Environmental Microbiology

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • Acquisition of Clostridium difficile from the hospital environment. 
  • Antimicrobial activity of a continuous visible light disinfection system. 
  • Bioaerosol Sampling in Modern Agriculture: A Novel Approach for Emerging Pathogen Surveillance? 
  • Clinical and environmental isolates of Cryptococcus gattii from Australia that retain sexual fecundity. 
  • Comparative analysis of environmental and clinical populations of Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Comparative gene genealogical analyses of strains of serotype AD identify recombination in populations of serotypes A and D in the human pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Deposition and postdeposition mechanisms as possible drivers of microbial population variability in glacier ice. 
  • Effectiveness of ultraviolet devices and hydrogen peroxide systems for terminal room decontamination: Focus on clinical trials. 
  • Enhanced disinfection leads to reduction of microbial contamination and a decrease in patient colonization and infection. 
  • Functionality of the TOL plasmid under varying environmental conditions following conjugal transfer. 
  • Genome Evolution and Innovation across the Four Major Lineages of Cryptococcus gattii. 
  • In situ activity of a dominant Prochlorococcus ecotype (eHL-II) from rRNA content and cell size. 
  • Increased environmental sample area and recovery of Clostridium difficile spores from hospital surfaces by quantitative PCR and enrichment culture. 
  • Influence of host genetics and environment on nasal carriage of staphylococcus aureus in danish middle-aged and elderly twins. 
  • Karyotyping of Cryptococcus neoformans as an epidemiological tool. 
  • Microbial inactivation of Pseudomonas putida and Pichia pastoris using gene silencing. 
  • Monitoring of Newcastle disease virus in environmental samples. 
  • Most environmental isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii (serotype A) are not lethal for mice. 
  • One-time screening to define the problem: Legionella exposure in an electric power company. 
  • Patterns of fecal coliform contamination in day-care centers. 
  • Spread of Cryptococcus gattii into Pacific Northwest region of the United States. 
  • The U.S. Culture Collection Network Responding to the Requirements of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing. 
  • The microecology of Clostridium difficile.