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In nature, proteins sweep up nanoparticles

...it suggests that proteins could play a key role in bioremediation strategies designed to trap harmful metals such as...ocess does, could become a critical component of a bioremediation strategy, if only scientists understand how it works. To explore this question, the team turned t...

Researchers demonstrate way to control tree height

...e extensive root development is needed, such as in bioremediation of polluted soils or in very windy, limited soil moisture situations. From an environmental viewpoint, the researchers said, dwarfed trees such as this are unlikely to be any kind of threat to spread, because they would compete very poorly with no...

Researchers develop way to calculate speed of bacterial sex

... positive environmental outcomes, such as improved bioremediation qualities, bacterial adaptation can also create potentially harmful bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics and increase gene flow from genetically modified organisms to native soils. By developing a real-life model of bacterial gene transfer, UC-...

'Hidden-hero' microbes in soil, water may help naturally clean toxic sites

...esearchers will be testing a natural method called bioremediation -- the stimulation of naturally occurring microbes... it of potentially deadly radioactive metal. If bioremediation proves successful on the uranium, technetium, nitrate and other potentially lethal leftovers at the ...

Sequencing of the oyster mushroom genome

...house effect ?and holds great potential for use in bioremediation –biodegradation of contaminants ? reasons why, together with other crops such as the yucca or cotton, it has been chosen for genome sequencing by the mentioned North American Genome Institute. The oyster mushroom and CO 2 balance The oyster m...

Particle size matters to bacteria ability to immobilize heavy metals

...by Shewanella and its application in environmental bioremediation of contaminated DOE sites. "It will help build a whole picture of Shewanella ?how it reacts with metal oxides and how the rate of this interaction is influenced by size" Bose said. So far, the research shows that particles of similar shape but diff...

DOE JGI finishes 100th microbial genome

...rs has been studying to evaluate its potential for bioremediation and as an alternative energy source," said Dr. Jen...nd nutrient cycles of aquatic sediments and in the bioremediation of organic and metal contaminants in groundwater. Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Samuel Kaplan, Universi...

ORNL leading effort to help harness power of Shewanella

...s of data being generated about a microbe adept at bioremediation will be more efficiently organized and shared thro...hanisms for metal contaminants reduction and other bioremediation applications, and develop a system that makes the information readily available to the research comm...

Researchers Discover That Microbes Can Produce Miniature Electrical Wires

...nvestigation because they are useful agents in the bioremediation of groundwater contaminated with pollutants such as toxic and radioactive metals or petroleum. They also have the ability to convert human and animal wastes or renewable biomass into electricity. To carry out these processes, Geobacter must transfer ...

Study uncovers bacteria's worst enemy

... a recent Laboratory study may help make bacterial bioremediation a more widespread method for cleaning up sites con...is suggests that actinide toxicity will not impede bioremediation using naturally occurring bacteria. "This study" said Neu, "is exciting because even though we've k...

Solution to Pollution: New Bacteria Eats Toxic Waste

... the Netherlands, and doing this naturally through bioremediation is the most cost-effective way to treat the contaminated sediments.?/p> The research involves many levels of cooperation between the sciences and engineering fields but also extends to social scientists and economists. Utah State undergraduates a...

Tiny particles could solve billion-dollar problem

...mical catalysis offers faster reactions times than bioremediation schemes but also tends to be more expensive. One of the major advantages of using palladium catalysts to break down TCE is that palladium converts TCE directly into non-toxic ethane. By contrast, breaking down TCE with more common catalysts, like ir...

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