neutral alkylphenol ethoxylate metabolites in a sewage-impacted urban estuary.
- Diversity has stronger top-down than bottom-up effects on decomposition.
- Effects of integrated fixed film activated sludge media on activated sludge settling in biological nutrient removal systems.
- Efficacy of adhesion barriers. Resorbable hydrogel, oxidized regenerated cellulose and hyaluronic acid.
- Emerging strategies for engineering microbial communities.
- Enhanced Schwann cell attachment and alignment using one-pot "dual click" GRGDS and YIGSR derivatized nanofibers.
- Enhanced denitrifying phosphorus removal and mass balance in a worm reactor.
- Environmental biodegradability of [¹⁴C] single-walled carbon nanotubes by Trametes versicolor and natural microbial cultures found in New Bedford Harbor sediment and aerated wastewater treatment plant sludge.
- Epitope tagging for tracking elastin-like polypeptides.
- Evaluating the impacts of triclosan on wastewater treatment performance during startup and acclimation.
- Evaluating the mycostimulation potential of select carbon amendments for the degradation of a model PAH by an ascomycete strain enriched from a superfund site.
- Fate of flame retardants and the antimicrobial agent triclosan in planted and unplanted biosolid-amended soils.
- Genetic bioaugmentation as an effective method for in situ bioremediation: functionality of catabolic plasmids following conjugal transfers.
- Identification of a homogentisate-1,2-dioxygenase gene in the fungus Exophiala lecanii-corni: analysis and implications.
- Identifying bioaugmentation candidates for bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in contaminated estuarine sediment of the Elizabeth River, VA, USA.
- Impacts of organic carbon availability and recipient bacteria characteristics on the potential for TOL plasmid genetic bioaugmentation in soil slurries.
- Implantable, polymeric systems for modulated drug delivery.
- In situ transformation of ethoxylate and glycol surfactants by shale-colonizing microorganisms during hydraulic fracturing.
- Investigating the mycobiome of the Holcomb Creosote Superfund Site.
- Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) degradation by a microbial consortium.
- Modeling of a foamed emulsion bioreactor: I. Model development and experimental validation.
- Operational aspects of the desulfurization process of energy gases mimics in biotrickling filters.
- Peripheral nerve regeneration with entubulation repair: comparison of biodegradeable nerve guides versus polyethylene tubes and the effects of a laminin-containing gel.
- Polyphasic characterization of four soil-derived phenanthrene-degrading Acidovorax strains and proposal of Acidovorax carolinensis sp. nov.
- Prevention of experimental proliferative vitreoretinopathy with a biodegradable intravitreal implant for the sustained release of fluorouracil.
- Properties affecting transfer and expression of degradative plasmids for the purpose of bioremediation.
- Prospective randomized study evaluating a biodegradable polymeric sealant for sealing intraoperative air leaks that occur during pulmonary resection.
- Proteolytically degradable hydrogels with a fluorogenic substrate for studies of cellular proteolytic activity and migration.
- Quantification of homogentisate-1,2-dioxygenase expression in a fungus degrading ethylbenzene.
- Rapid degradation of Deepwater Horizon spilled oil by indigenous microbial communities in Louisiana saltmarsh sediments.
- Relative gene expression quantification in a fungal gas-phase biofilter.
- Remediation of lead and cadmium-contaminated soils.
- Separation of the arterial wall from blood contact using hydrogel barriers reduces intimal thickening after balloon injury in the rat: the roles of medial and luminal factors in arterial healing.
- Smooth muscle cell growth in photopolymerized hydrogels with cell adhesive and proteolytically degradable domains: synthetic ECM analogs for tissue engineering.
- Successful macular translocation with temporary scleral infolding using absorbable sture.
- Sustained release of nerve growth factor from biodegradable polymer microspheres.
- Technical and economical analysis of the conversion of a full-scale scrubber to a biotrickling filter for odor control.
- The effects of a lower irrigation system on pollutant removal and on the microflora of a biofilter.
- The global stoichiometry of litter nitrogen mineralization.
- Thermophilic biotrickling filtration of ethanol vapors.
- Ultraviolet treatment and biodegradation of dibenzothiophene: Identification and toxicity of products.
- [Characteristics and affecting factors of denitrifying phosphorus removal in two-sludge sequencing batch reactor].
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Keywords of People
- Deshusses, Marc, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nicholas Institute-Energy Initiative