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Phytostabilization of Mine Tailings in Arid and Semiarid Environments—An Emerging Remediation Technology
- M. O. Mendez, R. Maier
- Environmental Science, Medicine
- Environmental health perspectives
- 17 December 2007
Objective Unreclaimed mine tailings sites are a worldwide problem, with thousands of unvegetated, exposed tailings piles presenting a source of contamination for nearby communities. Tailings disposal… Expand
Impact of metals on the biodegradation of organic pollutants.
- T. Sandrin, R. Maier
- Chemistry, Medicine
- Environmental health perspectives
- 1 June 2003
Forty percent of hazardous waste sites in the United States are co-contaminated with organic and metal pollutants. Data from both aerobic and anaerobic systems demonstrate that biodegradation of the… Expand
Phytoremediation of mine tailings in temperate and arid environments
- M. O. Mendez, R. Maier
- Environmental Science
- 2008
Phytoremediation is an emerging technology for the remediation of mine tailings, a global problem for which conventional remediation technologies are costly. There are two approaches to… Expand
Rhamnolipid-Induced Removal of Lipopolysaccharide from Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Effect on Cell Surface Properties and Interaction with Hydrophobic Substrates
- R. Al-Tahhan, T. Sandrin, A. Bodour, R. Maier
- Chemistry, Medicine
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- 1 August 2000
ABSTRACT Little is known about the interaction of biosurfactants with bacterial cells. Recent work in the area of biodegradation suggests that there are two mechanisms by which biosurfactants enhance… Expand
Bacterial Community Structure in the Hyperarid Core of the Atacama Desert, Chile
- K. Drees, J. W. Neilson, +4 authors R. Maier
- Biology, Medicine
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- 6 October 2006
ABSTRACT Soils from the hyperarid Atacama Desert of northern Chile were sampled along an east-west elevational transect (23.75 to 24.70°S) through the driest sector to compare the relative structure… Expand
Life at the hyperarid margin: novel bacterial diversity in arid soils of the Atacama Desert, Chile
- J. W. Neilson, J. Quade, +8 authors R. Maier
- Biology, Medicine
- Extremophiles
- 18 April 2012
Nearly half the earth’s surface is occupied by dryland ecosystems, regions susceptible to reduced states of biological productivity caused by climate fluctuations. Of these regions, arid zones… Expand
Bacterial Growth
- R. Maier
- 2008
3.1 Growth in Pure Culture in a Flask 3.1.1 The Lag Phase 3.1.2 The Exponential Phase 3.1.3 The Stationary Phase 3.1.4 The Death Phase 3.1.5 Effect of Substrate Concentration on Growth 3.2 Continuous… Expand
Pseudomonas aeruginosa rhamnolipids: biosynthesis and potential applications
- R. Maier, G. Soberón-Chávez
- Biology, Medicine
- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
- 1 November 2000
Pseudomonas aeruginosa produces and secretes rhamnose-containing glycolipid biosurfactants called rhamnolipids. This review describes rhamnolipid biosynthesis and potential industrial and… Expand
Distribution of Biosurfactant-Producing Bacteria in Undisturbed and Contaminated Arid Southwestern Soils
ABSTRACT Biosurfactants are a unique class of compounds that have been shown to have a variety of potential applications in the remediation of organic- and metal-contaminated sites, in the enhanced… Expand
Characterization of a Bacterial Community in an Abandoned Semiarid Lead-Zinc Mine Tailing Site
- M. O. Mendez, J. W. Neilson, R. Maier
- Biology, Medicine
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- 18 April 2008
ABSTRACT Bacterial diversity in mine tailing microbial communities has not been thoroughly investigated despite the correlations that have been observed between the relative microbial diversity and… Expand